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Re: {cha'naS} pun?

Stephen A. Carter ([email protected])

• From: "Stephen A. Carter" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: {cha'naS} pun?
• Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:31:51 +0900 (JST)
• Cc: "Stephen A. Carter" <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:33:29 -0600, Steven Boozer wrote:
>Stephen Carter:
>>Is Okrand a fan of Jorge Luis Borges or Yemeni mythology?
>>Knowing the feeding habits of the bat-winged nasnas of Borneo might
>>provide a clue, if anyone can determine what they are -- I didn't
>>have much luck.
>>
>>http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html
>
>   "Among the monstrous creatures of the Temptation is the Nasnas,
>    which "has only one eye, one cheek, one hand, one leg, half a
>    torso and half a heart."
>
>This doesn't seem to fit the description of the {cha'naS} as "a small bird 
>which digs up bugs to eat" (HQ 10.4).

Did you see this bit on the same page?

    "Another variety of Nasnas, having the wings of a bat, inhabits 
     the island of Raij (perhaps Borneo) at the edge of the China 
     seas.

That may be a better fit.  At least it has wings.


-- Stephen Carter
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   Nagoya, Japan

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