Re: Naming Mythical creatures

There's an interesting parallel to this in C. S. Lewis' "Prince Caspian,"
where Susan and Lucy discuss Talking Beasts who revert back to "wild" ways and
lose their power of speech, with Lucy speculating on what would happen if
humans changed on the inside (losing their humanity) but still *looked* human
. . . .
Krista
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>On Jan 20, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
>>> The greater spirits are few in number and bear individual names.
>>> The lesser spirits are plentiful, and there are many kinds of them.
>>> The _gøñi_ (plural of _goña_) are one sort of those lesser spirits
>>> that turned to evil.  Another kind of evil beings are the "husks",
>>> beings with human body but no soul.
>
>> Greater/Lesser Spirits too. "Husks"-- what an interesting concept. I
>> haven't gotten to mythological creatures yet.
>
>Hmm, didn't notice this before.
>Are these "husks" recognizeable as such?
>If they look and act exactly (or mostly) like humans, it opens up the
>possibility of people accusing each other (or accusing the Other) of
>being husks and not humans... a kind of demonization that could be
>dangerous.
>
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
>  "through sleet, through mud, through war, through blight,
>   through bandits and through darkest night..."
>      ~ _the postman_, by david brin