Jose Marquez wondered aloud to the group:
>Dr. Elmo wrote:
>> OTOH, I'm still in favor of the oread theory, which would allow her to
>> be alive two and a half eons before becoming undead.
>
>Okay, I've been wondering about this for a while now... what's "oread"
>mean? I'm not having any luck finding it online...
From Greek mythology; an oread is a female spirit linked to a
mountain. Compare to "dryad", a female spirit linked to a particular oak tree.
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