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Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 12 Mar 2003, 06:29 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) extra-textual material
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:29:20 -0800
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On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 10:48 AM, James Wynn wrote:

> The question of whether Severian is an heir of Typhon is IMO much less=20
> well
> established. That, in 'King Jesus', Jesus was the son of Herod who was=20
> into
> the worship of Set is not the same as Jesus being a son of Set. There's
> **something** there but it could be that only that Wolfe is sipping=20
> from
> this particular well of Graves' rather than swimming in it.
>
>
Aw contrail mon friar,

My assertion that Severian is the son of Typhon has very little to do=20
with the KJ parallel.  I think the story of Frog establishes pretty=20
well the identity of Ymar as the son of Typhon and there are way too=20
many parallels between Severian and Ymar for me to think that they are=20
anything but the same person (genetically).  Btw, I should have pointed=20
out that in KJ, Herod tries to position himself as an incarnation of=20
Set/Typhon, going so far as to wear the golden ass mask of Dora in the=20
Holy of Holies.  But the KJ reference was only a minor reference to the=20
thematic strength of my argument.  It was never meant to carry the=20
whole thing.

Don

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