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Re: Pronouns and genders of the Pfhor
Posted By: Aaron FreedDate: 11/24/22 7:48 a.m.

In Response To: Pronouns and genders of the Pfhor (Aaron Freed)

Heavily belated follow-up to these bits:

: • Great Mother crouched behind the Throne: presumably female
: (mentioned by Tfear in "Aie Mak Sicur")

: • Hindmost Creche (which is probably a metonymy, since a creche is a
: nursery): female, mentioned by Tfear in "Slimy Things". Notably,
: he capitalises the pronoun "Her" in a way that suggests She is a
: figure of some religious reverence. My headcanon is that "Hindmost
: Creche" is a metonymy for the Great Mother, although this is not
: officially confirmed anywhere. (Interestingly, Tfear also uses the phrase
: "dried creche" in the aforementioned "Aie Mak Sicur" terminal.)

It occurred to me a few weeks ago that of course these two terms refer to the same individual. If she is the Hindmost, then she would, almost by definition, be behind the Throne. And a creche, or nursery, is precisely where one might expect to find a Great Mother.

So there you have it. “Hindmost Creche” is a metonymy for the Great Mother crouched behind the Throne. It only took me 26 years to figure it out.

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