Vodalus and Severian continued

Lee Berman · 28 Sep 2010, 14:28 · from 2010-September.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:28:53 -0400
Subject: (urth) Vodalus and Severian continued
Message-ID: <SNT123-W37A21EB6F692465A037843CF660 at phx.gbl>

>Andrew Mason- I'd always assumed that Hildegrin was visiting the Garden of Endless
>Sleep, while Severian and Agia were there, to look for another such victim, 
>suggesting it was quite a regular thing.

It might. I think my thoughts have drifted in that direction. However it might also
support my current hypothesis that Vodalus and his followers are being directed to 
ingest dead people who are important to Severian. Obviously the lake contains such a 
one.

Hildegrin and the old boatman know each other. It may be that their purpose is more 
intertwined than is apparent from their casual mention of each other. I say this 
considering that the boatman bears a resemblance to Father Inire, Hildegrin is 
associated with the Cumaean and she and Inire are associated, similar beings.

The lake scene with the boatman might also connect to the Stone Town scene. There
we find the Cumaean, Merryn and again Hildegrin fishing for and hoping to restore
life to someone important to Severian.

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