Okay I admit it; I’m listening to various songs as I write this. It all started with thinking of geishas and their white faces to Nami Tamaki, then it went to Gackt as I thought about his movie Moonchild (while thinking of the Moonwoman) and then I just went off to country. I rock like that. What can I say, my mind makes amazing leaps. Okay maybe not leaps. Hops? Yeah hops. Well whatever the reason, I do like the character Moonwoman. She’s unusual and intriguing. And her name? C’mon.
It sounds so cool. I’d want a name like that! It is very Native American-esque as well. Maybe she’s also a throwback to them too?
And I’m guessing Lissar’s Lady really is this Moonwoman- a goddess who, as is confirmed with the woman who lost her child, looks out for kids. She does remind me of Artemis. Both a rather aloof, protect children, exotic looking (and resemble the moon in some way)…it doesn’t seem like the Moonwoman is one to appear before men, although that could just be me. But it seems like women in the book look toward her more often. She’s sort of their private patron, one that is relatable in some distant way.
I like that you call the Moonwoman a "private" deity. I agree there is this sort of intimacy that women in the novel feel with her -- sort of "she is a woman like me who has suffered because of her gender." It is, however, important to remember that Ossin is the only man in the novel who prays to her.
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