Talk:Seven Unknown Men

From Barbelith

I've had a thought about the SUM, based on the "Thomas the Rhymer" quote. In the poem, Thomas follows the middle road, just as Spyder is told he has, and goes to Elfland, where he stays for a week, only it turns out to be seven years real time. The Queen of the Elves then gives him a "superpower", the gift of prophecy.

The Seven Unknown Men, therefore, might be the successors to the rulers of the benign fairy folk (the "seelie court" in Scots myth), creating heroes to send against their malevolent counterparts.

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That's a great observation -- I'm moving it out to the main page.