Decameron (the twist)
Uladzimir Katkouski
VLK960 at cj.aubg.bg
Thu Nov 11 16:23:54 UTC 1999
On 11 Nov 99, at 8:54, Alina Israeli wrote:
> I would hesitate to call Boccaccio "French" (although according to some
Oops... that was rather stupid of me... Zaprawdny analfabet! ;) I
never gave a thought about his origin and then I just assumed it'd
be spelled "in a French way," i.e. D[e]'something.
>
> >He published two books: Damavikameron-I and Damavikameron-
> >II. Each book has 66 tales.
>
> Decameron has 10 as its root. I wonder how 66 relates to tens if we are in
> base 10?
66 related to 666, the demonic number. I guess mister Hlobus
wouldn't be capable of writing 666 tales, so he divides them in 66-
piece chunks instead. I guess it makes some sense.
Decameron-like elements are only the surface of his tales, while the
deeper layer is concerned with demonic elements and beliefs,
hence the number.
UN,
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