The Nebraskan and the Nereid

Jeff Wilson · 19 Apr 2011, 08:44 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:44:28 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Nebraskan and the Nereid
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On 4/19/2011 3:11 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> From: "Mo Holkar" <lists at ukg.co.uk>
>> At 11:56 18/04/2011, Gerry wrote:
>
>>> I think a key element in interpretation (unless we assume a far more
>>> central and murderous role for the Nereid, which I don't think
>>> there's any justification for) is that the symbol pertains to the
>>> maid, not Thoe. I don't see how the symbology associated with
>>> Poseidon or his trident fits Whereas psi (for psyche) seems
>>> appropriate enough to mark a tragic death.
>>
>>
>> That certainly makes sense, although I think I would need to know that
>> ancient Greeks / mythic beings had a tradition of marking such deaths
>> in such a way. It would seem a bit weak for Wolfe just to have
>> invented it arbitrarily for this occasion.
>
> The letter is also a cross, which is quite Wolfean.

And Wolfe is not the first to treat it thus:

http://smithmeadows.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/American-Gothic.jpg

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >

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