In this fantasy, Fury, the apparent protagonist has much in common with the Norse God Odin, with St. Nicholas and, of course, with the famous Santa Claus. His beloved steed Slippery greatly resembles Odin's eight-legged horse, the legendary Sleipnir (whose mother was Svadilfari, whose name means unlucky traveler). And Claw, the beast that accompanies St. Nicholas has some analogies with the famous Krampus.What happens to these characters in this story has little legend and much entelechy, so the reader should not seek the ...
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In this fantasy, Fury, the apparent protagonist has much in common with the Norse God Odin, with St. Nicholas and, of course, with the famous Santa Claus. His beloved steed Slippery greatly resembles Odin's eight-legged horse, the legendary Sleipnir (whose mother was Svadilfari, whose name means unlucky traveler). And Claw, the beast that accompanies St. Nicholas has some analogies with the famous Krampus.What happens to these characters in this story has little legend and much entelechy, so the reader should not seek the absolute truth in it; only the brief mathematical reasoning that appear are worthy of being believed (especially those of chapter 5). This lack of fidelity to the real legends has its reason for being: All these characters, even being in the foreground, are not the protagonists of this story. The last chapter will reveal why it is so; only at the end of the story will the reader understand the title of the book. It is there where a fleeting appearance of the true protagonist gives a Christmas sense to the story.
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