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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "wtsdv" <liberty@...> wrote:
> If I remember correctly, in one period of ancient history
> in the middle-east, the rulers of conquered cities would
> be publicly subjected to anal intercourse by the conquerers
> as a sign of subjugation and humiliation.
Not too ancient - didn't Lawrence of Arabia end up on the wrong side
of this equation once?
> >What, in this context,
> are "fire" and "deception"?
Is Glen refering to that whole bundle of things including, among much
else, the Loki sexual ambiguity idea, and the supposed feminine
aspect to shapeshifting and certain sorts of magic in general? It
smacks a little to me of the odd position of the Siberian shaman, in
his female attire. Classical theories on this supposed a synchronic
reason involving male usurpation of an originally solely female
activity, though it has also been interpreted as a more symbolic show
of his Otherness.
Is this what we're talking about, or should I just scurry on out of
the Suomi steamhouse with my inadequate Germanic tail between my legs?
Ben