Difference between revisions of "One eyegonblack"
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* '''eye gone black''' → in death or sleep the eyes go black | * '''eye gone black''' → in death or sleep the eyes go black | ||
| − | * '''one-eyed''' → several mythical characters were one-eyed (especially solar deities, the Sun being generally regarded as a great eye in the sky that sees all things): Wotan (Odin), Balor of the Evil Eye, Goll Mac Morna ([[ | + | * '''one-eyed''' → several mythical characters were one-eyed (especially solar deities, the Sun being generally regarded as a great eye in the sky that sees all things): Wotan (Odin), Balor of the Evil Eye, Goll Mac Morna ([[Fionn_mac_Cumhail|Finn MacCool's]] enemy), the Cyclopes, The Citizen (metaphorically speaking, in ''[[Ulysses]]'') |
[[Category:German phrases]] | [[Category:German phrases]] | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 20 March 2007
- ein Augenblick: (German) one blink of an eye; one instant, one moment
- eye gone black → in death or sleep the eyes go black
- one-eyed → several mythical characters were one-eyed (especially solar deities, the Sun being generally regarded as a great eye in the sky that sees all things): Wotan (Odin), Balor of the Evil Eye, Goll Mac Morna (Finn MacCool's enemy), the Cyclopes, The Citizen (metaphorically speaking, in Ulysses)
