The Nebraskan and the Nereid

Nessun Saprà · 17 Apr 2011, 14:14 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:14:08 +0200
Subject: (urth) The Nebraskan and the Nereid
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I do have a further question, though, which is: why did the Nereid 
scratch the letter psi into the sand by the body? (Or is it intended to 
be read as a trident shape denoting allegiance to Poseidon? But that 
seems a bit clunky when earlier we've seen Poseidon explicitly 
symbolized by a letter pi.)
>
> I think it represents 'psyche' which means soul or butterfly.  Various 
> interpretations related to this exist on the web, and I don't know 
> their authenticity (I don't think anyone really knows what the ancient 
> Greeks believed), but certainly the symbology of inscribing it by one 
> who has died seems very plausible
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
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>
>
>> BTW the stories from Endangered Species are mostly quite sketchy on 
>> the wiki -- if anyone would like to fill in a few interpretations, 
>> that would be very welcome:
>> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.EndangeredSpecies
>
> ____

I think her name is Psamathe. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psamathe

Klaus
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