Re: Digest Number 139

From: t.s.baguley_at_...
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:31:44 +0100


>Oh! And while looking for evidence on romans using lightning as a metaphor for
>speed, I happened upon this:
> Fulgurator (fulgor - lightning); A haruspex (soothsayer) reading the future,
>or rather hte signs, in lightning. Now there is a new feat (or is it a mental
>skill?) for Orlanth the Thunderer. Perhaps we want to express it in English,
>say Read Lightning?
>
>--
>Henrix

Wonderful find. I'd keep it as Fulguration. Not much room for ambiguity there!

Thom

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