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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Noah and Lamech have a conversation describing how Enoch was bodily assumed into Heaven. This is Yalith's ultimate fate.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Noah and Lamech have a conversation describing how Enoch was bodily assumed into Heaven. [[spoiler: This is Yalith's ultimate fate.]]
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*DeadlyEuphemism: Having been told the story of Enoch, "who walked with El, and then was ''not,'' for El took him," Sandy and Dennys tell Noah that "Yalith is ''not,''" to explain her disappearance. Subverted in that she was actually [[ReleasedToElsewhere taken directly]] into [[{{Heaven}} El's presence]] by the seraphim
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Preceded by ''Literature/ASwiftlyTiltingPlanet'' ''Literature/ASwiftlyTiltingPlanet''. Followed by ''Literature/AnAcceptableTime''
''Literature/AnAcceptableTime''.
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Horny Devils has been renamed. Moving tropes to either Succubi And Incubi or Hot As Hell depending on the context.
Horny Devils has been renamed. Moving tropes to either Succubi And Incubi or Hot As Hell depending on the context.Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* HornyDevils: The nephilim are quite interested in carnal pleasures. Downplayed in that they still look like angels, at this point.
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* HornyDevils: HotAsHell: The nephilim are quite interested in carnal pleasures. Downplayed in that they still look like angels, at this point.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Noah's wife and daughters-in-law, whose names actually come from other Biblical characters.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Sandy and Dennys, who are minor characters in the other three novels.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Sandy and Dennys, who are minor characters in the other previous three novels.novels, which center on their sister Meg and brother Charles Wallace.
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* AndThenWhat: Sandy and Dennys realize that Yalith isn't in the Bible. That means that it's highly likely that she will die in the Flood. They discuss if they could bring her back to their time and save her life, but find a logical problem: her immune system. She won't have the means to fight off twentieth-century germs and viruses, even with vaccines. [[spoiler:It turns out that El personally escorts Yalith out of the danger zone, thanks to the seraphs]].
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Yalith's faith becomes this]]. She announces to the twins in the climax [[spoiler:that El wants to take her in, so that the Flood will not wipe her out. The seraphim escort her personally to El]].
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: After being kidnapped by Tiglah's family]], Sandy reflects upon the similarity of the people of the oasis to people in modern times, including terrorists who hijack planes and take hostages.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: After being kidnapped by Tiglah's family]], Sandy reflects upon the similarity of the people of the oasis to people in modern times, including terrorists who hijack planes and take hostages.
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* TheIngenue: Yalith is a very innocent young woman, [[spoiler: so much so she gets to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistance before TheGreatFlood comes]].
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* TheIngenue: Yalith is a very innocent young woman, [[spoiler: so much so she gets to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistance AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence before TheGreatFlood comes]].
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* BibleTimes
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* BibleTimesBibleTimes: Specifically, to some of the earlier parts of the Book of Genesis, where the TheGreatFlood is about to happen.
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: For the oasis people.
* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception of Anah.
* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception of Anah.
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: For the oasis people.
people, the world will ''not'' be the same...for [[EverybodysDeadDave the eight people who are going to survive]].
* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception ofAnah.Anah: they consort with nephilim and are willing to do their dirty work.
* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception of
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* GoingNative
* GoodOldWays vs. GoodIsOldFashioned
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* GoingNative
GoingNative: Sandy and Dennys start to absorb the cultural norms of the BibleTimes they've fallen back to.
*GoodOldWays vs. GoodIsOldFashionedGoodIsOldFashioned: This is the attitude of the nephilim and plenty of JerkAss humans.
* GoodOldWays: Noah and his family still consort with [[{{God}} El]] and follow His teachings. Not everyone in the oasis does.
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* GoodOldWays: Noah and his family still consort with [[{{God}} El]] and follow His teachings. Not everyone in the oasis does.
