Claw = Fang?

Gerry Quinn · 02 Nov 2012, 00:18 · from 2012-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 00:18:10 -0000
Subject: (urth) Claw = Fang?
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From: the badger

> It occurred to me that the Claw as a physical artifact bears some 
> resemblance
>  to a fang - I'm thinking specifically of a serpent's fang. Which 
> naturally suggests
>  the depiction of Satan as a serpent, the Garden of Eden etc ... as far as 
> I can see
> this doesn't really fit into the theology/symbology of the BotNS but it's 
> curious
> if you think about it - has anyone else pursued this line?

Interesting thought.  I haven't heard of it.

Of course the Claw is really a thorn.  I don't know that that has any 
significance.

- Gerry Quinn

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