It belatedly occurs to me that Bryusov is the author
of Ognennyi angel ("The Fiery Angel," 1907), a novel set in Middle
Ages but based on real events. Its three main characters are Count Heinrich
(Andrey Bely), Renata (Nina Petrovskaya) and Ruprecht (Bryusov). Khodasevich
speaks of this novel in his article Konets Renaty ("The End of
Renata") included in Necropolis (1939). In the same article he mentions
Zhena oblechyonnaya v solntse (a woman clothed with the sun): L.
D. Blok with whom Bely was in love. Bely meaning "white," one
is reminded of Whitehorse/Belokonsk ("a ballet company
whose services Scotty had engaged, bringing the Russians all the way in two
sleeping cars from Belokonsk, Western Estoty:" 1.2) and the Helmeted Angel of the Yukonsk Ikon whose magic effect was
said to change anemic blond maidens into konskie deti, freckled
red-haired lads, children of the Sun Horse (3.5).
Renata + 3 (tri) = Antiterra
tri - three;
imperative mood of teret', "to rub"
Alexey Sklyarenko