The Book of Typhon part two: Silk as Typhon

Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 08 Mar 2003, 17:08 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) The Book of Typhon part two:  Silk as Typhon
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 09:08:20 -0800
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On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:

>  The painted canvas Silk destroyed at Orchid's was a "mockery of=20
> Campion's
> celebrated painting of Pas enthroned". My point is that images of the=20
> gods
> were commonplace on the _Whorl_. Silk was familiar with the image of=20
> Pas.
> Typhon had a hang-up about his face, believing that it was necessary to
> insure continued obedience to the person of the monarch. He believed=20
> that so
> strongly that he accepted a second head rather than give up his own=20
> face. Up
> until his "death", about thirty years before the action in LS, Pas had
> appeared regularly in the sacred windows of Viron and other cities.=20
> Many
> individuals who knew Silk had seen Pas appear in the sacred windows=20
> during
> their lifetimes. It strains credulity to believe that no one in LS or=20
> SS
> ever even hinted anything along the lines of "Hey, Silk, you know who=20
> you
> look like?"
>
>
To which Don replies:

This has occurred to me, and here is my solution.  The Gods in=20
mainframe are not actual visual representations of their scans but=20
archetypal god figures, unless of course Typhon's wife has snakes for=20
hair.  The fact that Typhon had a hang-up about his appearance supports=20
this.  He was eager to get rid of his second head.  Why scan that into=20
Mainframe?  It's a problem for consideration, but it's not fatal.  The=20
thematic signs IMO point to Silk being Typhon.


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