Claw = Fang?

Jeff Wilson · 03 Nov 2012, 01:30 · from 2012-November.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:30:23 -0500
Subject: (urth) Claw = Fang?
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On 11/1/2012 7:04 PM, the badger wrote:
> 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

Why would a fang suggest a serpent more than any other fanged animal?

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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