Are the taltos based on comyn?

External Since: Apr 25, 2004 Posts: 9

In my lurking around this newsgroup lately, I have
seen quite a large drop-off lately in the number of
posts directly related to Anne Rice's writings, but
hopefully there are other people who have read her
work, both intensively and extensively, who are
lurking here too. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Something started bubbling under the surface of my
memory as I read the mayfair witch series, and actually
emerged some time after i finished reading Blood Canticle.
There is a great deal of similarity here between the
comyn of Bradley's DARKOVER series and Rice's
mayfair witches (red hair, six fingers, etc), and the paralell
becomes even stronger in reference to the origins of the
comyn and the mayfair witches. Both arethe result of
shared genetics between humans and a very tall,basicly
very gentile non-human species. Bradley's CHERRI
(I think that's the right spelling ) are only referred to in
two of the darkover books that I have read, but the
similarities with the taltos definitely are there.

Maybe this has all been discussed earlier before I
started first discovered this newsgroup, and maybe
not (the darkover series was written many years ago,
and is becoming rather forgotten these days), but I
would be interested to know if this is something that
others have noticed, or if Anne Rice has actually
said anything about it.

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

External Since: Oct 30, 2003 Posts: 15

Six fingers, green or blue eyes, red hair are all common things
associated with witches. Such is the bueaty of Rice's better work.
Throughtout the first three Chronicles if you open your eyes they are
woven chock full with myth and legend. It lends to them a certain
credence. I am trying to think of a good example but it is very late.
One example, is Lestat is a 7th son(8 children=1 daughter and 7 sons) of
course only 3 of Gabrielle's children lived. It was common belief that
the 7th son of a 7th son was a vampire.

azrach.DeleteThis@bellsouth.net (John McCafferty)
In my lurking around this newsgroup lately, I have seen quite a large
drop-off lately in the number of posts directly related to Anne Rice's
writings, but hopefully there are other people who have read her work,
both intensively and extensively, who are lurking here too. Any feedback
would be appreciated.
Something started bubbling under the surface of my memory as I read the
mayfair witch series, and actually emerged some time after i finished
reading Blood Canticle. There is a great deal of similarity here between
the comyn of Bradley's DARKOVER series and Rice's mayfair witches (red
hair, six fingers, etc), and the paralell becomes even stronger in
reference to the origins of the comyn and the mayfair witches. Both
arethe result of shared genetics between humans and a very tall,basicly
very gentile non-human species. Bradley's CHERRI (I think that's the
right spelling ) are only referred to in two of the darkover books that
I have read, but the similarities with the taltos definitely are there.
Maybe this has all been discussed earlier before I started first
discovered this newsgroup, and maybe not (the darkover series was
written many years ago, and is becoming rather forgotten these days),
but I would be interested to know if this is something that others have
noticed, or if Anne Rice has actually said anything about it.
Thank you in advance for any feedback.

lynze