Dear Carolyn,
Here is the full Ardis series of anagrams from
my (still growing) charadoid, without commentary (which is in
Russian).
ARDIS
= SIDRA
= SARDI
= DAIRS
= RA + DIS = RADIUS - U = PARADISE
– APE
=
VANADIS
+ R
–
VAN
Vanadis
is (the epithet of) Freya, the Scandinavian goddess of beauty. I added the RA +
DIS and RADIUS - R combinations after reading your post. You are responsible
thus for the continuous growth of my mad article. Perhaps, I also
should add AD + SIR, DAR + SI, ARS + ID and SIDR + A. And
the title of V. Ivanov's book, Cor ardens, is also very suggestive. For
example, COR ARDENS + I = ARDIS + OR + NEC. Please forgive these
musings.
Interestingly, Disa needs the "para-" part to become a
bird of paradise. PARA = ARAP (negro), the latter word being often
applied to Pushkin.
Consider also such words with para-, as parachute (and
Kinbote's pun on "shootka"), paramour, paragraph, parade, Paracelsus, etc. Some
of them occur in Pale Fire.
I liked your "Dantesque" despite (or, may
be, because) d'Anthes hiding (or "hyding") in it. There are in my
charadoid both Pushkin and Danthes anagram series.
And thanks to Matt for posting the reference to a
book on riddles! Unfortunately, it would take too long (and cost too much for
me) to download it, but I think I'll manage somehow to read this
interesting-looking book.
A correction of earlier mistakes: "Efrat"
should be "Evfrat" and "Ephrates," of course, "Euphrates."
best,
Alexey