The Wizard - questions

David Lebling · 03 Jan 2005, 08:27 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: dlebling at hyraxes.com (David Lebling)
Date: Mon Jan  3 08:27:44 2005
Subject: (urth) The Wizard -  questions
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> How does Parka fit into the Norse scheme?  Parcae is the Roman name fot
the Fates;
> is Wolfe just shoehorning her in as an amalgam of the three?  Does she
share
> characteristics with anyone else (i.e., the Virgin Mary) that I didn't
pick up on?

I believe Parka is referred to in the second book as coming from a higher
plane than Skai. The only other being we meet from a higher plane is
Michael, who is from the Christian (i.e., Greco-Roman influenced) tradition.
So Parcae as a Roman Fate isn't too outlandish.

-- Dave, aka Vizcacha

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