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[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 14:03, Scott Badger wrote:
> > > > > If "Utana" is Utah/Montana and "Idoming" is Idaho/Wyoming
> > then what is
> > > > > Cedarn? Cedar barn? It's in the cabin at Cedarn where Kinbote
> > > > > inaccurately transcribes the words of Shade,...*Kinbote's*
> > > > > ghostly visitor?...
> 
> > Cedar Barn?  V.
> 
> Barn with cedar siding, see: http://www.methowlands.com/estates.html (scroll
> down to the last picture, the "Ski trail runs through it" listing)
> 
> Scott Badger
> 


Cedarn means pertaining to cedar. Coleridge used it to describe a
hillside in Kublai Khan. . I think the association in our book is with
the use of the wood as a preservative.  Closets are lined with cedar
wood to protect clothes from moths etc. Kinbote has taken Pale Fire to a
place where it can be preserved.

Additionally cedars have red berries of the type favored by waxwings. In
fact there is a waxwing species called cedar waxwing.