Sphinx: Mother's mother

James Jordan · 09 May 2003, 16:12 · from urth-v0305.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Sphinx: Mother's mother
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 11:12:59 -0500
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At 10:40 AM 5/9/2003, you wrote:
>I was thinking about "I am your mother, and your mother's mother".  One=20
>riddle
>of the sphinx was "Which daughter gives birth to her mother in turn?" or
>something like that, and the answer was night and day.  Pretty banal, but
>could that explain the line?  It doesn't seem to for me, but it seems simi=
lar
>somehow.  I remain confused by it.
>
>Marc Aramini

Could it be this: Latro's lapses of memory between each day provide for him=20
a much fuller alternation of day and night than for other people.
         I don't remember very much from the books. Which god did Latro=20
offend? Someone connected with the sphinx? This god/goddess would be the=20
author of his alternating condition.

Nutria


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