Picturing the inhumi

Nicholas Gevers · 14 Apr 2000, 11:54 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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Subject: (whorl) Picturing the inhumi
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:54:46
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Has anyone on this list tried to picture exactly how
Wolfe intends an inhumu (or inhuma) to look in its
undisguised state? Various zoological parallels are
suggested by Horn, IIRC including an owl, a serpent,
reptiles generally; but I have trouble visualising the
creatures exactly...=20

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