Amma and Kalki Bhagavan parallels
One of our correspondents, Justforkix, writes in saying:
A Kalki Bhagavan parallel may be found in Vitalstatistix!
Vitalstatistix, the chief of the tribe has only one fear: he is afraid the sky will fall on his head tomorrowред But as he says, tomorrow never comes! (Ed: he hasn’t seen guruphiliac yet. The sky fell yesterday!).
Deep down Vitalstatistix is very insecure, constantly worrying that his "Little Piggywiggy" (Amma) would desert him and go back to her brother Homeopathix (whom Vitalstatistix hates) in Lutetia.
It almost appears that he and his wife have a love-hate relationship although it is apparent they love each other very much.
From wikipedia:
Impedimenta (Amma) is the matriarchal wife of Chief Vitalstatistix, leader of the village wives and the best cook in the village. She is often disappointed with the other villagers (calling them barbarians) and wishes Vitalstatistix was more ambitious. Consequently she zealously defends and flaunts every privilege due her as first lady of the village such as skipping the queue at the fishmongers. She frequently says she wants to go back to Lutetia and live with her successful merchant brother, Homeopathix - the one part of the family her husband is openly not fond of.
She nicknamed Vitalstatistix "Piggywiggy" (Ed: Ah, i love this) when they were courting, and starts doing this again in Asterix and the Soothsayer as a plan to make Asterix and Obelix erupt in hysterical laughter when she calls him with that name in front of them, thus irritating him and making him punish them by forcing them to stay in the village, away from the soothsayer.
Ed: "Piggywiggy": doesn’t that sound just apt for our Kalki and Amma.