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* TheGreatFlood
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* TheGreatFloodTheGreatFlood: Interestingly, it doesn't happen during the story itself. But Noah and his family know it's coming, and Sandy and Dennys help them to prepare for it before it comes.
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* HereThereWereDragons: Angels, tiny mammoths, manticores, and unicorns.
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* HereThereWereDragons: Angels, tiny mammoths, manticores, and unicorns. unicorns--oh my!
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* HornyDevils: The nephilim.
* TheIngenue: Yalith
* KickTheDog: Or rather, Kick the Mammoth: Tiglah's father and brother.
* KnightInSourArmor: Noah.
* LiteralGenie: The computer-ish-thing that sends the twins to the desert in the first place. They type in, "Take us someplace warm and sparsely populated." Should've been more specific, boys.
* TheIngenue: Yalith
* KickTheDog: Or rather, Kick the Mammoth: Tiglah's father and brother.
* KnightInSourArmor: Noah.
* LiteralGenie: The computer-ish-thing that sends the twins to the desert in the first place. They type in, "Take us someplace warm and sparsely populated." Should've been more specific, boys.
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* HornyDevils: The nephilim.
nephilim are quite interested in carnal pleasures. Downplayed in that they still look like angels, at this point.
* TheIngenue:Yalith
Yalith is a very innocent young woman, [[spoiler: so much so she gets to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistance before TheGreatFlood comes]].
* KickTheDog: Or rather, Kick the Mammoth: Tiglah's father andbrother.
brother don't have any empathy for their pet mammoth (or anyone else, for that matter).
* KnightInSourArmor:Noah.
Noah is very dissatisfied with the world, but he'll still do God's will in the end.
* LiteralGenie: The computer-ish-thing that sends the twins to the desert in the first place. They type in, "Take us someplacewarm warm, with low humidity, and sparsely populated." Should've been more specific, boys.boys!
* TheIngenue:
* KickTheDog: Or rather, Kick the Mammoth: Tiglah's father and
* KnightInSourArmor:
* LiteralGenie: The computer-ish-thing that sends the twins to the desert in the first place. They type in, "Take us someplace
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* MayflyDecemberRomance
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* MayflyDecemberRomanceMayflyDecemberRomance: It never goes anywhere, but if Yalith had actually hooked up with either Sandy or Dennys, she'd have been over a hundred years old, and they'd have been in their teens! Of course, humans took much longer to age at the time.
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* MethuselahSyndrome
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* MethuselahSyndromeMethuselahSyndrome: The aging and maturing process for humans was apparently much slower in this particular part of BibleTimes, as despite being over a hundred years old, Yalith looked more or less like a teenager.
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* NatureAdoresAVirgin
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* NatureAdoresAVirginNatureAdoresAVirgin: Only a virgin can touch a unicorn. Good thing the twins qualify!
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* NobodyPoops: Averted
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* NobodyPoops: AvertedAverted, in a very disgusting way: one of the twins gets thrown out of someone's house into a dump that's full of the stuff. He has to use sand to scour it off of his body to get clean again! Ouch!
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* OurGiantsAreBigger: Seeing how everyone is around 4 feet tall Sandy and Dennys must seem enormous.
* ThePatriarch: Noah
* ThePatriarch: Noah
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* OurGiantsAreBigger: Seeing how everyone is around 4 feet tall Sandy and Dennys must seem enormous.
enormous. They're even mistaken for giants at one point.
* ThePatriarch:NoahNoah is the oldest in his family, at least once Lamech passes away.
* ThePatriarch:
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* {{Unicorn}}s: [[OurMonstersAreDifferent "Virtual"]] unicorns.
* TheVamp: Tiglah
* TheVamp: Tiglah
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* {{Unicorn}}s: [[OurMonstersAreDifferent "Virtual"]] unicorns.
unicorns that don't fully exist, and have to be asked to "tend to be".
* TheVamp:TiglahTiglah attempts to seduce one of the twins to take away their VirginPower. She's unsuccessful, though he is quite tempted.
