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Immram
(there & back again - once more)
Created on 2003-12-25 18:55:43 (#1691876), last updated 2003-12-30
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Bio"And here the motif of the mariner elides into that of the 'spiritual journey,' as with `Attar's Parliament of the Birds, where the thirty birds jointly go in search of their Oversoul, the Simurgh (lit. '30 birds' in New Persian; actually the Simurgh is a late Persian corruption of the Saena Murgha, the ancient Persian mythological bird that flapped its wings to send the seeds of the world-tree flying and so to populate the earth; but it made for a good pun).
Just as in `Attar's fable the spiritual seekers pass through '7 valleys' in search of fulfillment, so do the passengers on the Mariner's ark pass through stages and have adventures in each."
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