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This blog is dedicated to an indepth look at the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicles: "The Name of the Wind" and "A Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss.


If you have not yet read these books, don't read this blog. It's that simple. I will spoil it. Let the books speak to you first, then come back here and see what you might have missed, or point out what I blindly failed to see. We will not hesitate to spoil from both books and with no warning. Except this one. So now you are warned.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Tehlin Religion

  1. NotW 1: Mention of Tehlu
  2. NotW 1: Mention of Tehlu's choice of the path
  3. NotW 1: Mention of Tehlu's angels
  4. NotW 1: Tehlu broke demons in his hands
  5. NotW 1: "They took it to the priest. He did all the right things for all the wrong reasons." This indicates that many of the church's approaches may work, but not the way they think or for the reasons they believe. They cannot be relied on for expansions of truth.
  6. NotW 1: Temic (Tehlin church equivalent of Latin) for "Begone demon!" is "Te hus antausa eha!"
  7. NotW 1: Demons fear cold iron, clean fire and the holy name of God.
  8. NotW 2: Chronicler wears an iron circle on a leather rope around his neck. It is not a guilder: the ex-soldier's commander touches it without noticing cold or numbness. It appears to be a symbol of the iron wheel Tehlu sacrificed himself on while trying to do away with Encanis/Haliax.
  9. NotW 4: When startled by Kvothe hunting scrael, Chronicler unconsciously clutched the circle of iron that hung around his neck. He doesn't believe in demons, but still has some superstitious sentiment.

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