When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
A quick note, Shmoopers: all of the characters in The Red Tent are also characters in the Bible, so technically the whole book is a shout out. But let's focus on the less explicit shout outs.
Historical Figures:
- El (1.1.36)
- Ninhursag (1.1.37)
- Enlil (1.1.37)
- Lamashtu (1.3.99)
- Uttu (2.1.18)
- Innana (2.6.27)
- Taweret (2.6.32)
- Gula (2.6.45)
- Re (3.1.17)
- Horus (3.2.9)
- Anubis (3.2.32)
- Set (3.2.49)
- Osiris (3.3.28)
Historical and Modern Locations:
- Carchemish (2.1.46)
- Canaan (2.2.2)
- Egypt (2.3.40)
- Damascus (2.3.40)
- Shechem (2.3.40)
- Edom (2.3.48)
- Haran (2.3.48)
- Jabbok (2.3.101)
- Succoth (2.4.67)
- Tyre (2.5.14)
- Arba (2.5.15)
- Joppa (3.1.6)
- Minoa (3.1.6)
- Memphis (3.1.17)
- Thebes (3.1.21)
- Nubia (3.2.16)