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- From: magnus@bark-fddi.ii.uib.no (Magnus Alvestad)
- Subject: Re: Poetry.
- In-Reply-To: ketil@ii.uib.no's message of 18 Nov 92 21:58:36
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.233214.13891@alf.uib.no>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23:32:14 GMT
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- >>>>> On 18 Nov 92 21:58:36, ketil@ii.uib.no (Ketil M. Malde) said:
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- Ketil> Why does all the various beings of Other Worlds have so
- Ketil> long and completely unutterable names?
-
- Ketil> Why is there not a 'Jim the demon', or 'Harry the
- Ketil> Omnipotent of the Outher Spheres'?
-
- I think it has to do with the fact that once you know the name of a
- daemon, you have control over him. Now, Jim was one of the first to
- go, Harry didn't last long either. Besides, some of them bring great
- disfortune upon you if you name them, like Hast*r. Imagine if there
- was lightning every time you said 'Jim'. Now you know why no one name
- their sons Hast*r.
-
- -Magnus
-