Short Story 82: The God and His Man

Gwern Branwen · 07 Aug 2014, 00:03 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: gwern at gwern.net (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:03:32 -0400
Subject: (urth) Short Story 82: The God and His Man
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is likely Tarnung was capable of affecting light waves. It is German for
> camouflage or disguise.

Tarnung is likely a Ring reference to the Tarnhelm, which grants
invisibility. Given that the other magic item is a maser which creates
waves of coherent straight radiation, the Tarnung probably bends light
to achieve invisibility.

The Ring cycle would be an interesting theme to bring in, as it too
involves the fall of gods.

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gwern
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