Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Silk notes that human sacrifice hasn't been done in many generations, and is against the law. Human sacrifice never occurs in The Book of Silk outside of Mint's sacrifice of Sand to get Pas' attention. The meat of the animal is distributed to worshippers after the sacrifice. Most if not all of the prophecies come true in The Book of Silk. The augur does the sacrificing and then reads the entrails for prophecy. ![]() The reason that Pas proscribed animal sacrifices is that he figured out members of his family were hiding in animals. SACRIFICES: A custom of Viron, but not necessarily of the other cities in the Whorl. Saba is described as having a "wide mouth" and may be in her forties. She appears to have some kind of connection with Oosik. The other possibility is that she was simply exchanging information with Saba. She is possibly intimate with Hyacinth on the airship. Silk gives it back to her after their trip to Mainframe. She commands the airship until she is possessed by Mucor. You can e-mail me at alex dot carnevale at gmail dot com. If you create an entry worth of the EoTL, we'll credit you with all the tidings of Pas. ![]() If you can fill in any of the blanks, post in the comments. The Encyclopedia of the Long Sun has character information and commentary for the following books by Gene Wolfe: ![]()
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