* TheVamp:
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* WretchedHive: The oasis town
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* WretchedHive: The oasis towntown is full of seedy characters. No wonder TheGreatFlood is necessary!
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: At one point Dennys remembers having had a case of the flu in the past, which was treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics are intended to treat bacterial infections; the flu is caused by a virus.
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* {{Animorphism}}: The seraphim and {{nephilim}}.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Many of the names used for the wives and women are actually in the Bible... as male names.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Many of the names used for the wives and women are actually in the Bible... as male names.
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* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Each of the seraphim's names start with the letter "A."
* {{Animorphism}}: The seraphim and{{nephilim}}.
{{nephilim}} each have an animal form that they can change into and out of at will. The animal forms taken by the nephilim are mostly [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptiles]], insects, and [[ScavengersAreScum desert scavengers]]; the seraphim primarily take the forms of mammals and birds, but also include a scarab beetle (Adnarel) and a golden snake (Abasdarhon). Aariel, the seraph most active in the story, transforms into a lion, while his nephil counterpart Eblis appears in a form described as a "dragon/lizard."
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Many of the names used for the wives and women are actually in the Bible... as male names.
* {{Animorphism}}: The seraphim and
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Many of the names used for the wives and women are actually in the Bible... as male names.
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** Actually, ''higayyon'' is the Hebrew word meaning "reason" (modern) and "cogitation" (ancient).
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* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception of Anah
* FallenAngel: The nephilim. They aren't necessarily completely evil, but the ones in the novel are still very selfish and willing to be cruel to get what they want.
* FallenAngel: The nephilim. They aren't necessarily completely evil, but the ones in the novel are still very selfish and willing to be cruel to get what they want.
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* EvilRedhead: Tiglah and her family, with the exception of Anah
Anah.
* FallenAngel: The nephilim. They aren't necessarily completely evil, but the ones in the novel have given up heaven in order to pursue personal pleasures on earth. They arestill hedonistic, very selfish selfish, and willing to be cruel to get what they want.
* FallenAngel: The nephilim. They aren't necessarily completely evil, but the ones in the novel have given up heaven in order to pursue personal pleasures on earth. They are
* MeaningfulName:
** Aariel, a seraph who can transform into a lion, has a name meaning "lion of God."
** Eblis is a variant of Iblis, a figure in the Quran who was cast out of heaven for refusing God's command to prostrate himself before Adam.
** ''Higayyon'' is the Hebrew word meaning "reason" (modern) and "cogitation" (ancient).
** Aariel, a seraph who can transform into a lion, has a name meaning "lion of God."
** Eblis is a variant of Iblis, a figure in the Quran who was cast out of heaven for refusing God's command to prostrate himself before Adam.
** ''Higayyon'' is the Hebrew word meaning "reason" (modern) and "cogitation" (ancient).
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* ThemeNaming: Each of the seraphim's names start with the letter "A"
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''Many Waters'' is the last of Creator/MadeleineLEngle's Time Quartet books to be published and the only one to focus on the Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys. After an accident in their parents' lab, they are transported back to ancient times, where 4-foot-tall humans coexist with mammoths and [[WingedHumanoid seraphim]]. They are saved from certain death in the desert by a young man named Japheth and his family, headed by stern patriarch Noah (yes, that [[Literature/TheBible Noah]]). Stuck in the ancient desert for now, Sandy and Dennys adapt to their harsh environment.
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''Many Waters'' is the last fourth of Creator/MadeleineLEngle's Time Quartet Quintet books to be published and published, but the third chronologically. It is the only one to focus on the Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys. After an accident in their parents' lab, they are transported back to ancient times, where 4-foot-tall humans coexist with mammoths and [[WingedHumanoid seraphim]]. They are saved from certain death in the desert by a young man named Japheth and his family, headed by stern patriarch Noah (yes, that [[Literature/TheBible Noah]]). Stuck in the ancient desert for now, Sandy and Dennys adapt to their harsh environment.
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