[Dragaera] Blood of the Horse^H witch, goddess, etc.

[andy]

ahh. i had thought noishpa had told him never to sacrifice humans to her. i 
don't remember the blood prohibition... it was one of those things where 
vlad didn't understand why not when told, and states that he never 
understood why he shouldn't do it, but he never did it, i'm assuming out of 
regard for noishpa.  but he most definitely uses his own blood to get her 
attention... 'by the blood on verra's floor' as a clever new oath that 
morrolan had never heard....

andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Blood of the Horse^H witch, goddess, etc.


>
>
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>
>> --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>> We've also seen blood used in witchcraft.  I can't
>> remember when, but he cuts his palm and says Noish-pa
>> told him never to kill anyone to get blood for that
>> purpose; another time Morrolan asks him whose blood
>> to use for some kind of spell.
>
> Noish-pa casts a spell in, uhh, _Phoenix_ or maybe _Teckla_
> using blood.  Maybe Verra cares about it, or maybe blood is
> easier to sacrifice for a spell than a gram of flesh, or maybe
> there's something significant about blood.
>
>
>> I hadn't connected those with vampires' (if they exist)
>> need for blood.  But I don't see the importance to the
>> plot.  As far as the plot of /Taltos/ is concerned, the
>> vial of blood is simply what Vlad needs to get hold of,
>> and blood is a colorful and convincing choice.  Further
>> connections might be fun, but I don't feel a need for
>> them.
>
> I'm not saying continuity is the be-all and end-all, but
> we've seen quite a few references to blood, and if there are
> in fact vampires maybe the whole thing ties together somehow.
> It matters for spells, it matters for contacting Verra,
> it matters for leaving the Halls - maybe it matters for
> Sethra.  If those are four separate issues, then fine -
> a bit odd, but whatever.  Still, might as well look.
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