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steorraI just came across the Wikipedia article about perytons, which introduces them like this:
This was a surprise, because the only perytons I'd read about before (well, aside from the radio astronomy kind) were the ones in So You Want to Be a Wizard, which seem totally different. I wonder if Diane Duane's are related to any others, or if they're completely her own thing.
( Here's what we know about them )
Corrections, additions, differing interpretations, comments, context - all welcome.
The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was created and described by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript as a source.
This was a surprise, because the only perytons I'd read about before (well, aside from the radio astronomy kind) were the ones in So You Want to Be a Wizard, which seem totally different. I wonder if Diane Duane's are related to any others, or if they're completely her own thing.
( Here's what we know about them )
Corrections, additions, differing interpretations, comments, context - all welcome.
