Elsewhere in my commentary I note how the name Sosostris came from the character Sesostris, the Sorceress of Ecbatana, in Aldous Huxley's novel Crome Yellow (a portion of which is at this site.) Here are some speculations on how the name Sesostris became Sosostris.
Many annotations to The Waste Land mention simply that Mrs. Equitone is a made up name that does not exist. I propose (though not whole heartily) that the name is a stand-in for Eliot's wife Vivienne (or Vivien). Both names begin with the letter E and Equitone itself may come from the sound of Viv·i·en El·i·ot.
Since I propose elsewhere in my commentary that Sosostris stood for Bertand Russell having Mrs. Equitone stand for Mrs. Eliot is not too far-fetched. Especially considering the overly friendly relations of the two (see Seymour-Jones ).
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