Another (Possibly Weak) Theory

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 06 Jan 2011, 21:39 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:39:48 -0800
Subject: (urth) Another (Possibly Weak) Theory
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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> A very good theory, in my opinion. I think David S. must agree since
> he suggested something similar recently.

David: If you did, I missed it; I've been skimming a lot recently. My apologies.

> My contribution to plump it out would be this: Many have noted the
> similarities between Shadow Children and Inhumi.

Shapechangers from the green planet, yes.

> In the earlier days of vampire myths, the lamia (deriveed
> from Lillith/Jahi myths). were associated as much with
> child-stealing as with blood sucking. Faeries (and kelpies
> and other Wolfe references) are also known for child-stealing.

Actually, this is where it gets interesting: the faerie don't
just _steal_ children: they _replace_ them with changelings.
And so we get to at least a weak form of Veil's Hypothesis.

> (the faerie-child stealing stuff may well relate to anthropology
> ..ancient memories of H. habilus and H. erectus interactions,
> perhaps.

H'mmmm. I am extremely dubious about "racial memory"
theories, but will mull on this.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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