GRGR(11): More on Webley

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Thanks, Someone (z I think) mentioned an article on black
and red and so on in Pynchon. I can't find this article. Is
it relevant here? 

TF 

Scott Badger wrote:
> 
> Terrance:
> >Right, thanks, and Weisemburger identifies the source of
> >"the shining mother and last love" as Grimm, but what of the
> >Bride: "they-they were proclaiming you as their bride...."
> >to whom the regiment sings hymns? Is this kabbalah or Grimm?
> >I thought it some reference inverted and twisted around
> >christ and the church and SJD's Revelations, but it doesn't
> >work out. I thought this because of the knowledge of death
> >curse (230).
> >
> >TF
> 
> I'm just half way through Graves' WG (and several full readings before
> really understanding it), but Katje seems to be a good cast for the part of
> the White Goddess.  According to Graves (p70) she can appear as the white
> goddess of birth and growth, the red goddess of love and battle or the black
> godess of death and devination.  Cooresponding, also, to the three phase of
> the moon: new moon, full moon and old moon.
> 
> Scott