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Post by gary on Dec 22, 2016 16:19:31 GMT -5
Other than Atla (IIRC) in Worms of the Earth and Salome in A Witch Shall be Born, are there any other witches in the REH canon?
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Post by deuce on Dec 22, 2016 17:00:20 GMT -5
Other than Atla (IIRC) in Worms of the Earth and Salome in A Witch Shall be Born, are there any other witches in the REH canon? Zelata, for one. The chick in The Dead Remember for another. Also, the female half of the Haitian sibling duo in Devils of Dark Lake. The leman of Saul Stark in Black Canaan might have had some witchiness. There was a witch in one of the Faring Town tales. The Pictish chieftain in The Lost Race was cursed by a witch. Belit may have had some magical skills. She certainly was not a "She-Devil With a Sword". Considering all the supernatural tales REH wrote, he had very few witches in them compared to male magic-users. Sexist bastard. |
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Post by gary on Dec 22, 2016 20:22:13 GMT -5
I was thinking maybe the opposite. Atla is somewhat sympathetic. Salome is more bitch than witch. Dunno. Mulling it over. Reading about the Salem Witch trials. My own library is pretty witch-less. Got Dracula, Frank, and a Werewolf from Paris, all books I love, but what is the "classic" witch story?
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Post by deuce on Dec 22, 2016 20:35:14 GMT -5
I was thinking maybe the opposite. Atla is somewhat sympathetic. Salome is more bitch than witch. The opposite of what? |
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Post by gary on Dec 23, 2016 8:33:00 GMT -5
Sexist bastard.
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Post by deuce on Dec 23, 2016 11:42:40 GMT -5
I was being facetious. If REH had a real grudge against women, he would've had more truly evil ones (and Zelata is a benevolent witch). The witch/wizard disparity is truly lopsided. Someone should've imposed some affirmative action on Howard. |
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Post by bobbyderie on Dec 27, 2016 5:27:16 GMT -5
I was thinking maybe the opposite. Atla is somewhat sympathetic. Salome is more bitch than witch. Dunno. Mulling it over. Reading about the Salem Witch trials. My own library is pretty witch-less. Got Dracula, Frank, and a Werewolf from Paris, all books I love, but what is the "classic" witch story? There isn't one. REH's witches tended more toward supernatural versions of already-established female character types than anything out of, let us say, The Witch-Cult in Western Europe; which was such an influence on Lovecraft. Probably women like the witch of Endor and Salome in the Old Testament would be his go-to archetypes. |
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