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Outlander: Geillis and the Case of Congenital Syphilis

This post is an addendum to two former posts about Geillis Duncan’s madness, which some readers might attribute it to syphilis. Here are the links. Did Geillis Suffer from Syphilis? Part 1 Did Geillis Suffer from Syphilis? Part 2 The first post was mostly introductory to the topic giving a general overview of syphilis. The second […]

Jamie Fraser as a Half-Ghost (Asgina Ageli)

12 Mar29 Jan by Piolina

This is the third of a series of Outlander posts concerning characters with some sort of mystical qualities. For all readers of this post, I suggest reading a related post: Outlander: Claire as a Half-Ghost (Asgina Ageli) Basically Claire meets all the attributes of a half-ghost. When it comes to Jamie, it is harder to […]

Claire as a Half-Ghost (Asgina Ageli)

05 Feb20 Nov by Piolina

After finishing reading Drums of Autumn recently, many thoughts about Claire have been circulating in my mind. The concept of Claire as an asgina ageli is one of them. Here is a description of an asgina ageli according to Stephen Bonnet. Asgina ageli is a term that the red savages employ – the Cherokee of […]