The Goddess at the end of QoA?

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

 I'm new, so I don't know whether this has already been discussed but...
 So at the end of QoA, Eugenides sacrifices to the gods, but Moira tells him that the gods have no messages for him. Then another goddess speaks to him and shows him the dream about the volcano.
Who is that godess? It can't be Moira because she was just there, and she is "standing between Eugenides and the Great Goddess" so she's not Hephestia. Is she the goddess mentioned in the Eddis short story?
-Thanks,
Annali
 

Comments

[bluestalking.livejournal.com]

Megan's answer to this is, "I know who the goddess is, but you don't." XD

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
hahahaha. That is an awesome answer, score one for MWT, zero everyone else.

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

My theory is that the mysterious godess is the godess of the moon mentioned in Phresine's story. Gen said he visited Kathodicia with his grandfather--where the godess' temple was-- and that all he remembers are "columns of rock." It's a little fuzzy, but that's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

I think it's Philia, as I have said many times before.

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... I've never thought of that one before...
But why would she talk to Gen? The goddess would either have to have a personal interest in Gen/ Eddis.
And the moon goddess doesn't like liars ;)

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Considering your user name... (; jokes
Eugenides did give Costis gold cups for Philia, so that's sacrificing to her... but Attolia found no gods in the Attolian gods' temple, so I assumed the goddess wasn't Attolian. And why would Philia care about a volcano in Eddis? Although she is goddess of mercy...
So many elipses today! ;)

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

I don't know if she'd need too strong an interest in him to begin with. Whoever the godess is, it doesn't seem like Gen ever paid very much attention to her-- she could have been similarly disinterested until he made his challenge to the gods. And while the moon godess in the story doesn't like liars, the phrase "moon promises" (referring to something fickle and unreliable, like a thief and liar) has been repeated several times in the books, so I'm not going to take Klimun's experiences as a hard-and-fast rule.

I also think there's a really neat poetry in the godess of the moon, who's light can make or break a thief's success, intervening on Gen's behalf. I'm a sucker for that sort of literary symmetry ;-)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

When I listened to puppeteergirl read the Eddis short story last week, I wondered, too, if that goddess in QoA was *goes to look* Periphys.

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Beats heck outa me! Welcome!

[savithny.livejournal.com]

Whoever she is, I don't think we need to argue that she's interested in Gen, per se.

I think she's interested in Eddis, or possibly the whole penisula (Eddis/Sounis/Attolia). She shows him the fate of the mountain, she essentially says that he lost his hand to save Attolia (the queen) and to save Attolia (the country) from the Medes.

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

I think the goddess is actually MWT.

Gen: "why did you betray me? It's your fault she cut off my hand! That was horrible!"
GoddessMWT: "that's how the plot just had to go, because that's how the plot went, and it's for the best!"
Gen: "Godsdamnit, why can't I have control over ALL my stories? They should all be in first person like The Thief!"
GoddessMWT: "Honey, that wouldn't have worked. You would have stalked Irene forever and she would have just gotten madder and madder and she would never have moved into your cousin's library with you anyway, despite all your little breakfast notes. Something had to give, trust me!"
Gen: "Trust you?! Grumble.. fine... I can still do whatever I want you know..."

All kidding aside, though, the only clue about the goddess I can find is Gen's comment in KoA: "I guess it's good to curry favor where you can, you never know who will save you when you over-reach" (paraphrased), in reference to Costis's gods (Philia specifically). What else could he be thinking of then other than the unknown goddess who once did save him when he overreached? While Gen doesn't know who that was, that line seems to indicate that it *could* have been one of the invader's gods.

And, whether an old or new god, I think it will be some sort of water deity. The descriptions of her voice are all water analogies. :)

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Oooo deep. I never thought of that. The moon and the night are tied up in the whole thieves and sneaking around thing. And it is sorta like chekhovs gun, the moon goddess must have been mentioned for a reason...

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah... I had to go back and re listen to it to get her name... ;)
What got me thinking about all this was actually the Eddis short story you put up. And periphys is eddisian so she has a motive...

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I feel welcomed.
Haha good stance to take on this ;)

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Good point. Although if it's all goddesses that care about either country or eugenides then it can basically be anyone...;)
I see what you did there with the attolias

[annalibelle.livejournal.com]

Haha yes supreme goddess MWT.
*goes back and reads* oh you're right about all the water metaphors. So smart, ididn't notice that before!
I don't think it's Philia because attolia found the new gods temple to be empty.
Hmmm was the goddess in the Eddis story, periphys, a water goddess?

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm was the goddess in the Eddis story, periphys, a water goddess?"

...Hm... I don't know. I should read that again with an ear out for more water-metaphors! :P

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was Seperchia. Or one of the other rivers (not Aracthus, obviously).