Annotation - Chapter 4, Page 24

• (24:22) "Aunty come for him. Stoan boans and iron tits and teef be twean her legs ... she come down on top of him"

This is the first reference to just how the angel of death claims her victims. Stone and iron are two of the main building materials of Riddley's world; note that nothing on Aunty is made out of wood.

AP points out several possible associations with the iconic figure of La Lupa, the she-wolf who suckles Romulus and Remus, as "general themes of wolves and the rise and fall of civilizations would fit". The original Etruscan statue is blackened bronze (a stone copy is prominently displayed in Rome), and the wolf with her pointed dugs hovering over the children is a strikingly fierce maternal image. A wolf, two children, and a river also feature in the Eusa Story, with Folleree or Folleroo standing in for the wolf.