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- 21:02, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . How
- 21:01, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+778) . . N How (Created page with "(14, {{Ixp|15|18}}, 26, 29, 60, 147, 186) '''Wye'' {{By|TH}} is currently a small college town between Ashford and Canterbury on the [[Rivver Sour|R...")
- 20:59, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,604) . . N Eustace (Created page with "This legendary 2nd-century Christian martyr's story is told in Chapter 14. Also known as Eustatius or Eustachio, he reportedly began as a Roman soldier named Placidus, who con...")
- 20:53, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Chapter 6
- 20:53, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+39) . . Chapter 6
- 20:52, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+334) . . N A 35 27 (Created page with "* {{PP|35|27}} "Yul fyn me in the wud yul fyn me on the water lyk yu foun me in the {{Ix|stone|stoan}}." Compare Jesus's 77th saying in the [http://www.gospelthomas.com/ Gospe...")
- 20:51, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+346) . . N A 34 8 (Created page with "* {{PP|34|8}} "The Right syd uv him had the nek & {{Ix|heads|hed}} the Left syd uv him had his {{Ix|cock|cok}} & {{Ix|balls|bauls}}" Not only is the Shining Man torn apart, b...") (current)
- 20:50, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+168) . . N A 33 4 (Created page with "* {{PP|33|4}} "He run them thru the Power Ring he mayd the 1 Big 1" Compare to the previous mention of the Power Ring in Chapter 3. Category:Chapter 6") (current)
- 20:49, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+553) . . N A 32 11 (Created page with "* {{PP|32||11}} "I wan tu dark I wan tu lyt I wan tu day I wan tu nyt .... I wan tu woman I wan tu man .... I wan tu plus I wan tu minus I wan tu big I wan tu littl I want tu ...") (current)
- 20:49, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . A 32 7 (current)
- 20:48, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Figures-small.jpg (current)
- 20:48, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+420) . . N A 32 7 (Created page with "* {{PP|32|7}} "Eusa wuz angre he wuz in rayj & he kep pulin on the Littl Man the Addoms owt strecht arms" [[File:figures-small.jpg|frame|right|link=Carving of two figures in C...")
- 20:47, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N A 31 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|30}} "holdin him lyk twichin for water with a hayzel" Dowsing or divining for water, traditionally done with a forked stick. Category:Chapter 6") (current)
- 20:46, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . A 31 20 (current)
- 20:46, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+262) . . N A 31 20 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|20}} "The Littl Man sed, I mus be wut I mus be" An echo of the voice from the burning bush in Exodus—"I am that I am"—but in keeping with the theme of fate or th...")
- 20:46, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+351) . . N A 31 16 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|16}} "On the stags hed stud the Littl Shynin Man the Addom in be twean thay horns with arms owt strecht & each han holdin tu a horn" Not only a crucifixion pose, but...") (current)
- 20:45, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+680) . . N A 31 5 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|5}} "Sum tyms bytin sum tyms bit" Computer terms again: a bit is a binary digit (a single 1 or 0) and a byte is a series of eight bits corresponding to a single char...") (current)
- 20:44, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . N A 31 2 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|2}} "menne cools uv stoan" Molecules. Category:Chapter 6") (current)
- 20:44, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N A 31 1 (Created page with "* {{PP|31|1}} "hot & clikkin & countin thay gygers" The clicking of a Geiger counter detecting radiation. Category:Chapter 6") (current)
- 20:44, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+503) . . N A 30 23 (Created page with "* {{PP|30|23}} "He tuk 2 gray dogs with him thear nayms wer Folleree & Folleroo" Two dogs with half-rhyming names also appear in Norse myth, as Odin's constant companions, the...") (current)
- 20:43, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+340) . . N A 30 18 (Created page with "* {{PP|30|18}} "the dansing in the stoan & thay partickler tracks" The first of many allusions to {{Ix|stone}} and the life within it. Partickler tracks suggests a [http://www...") (current)
- 20:41, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+312) . . N A 29 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|29|15}} "No 1 else is allowit to have it wrote down the same which that dont make no odds becaws no 1 else knows how to read" If no one is literate but the Ram and the ...") (current)
- 20:41, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+437) . . N A 29 9 (Created page with "* {{PP|29|9}} "Its all ways wrote down in the old spel" Here we're reminded that Riddley's fanciful {{Ix|spelling}} and grammar are not signs of illiteracy, but are part of a ...") (current)
- 20:40, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+238) . . N A 29 5 (Created page with "* {{PP|29|5}} "Orfing had a face like a limpit" A ''limpet'' is a kind of sea snail. {{By|EB}} A ''lime pit'' is a pit containing corrosive quicklime (burnt limestone), often ...") (current)
- 20:40, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N A 29 1 (Created page with "* {{PP|29|1}} "Goodparley had a big face with littl eyes like lookouts" One of several prominent references to characters' {{Ix|eyes}}. Category:Chapter 5") (current)
- 20:39, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N A 28 35 (Created page with "* {{PP|28|35}} "he carrit the {{Ix|fit up}}" A fit-up is a portable puppet theater. Category:Chapter 5") (current)
- 20:39, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+905) . . N A 28 29 (Created page with "* {{PP|28|29}} "therewl all ways be a nother Goodparley & Orfing" If the Eusa show had been created purely for propagandistic purposes, there would be no need to ensure that t...")
