GR translation: snarling inward toward that famous S-curve

[David Morris]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving_(mythology)

The theme of weaving <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving> in mythology is
ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of
this art. In traditional societies today, westward of Central Asia and the
Iranian plateau, *weaving* is a mystery within woman's sphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai

In Greek mythology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology>, the *
Moirai* (Ancient Greek <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek>: Μοῖραι,
"apportioners",
Latinized<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinisation_of_names> as
Moerae)—often known in English as the *Fates*—were the white-robed
incarnations of destiny <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny>
(Roman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology>
equivalent: *Parcae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcae>*, euphemistically
the "sparing ones", or *Fata*; also analogous to
theGermanic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_mythology>
 *Norns <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns>*). Their number became fixed
at three: Clotho <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotho> (spinner),
Lachesis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachesis_(mythology)> (allotter)
and Atropos <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropos> (unturnable).

They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth
to death. They were independent, at the helm of necessity, directed fate,
and watched that the fate assigned to every being by eternal laws might
take its course without obstruction. The gods and men had to submit to
them, but in the case of Zeus he is portrayed in two ways: as the only one
who can command them (the *Zeus Moiragetes*) or as the one who is also
bound to the Moiras as incarnation of the
fates.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai#cite_note-1> In
the Homeric <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer> poems *Moira* or *Aisa*,
is related with the limit and end of life, and
Zeus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus> appears
as the guider of destiny. In the
*Theogony<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theogony>
* of Hesiod <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod>, the three*Moirai* are
personified, and are acting over the
gods.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai#cite_note-Hesiod221-2>
Later
they are daughters of Zeus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus>
andThemis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themis>,
who was the embodiment of divine order and law. In
Plato<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>
's *Republic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republic_(Plato)>* the Three
Fates are daughters of Ananke<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananke_(mythology)>
 (necessity).[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai#cite_note-3>

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Moirai.html

THE MOIRAI (or Moirae) were the goddesses of fate who personified the
inescapable destiny of man. They assinged to every person his or her fate
or share in the scheme of things. Their name means "Parts." "Shares" or
"Alottted Portions." Zeus <http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html> Moiragetes,
the god of fate, was their leader,.
Klotho, whose name means "Spinner," spinned the thread of life. Lakhesis,
whose name means "Apportioner of Lots"--being derived from a word meaning
to receive by lot--, measured the thread of life. Atropos (or Aisa), whose
name means "She who cannot be turned," cut the thread of life.


On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, David Morris wrote:

> "Snarling Inward" and "Ensnarled."  A great pairing, with "Snarl" being
> the knotted root.  "A progressing knotting into?"  Weaving is a very
> prominent motif in GR.  Weaving implies connections visible and hidden, and
> its patterns convey an overt communication.
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snarl
>
> A snarl might sound like a racing engine. The sound of facial rage...
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, wrote:
>
>> I would assume it's Slothrop,  but not snarling facially; rather becoming
>> ensnarled.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> To: Pynchon Mailing List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 8:33 am
>> Subject: GR translation: snarling inward toward that famous S-curve
>>
>>  P386.9-16   Amateur Fritz von Opels all over the place here, promising
>> a lively sprint for Slothrop snarling inward toward that famous S-curve
>> where maniacs in white helmets and dark goggles once witched their
>> wind-faired machinery around the banked brick in shrieking drifts (admiring
>> eyes of colonels in dress uniforms, colonels’ ladies in Garbo fedoras, all
>> safe up in their white towers yet belonging to the day’s adventure, each
>> waiting for his own surfacing of the same mother-violence underneath . . .).
>>
>>  Who or what is doing the "snarling" here?
>>
>
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