From: Rebecca Sweat 2:50 PM Subject: Manson's Maze #3To: "'jmb184@frontiernet.net'" John, I have completed a database of the basic contents of the House, from angels and clocks to chairs and umbrellas. I have not yet found any link between these items and the path, though some of these items are very interesting in a mythological context. I cannot find any parallel for the umbrella, though it seems to have something to do with rain where the group is going. 6 different rooms mention rain or an umbrella. There are 3 pitchforks/tridents throughout the house, 5 moons, 5 stars and 6 suns. (I will try to send a complete list later.) Also, I have put to rest my idea that there may be another path through the house. I have looked over the rooms quite thoroughly, and there is no other path unless another secret room has not yet come to light. By the way, I saw the following quote, and found it very interesting. I thought I'd share it to get anyone's thoughts on it. Hesiod also describes Night's forbidding residence in this Theogony: "There also stands the gloomy house of Night; ghastly clouds shroud it in darkness. Before it Atlas stands erect and on his head and unwearying arms firmly supports the broad sky, where Night and Day cross a bronze threshold and then come close and great each other." As this paragraph states (and there is support of this from other sources), Atlas indeed held up the [pillars of the] sky, not the earth/world. If the answer to the riddle has already been confirmed as the earth/world, then perhaps the author did not put a whole lot of thought behind who the narrator is. Maybe it is quite simple, and there is no reason to delve too deep into mythology. In addition, note that the threshold in the above paragraph is bronze, as the doors in Room 1 are bronze. I have not seen anyone else bring this detail up. I think the bronze doors have some meaning, but have not figured out what that significance is yet. Perhaps someone will have some insight into this.