Chris wrote:

>>From: "Brian Welch" <bwelch@avana.net>

<SNIP>

>>Then, we see Velsper with a standard 5-pointed star on his forehead, and
>>now
>>we have Hild with a star of david on her forehead.
>
>Looked at Volume 17 again. Could have sworn it was a four pointed star.
>Nevertheless, it's not that important.


Oops!  Even Neko-V has the 4-pointed kind!  Sorry 'bout dat!

>>Maybe Fujishima-sensei has decided that demons should have single markings
>>on their foreheads, and chose stars?  Or, could the stars be some sort of
a
>>familial thing?  This might help explain how Velsper could wield such a
>>strong curse spell when he was just a kid (Chan Wei Lik wondered a few
>>months ago about how Velsper could cast that spell).
>
>If #2 contention were true, would that mean that Urodo and Velsper were
>related somehow?

Maybe, or maybe there are just different classes of demons?  After all, Mara
says she's from Nifelheim, but Hild wants Urd to return to Makai.  Are they
2 different places, or is Makai a region of Nifelheim like Hel was a region
of Nifelheim in Norse mythology?  Hard to tell, at least at this point, but
fun to speculate! *_*

>Second, Mara's markings are different enough to show a
>radical difference in job description ^_^. Velsper's and Hild's marking are
>less so. Methinks he should have used the twin slash marks.

I don't know.  Fujishima-sensei may have something up his sleeve, here.
After all, this whole Hild thing flows from a couple references in Volume
5(or was it V6?).  We may need to give him a little more credit for
planning, or at least consistency.

>>  It also might explain
>>how he knew about Hild and Urd's connection (though Mara may have known
>>also, since she knew about Urd's demon bloodlines).
>
>Mara did know ("Sympathy for the Devil"), did she not?

Mara knew Urd was half demon, but Belldandy knew that without knowing WHO
Urd's mother was.  Of course, Kami-sama had to tell Bell-chan.  Maybe Urd's
heritage is common knowledge in Nifelheim, or maybe somebody fed Mara just a
single piece of the puzzle like Kami-sama (the schemer!) fed Belldandy.
Hard to tell at this point.

Brian W.