--- MedCat7 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/27/2005 9:54:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jot Powers > <books at bofh.com> writes: > >I think it comes from a quote where Savn says that he keeps his soul > >in a box so he can't be killed. I had always discarded this as > >superstition of his vassals and without a basis in fact. However, > >I suppose it could be true. (Or maybe it was Savn's sister, whose > >name is escaping me, and I'm AFB) I'm pretty sure that that is a fairly standard component of world folklore. I seem to recall something like that in Lloyd Alexander's Prydain books. > Her name is Polyi (I don't know her whole name as it is only mentioned once > and I am also AFB). Polinice? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com