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(Sod and Yesod (Hebrew, Kabbalah terms))
 
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* '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''')
 
* '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''')
  
* '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn ''the long-lived phoenix in her blood''"
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* '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''.
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* '''Sod:''' (Hebrew) Secret, Mystery
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* '''Yesod:''' (Hebrew) Foundation; 9th sefirah (category) in the kabbalistic Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life): symbolizes the male sex organ
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:48, 31 May 2019

  • brood: offspring; children
  • bride
    • bride of Christ: nun → nunce (004.17)
    • Venice: the bride of the Adriatic → in FW Venice often contains allusions to Venus (i.e. Issy)
  • bloodL/R splitSod's brood = God's blood (cf. the old minced oath 'sblood)
  • blood: Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
  • Sod: (Hebrew) Secret, Mystery
  • Yesod: (Hebrew) Foundation; 9th sefirah (category) in the kabbalistic Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life): symbolizes the male sex organ