«There is an animal found, which he calls the mantichora; it has a triple row of teeth, which fit into each other like those of a comb, the face and ears of a man, and azure eyes, is of the colour of blood, has the body of the lion, and a tail ending in a sting, like that of the scorpion. Its voice resembles the union of the sound of the flute and the trumpet; it is of excessive swiftness, and is particularly fond of human flesh». Thus Borges announces, quoting Pliny, in the Book of Imaginary Beings.
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CFP Mantichora n. 14: The performance of objects |
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«I would say that the moment an object appears in a narrative, it is charged with a special force and becomes like the pole of a magnetic field, a knot in the network of invisible relationships. The symbolism of an object may be more or less explicit, but it is always there. We might even say that in a narrative any object is always magic». |
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Posted: 2024-06-04 |
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Vol 13 (2023): How to Undo Things with Words
ISSN: 2240-5380