![]() ![]() Her statue is a relatively formless rock. ![]() Moreover, this barely civilized country has a temple to the goddess Ungit. As she grows she only becomes more beautiful - for she is bright and meek and kind as well.īut the king gives no heed, much less love, to his daughters. Orual has learned from their Greek slave/tutor that Istra means Psyche in Greek. Orual takes it upon herself to become the baby's new mother. But this young mother, dying at delivery, produces only another baby girl. The king marries another wife for another political link but more so for a son. The older daughter, Orual, is but a child observing. There are two daughters of a mean old king in a barely civilized fictitious land. He has altered it and added to it - for the better! Don't misalign your expectations for this book which stands on its own very well. Don't read it before you take in the real text. ![]() But it is for good reason that it is at the end. But the very few extras that I have glimpsed are only a beginning to the layers and meanings and truths forged into this incredible tale.Ī hint and a warning: Lewis has added a bare two pages to tell us that the ancient Greek myth of Psyche was his inspiration - and he even gives us that story in a small nutshell. And I've only had a first reading of this story. ![]() Lewis is a not only a great storyteller but a great author. When I was in school I learned that great authors will put more in their stories than you read at first. ![]()
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