08-27-2016, 06:02 PM
(08-26-2016, 09:04 PM)Erthona Wrote: Tom wrote: "The last half dozen lines confirm the existence of the writer as the character."I saw it as allegorical as well, and I liked that -- it seemed to work on multiple levels. It's curious to me that you wouldn't want it to open to multiplicity of interpretation, because I find work like that to be fascinating.
Ah, no! The character is a god and while erthona may think highly of himself, he is no god.
The title is only an allusion to a creation story, this is not allegory.
And, the gods are often becoming mortal or coming down from the heaven to copulate or some other such nonsense, so why not have a human parallel?
Just my two cents.