- 20:38, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+286) . . N A 28 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|28|12}} "they all ready ben Shorsday Week with the sess men which they revver newit the fraction for the Ram" ''Shorsday'' is the shortest day of the year; ''sess men''...") (current)
- 20:37, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,148) . . N A 28 10 (Created page with "* {{PP|28|10}} "the {{Ix|Big 2}} down from the Ram. Abel {{Ix|Goodparley, Abel|Goodparley}} & Erny {{Ix|Orfing, Erny|Orfing}} the {{Ix|Pry Mincer}} and the {{Ix|Wes Mincer}}" ...")
- 20:36, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+416) . . N A 27 13 (Created page with "* {{PP|27|13}} "Belnot {{Ix|Phist, Belnot|Phist}} from the {{Ix|Mincery}}" The Mincery (Ministry) is the central government, such as it is. [http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban...") (current)
- 20:34, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+225) . . N A 26 25 (Created page with "* {{PP|26|25}} "Witey hair and pinky eyes" In Riddley's devastated world, we might expect to see much worse deformities than albinism. An explanation for why we haven't seen a...") (current)
- 20:22, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+214) . . N A 25 23 (Created page with "* {{PP|25|23}} "his front legs wer like out stretcht {{Ix|arms}} it took me strange to see that" We will see a particular image of outstretched arms a bit later in...") (current)
- 20:22, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Rrwolf-small.jpg (current)
- 20:21, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . A 24 22
- 20:21, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . A 24 22
- 20:21, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,022) . . N A 24 22 (Created page with "* {{PP|24||22}} "{{Ix|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 a...")
- 20:19, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+778) . . N A 22 24 (Created page with "* {{PP|22|24}} "Thine the han what shapit the black" .... "We all thinet hands" "Thine" in the second sense seems to mean clasp or entwine; so the song is both speaking to the...") (current)
- 20:18, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . N A 22 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|22|12}} "sarvering gallack seas and flaming nebyul eye" A reference to space travel (sovereign galaxies, flaming nebulae). Category:Chapter 4") (current)
- 20:16, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . Index
- 20:09, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+57) . . Places
- 20:08, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Inland-small.jpg (current)
- 20:08, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,064) . . N Places (Created page with "Real locations mentioned in ''Riddley Walker''. Riddley's country, as shown in the [http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/Ezine/Articles/Articles.asp?ezine%5Farticle%5Fid=646 or...")
- 20:00, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Related works (→Current 93)
- 20:00, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+6,167) . . N Related works (Created page with "Books and other works that meet at some point with ''Riddley Walker''. __NOTOC__ == Books == === ''Doctor Mirabilis'' === By James Blish (1964). Historical novel about the l...")
- 19:47, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,025) . . N About this site (Created page with "These annotation pages are maintained and edited by Eli Bishop, who wrote about two-thirds of the text. Other contributors are listed on the [[contributors...")
- 19:44, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,776) . . N Job (Created page with "The Book of Job, part of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, is one of the oldest known narrative poems. The main story is thought to have been written between 3000 ...") (current)
- 19:37, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,784) . . N Heads (Created page with "Riddley's people follow a timeless human tradition of displaying their enemies' severed {{Ix|heads}} on a stick, not only as a warning to others but as a source of mystical kn...")
- 19:32, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Gunpowder
- 19:32, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,747) . . N Gunpowder (Created page with "Mixing {{Ix|Salt 4|sulfur}}, {{Ix|Saul & Peter|saltpeter}}, and {{Ix|charcoal}} makes a black explosive powder. This was likely known at least a thousand years ago, although p...")
- 19:30, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,292) . . N Diana and Aunty (Created page with "Although a figure whose primary function appears to be bringing death is an unlikely candidate for a fertility goddess, several of {{Ix|Aunty}}'s characteristics make her simi...")
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