(i) "The Comedy of Errors" is a play by William Shakespeare; "A Tragedy of Errors" is a short story by Poul Anderson.
(ii) Anderson's Father Tomislav speculates here that everything created, including the soulless merpeople, might be resurrected to the glory of God. Merpeople are carved on seats in Holy Trinity Church where Shakespeare was baptized and buried.
(iii) I read an sf story about a future explorer of Earth who sickened and died after disturbing an ancient grave:
"Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare
"To dig the dust enclosed heare.
"Blese be ye man that spares these stones,
"And curst be he that moves my bones."
-see here.
Some previous posts resulting from holiday trips:
Ys And The Village
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1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I certainly have some sympathy for Fr. Tomislav's views. And I might argue that the common belief in THE MERMAN'S CHILDREN that merpeople have no souls does not stand up under rigorous analysis. I would argue that all rational being, by definition, have souls. And the merpeople are certainly rational!
Sean
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