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Dracolich writes...

Hello again.

After checking a great website called Encyclopedia Mythica (probably the most extensive list of mythology) I discovered an interesting tidbit on a being that might make the unusual depiction of the Banshee in the Garg universe understandible. The creature there is called a Baobhan Sith, and on a different webpage, it is considered to be another name for the Banshee.
This being is supposed to be a fairy-vampire. Interesting to note that it is supposed to wear green clothes, like the Banshee of the series. Interesting.

Greg responds...

Yeah.

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

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Basilisk writes...

Idiot question:

You know that Phoebe, Luna, and Selene are all personifications of the moon? Not to mention epithets of Artemis/Diana.

Well, you MUST know, seeing as you named these three extremely ethereal-celestial sisters. A very nice touch, by the way.

Greg responds...

Thanks. And, yes, I knew. Know. Whatever.

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

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(The Guppi) writes...

What kind of bed does Owen have? (silly question)

Greg responds...

Whatever kind he feels like having at any given moment.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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Corrine Blaquen writes...

I was reading through the archives, and I came across a memo about THE MIRROR. It said that you needed to establish a race for Puck to belong to so he isn't mistaken for a demon. You also said you needed to come up with a name for that race. My question is why did you not go simply with the term 'Fairy'? Puck is from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a member of Oberon's race, and he is described as the King of the Fairies. What made you not use this moniker for the third race?

Greg responds...

Honestly, because of the perjorative connotations attached to that word in common speech.

I find it frustrating, that I have to consider such things, but I felt that using that term would be more distracting than helpful.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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(The Guppi) writes...

On the same astronomy tack, how do Oberon, Titania, and Puck feel about their namesake planetary satellites? The three are moons of Uranus (offering not a few opportunies for low humor), all of which are named after famous Shakespearean characters. Appropriately enough, 'Titania' and 'Oberon' are the largest in mass, with 'Puck' being the largest of the small inner moons. (Titania is actually ~4.6e20 kg heavier than Oberon -- not that that means anything. :P)

Greg responds...

I would think Titania finds it amusing. Puck too.

I'm not sure Oberon knows. But I'd guess he likes tributes of all kinds.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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(The Guppi) writes...

Hello again, Greg. Did you manage to catch the partial solar eclipse on the 25th? There wasn't really much to see this far out west, but it was pretty cool to watch on television. On to my vaguely related question, then... Are the Weird Sisters' powers tied to the phases of the moon?

Greg responds...

I basically missed the eclipse.

Sort of.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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LSZ writes...

Have you already planned exactly how Mab escapes?

Greg responds...

Not the little details, but the basics, yes.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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Todd Jensen writes...

How does Odin feel about the fact that he's no longer worshipped as a god (at least, not on the level that he was back in the Viking Age)?

Greg responds...

I think he likes to think that he's generally at peace with it.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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Todd Jensen writes...

Somebody recently asked you who Anubis's parents are, and you said that you didn't know. According to my memory (which may be a little inaccurate, admittedly), in Egyptian mythology, Anubis was the child of Osiris by Nephythys (Set's wife).

Of course, that may not quite be the case in the Gargoyles Universe, since legends don't always necessarily match up to truth. (Some of the pre-Shakespearean legends about Oberon make him the son of Julius Caesar and Morgan le Fay, which obviously isn't the case in the Gargoyles Universe, given that:

a. we already know that Oberon's mother is Queen Mab rather than Morgan le Fay.
b. While we don't know who Oberon's father was, he obviously wasn't a human (I can't imagine Oberon having a drop of mortal blood in him), which Caesar was.
c. Julius Caesar was assassinated about five hundred years before Morgan le Fay's birth - assuming that she was indeed born in the 5th century A.D., as per tradition - making any union between them chronologically impossible - not to mention the further chronological muddle of both of them post-dating Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding).

Greg responds...

Yeah, the whole son of Caesar and Morgan thing doesn't work for me AT ALL.

As for Anubis, I'll take your word for that FOR NOW. If and when it comes up for story reasons, I'll do some more research, and reach my own conclusions.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

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LSZ writes...

Do the fae have a strong magnetic sense?

Greg responds...

I'm not sure what that means.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001


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