Though technically Enkidu is not a god, he is the companion of Gilgamesh.
The sumerian-babylonian image(whatever it is) is a sort of an advertisment for Tatarsky, it's an in-joke sort of thing.
Russian literature, and Pelevin in particular, often simplistically names the character in a particular way that declares the character's intentions, for example if a character is a thief, writers would simply call him Thiefovsky or something.
Yet the character himself is deep and profound, complex and not onedimensional, but at the same time in the very start he is predetermined, even doomed by fate to accomplish a certain task.
So the babylonian theme surrounding the main character is just a reminder that he is on a certain path. Like a man desiring something, for example on a diet and he is constantly consciously or subconsciously reminded of a favorite dish.
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matias-wilkman
13 years ago
Russian literature, and Pelevin in particular, often simplistically names the character in a particular way that declares the character's intentions, for example if a character is a thief, writers would simply call him Thiefovsky or something.
So does the name Tatarsky carry any such hidden meaning? Can it be translated?
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PrimeMinisterOfSinister
13 years ago
Tatarsky is his surname, means : "of Tatar descent". Doesn't mean much.
Vavilen is sort of a joke - has two meanings. In the Soviet Union people were actually given political names, imagine people named like Hero of Labor or Octoberrevolution.
So Vavilen is a combination of Vladimir Ilich Lenin.
Also Vavilen sounds like Russian Vavilon(Babylon).
You can see the O crossed out and E put in when he opens some scrapbook he found in highschool called Tihamat - a clear allusion to Tiamat.
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