Subject: Re: (urth) Mucor, Marble, Mother
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:18:09 +1100
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One more .... A possible answer to part of my question:
"Why doesn't SilkHorn meet with Mucor at the end of RTTW? What happens =
to her? Obviously, he has had communication with Mucor's astral form, so =
perhaps a physical meeting is unnecessary, but it still seems odd. "
Maybe this: SilkHorn now recognizes that Mucor & Marble have in effect =
built a shrine to the Mother on the top of their hill, so he will not =
climb up to it. Kind of a political act, and perhaps one to be =
remembered: "The prophetess came to Silk. Silk did not climb up to the =
witch or worship the Mother. Neither should you." Maybe. Taking the =
prophetess Marble away will also tend to lessen its status as a cult =
center for sailors & others.=20
But still - what happens to Mucor? One way-out possibility is that she =
goes with him to the Whorl, in the body of Seawrack. There a couple of =
little scraps you could use for this: Seawrack says something to the =
effect that Mucor reminds her of herself (in Pajarocu, I think); and the =
description of Seawrack at the very end of RTTW sounds a little =
Mucor-ish - like a wild animal, ready to stick her knife in anyone apart =
from SilkHorn - in contrast to the rather civilized & gentle Seawrack we =
see talking with Sinew & Horn. Not very convincing tho.
An outcome which might have fitted: The cult center remains, but now a =
shrine to the Outsider, with Mucor as his acolyte, and under the =
umbrella of Remora's redirected church. This would parallel with Delphi =
(or the Wolfe/Graves view of it, as a shrine to the Earth Mother =
co-opted by Apollo). But there's not a scrap of support for it, as far =
as I can see.=20
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One more .... A possible answer to part =
of my=20
question:
"Why doesn't SilkHorn meet with Mucor =
at the end of=20
RTTW? What happens to her? Obviously, he has had communication with =
Mucor's=20
astral form, so perhaps a physical meeting is unnecessary, but it still =
seems=20
odd. "
Maybe this: SilkHorn now recognizes =
that Mucor=20
& Marble have in effect built a shrine to the Mother on the top of =
their=20
hill, so he will not climb up to it. Kind of a political act, and =
perhaps one to=20
be remembered: "The prophetess came to Silk. Silk did not =
climb up to=20
the witch or worship the Mother. Neither should you." Maybe. Taking the=20
prophetess Marble away will also tend to lessen its status as a cult =
center for=20
sailors & others.
But still - what happens to Mucor? One=20
way-out possibility is that she goes with him to the Whorl, in the =
body of=20
Seawrack. There a couple of little scraps you could use for this: =
Seawrack says=20
something to the effect that Mucor reminds her of herself (in Pajarocu, =
I=20
think); and the description of Seawrack at the very end of RTTW sounds a =
little=20
Mucor-ish - like a wild animal, ready to stick her knife in anyone apart =
from=20
SilkHorn - in contrast to the rather civilized & gentle Seawrack we =
see=20
talking with Sinew & Horn. Not very convincing tho.
An outcome which might have =
fitted: The cult=20
center remains, but now a shrine to the Outsider, with Mucor as his =
acolyte, and=20
under the umbrella of Remora's redirected church. This would parallel =
with=20
Delphi (or the Wolfe/Graves view of it, as a shrine to the Earth Mother =
co-opted=20
by Apollo). But there's not a scrap of support for it, as far as I can =
see.=20
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