Mucor, Marble, Mother

Andrew Bollen · 26 Jan 2003, 04:18 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: "Andrew Bollen" <abollen at internode.on.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Mucor, Marble, Mother
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:18:09 +1100
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One more .... A possible answer to part of my question:

"Why doesn't SilkHorn meet with Mucor at the end of RTTW? What happens =
to her? Obviously, he has had communication with Mucor's astral form, so =
perhaps a physical meeting is unnecessary, but it still seems odd. "

Maybe this: SilkHorn now recognizes that Mucor & Marble have in effect =
built a shrine to the Mother on the top of their hill, so he will not =
climb up to it. Kind of a political act, and perhaps one to be =
remembered:  "The prophetess came to Silk. Silk did not climb up to the =
witch or worship the Mother. Neither should you." Maybe. Taking the =
prophetess Marble away will also tend to lessen its status as a cult =
center for sailors & others.=20

But still - what happens to Mucor? One way-out possibility is that she =
goes with him to the Whorl, in the body of Seawrack. There a couple of =
little scraps you could use for this: Seawrack says something to the =
effect that Mucor reminds her of herself (in Pajarocu, I think); and the =
description of Seawrack at the very end of RTTW sounds a little =
Mucor-ish - like a wild animal, ready to stick her knife in anyone apart =
from SilkHorn - in contrast to the rather civilized & gentle Seawrack we =
see talking with Sinew & Horn. Not very convincing tho.

An outcome which might have fitted: The cult center remains, but now a =
shrine to the Outsider, with Mucor as his acolyte, and under the =
umbrella of Remora's redirected church. This would parallel with Delphi =
(or the Wolfe/Graves view of it, as a shrine to the Earth Mother =
co-opted by Apollo). But there's not a scrap of support for it, as far =
as I can see.=20

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the witch or worship the Mother. Neither should you." Maybe. Taking the=20
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