Talk:Sredni Vashtar

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The story says:-

The Houdan hen was never drawn into the cult of Sredni Vashtar. Conradin had long ago settled that she [= the hen] was an Anabaptist. He did not pretend to have the remotest knowledge as to what an Anabaptist was, but he privately hoped that it was dashing and not very respectable. Mrs. De Ropp was the ground plan on which he based and detested all respectability.

If Mrs. De Ropp was an Anabaptist, Conradin would have known what an Anabaptist was. Anthony Appleyard 07:41, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Obviously Mrs. DeRopp was not an Anabaptist. However, the hen being an Anabaptist reflects that it represents redemption in adulthood. When Mrs. DeRopp takes the hen from Conradin she loses her chance for redemption.


I doubt that it is that complicated. Perhaps Mrs DeRopp was a Baptist and Conradin thought that Anabaptists were the opposite ? -- Beardo 22:49, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

The band Faith and the Muse made a song called Srendi Vashtar on their album The Burning Season, if it matters at all.


How is Conradin's form of worship in any way related to Hinduism --Nastymunky 23:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)