Difference between revisions of "Shut!"
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* '''Schutt:''' (''German'') a batch of malt | * '''Schutt:''' (''German'') a batch of malt | ||
| + | * '''shut:''' (''Egyptian'') shadow → according to the Egyptian conception of the soul, a person's shadow, or ''shut'' ('šwt'), was always present. It was believed that a person could not exist without a shadow, nor a shadow without a person, therefore, Egyptians surmised that a shadow contained something of the person it represents. For this reason statues of people and deities were sometimes referred to as their shadows. The shadow was represented graphically as a small human figure painted completely black as well, as a figure of death, or servant of Anubis. | ||
[[Category:German phrases]] | [[Category:German phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 6 February 2020
- Shut! the door remains shut
- Shit! → cf. Cambronne's Merde!, allegedly uttered at the Battle of Waterloo; the story of the Prankquean and Jarl van Hoother has much in common with the Museyroom episode (FW 008.09 ff.), which recounts the Battle of Waterloo
- Schutt: (German) a batch of malt
- shut: (Egyptian) shadow → according to the Egyptian conception of the soul, a person's shadow, or shut ('šwt'), was always present. It was believed that a person could not exist without a shadow, nor a shadow without a person, therefore, Egyptians surmised that a shadow contained something of the person it represents. For this reason statues of people and deities were sometimes referred to as their shadows. The shadow was represented graphically as a small human figure painted completely black as well, as a figure of death, or servant of Anubis.
