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| − | * ''' | + | * '''brood:''' offspring; children |
* '''bride''' | * '''bride''' | ||
| − | ** bride of Christ: nun → [[nunce]] (004.17) | + | ** '''bride of Christ:''' nun → [[nunce]] (004.17) |
| − | ** Venice | + | ** '''Venice:''' the bride of the Adriatic → in FW Venice often contains allusions to Venus (i.e. [[Issy]]) |
| − | * '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] | + | * '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''') |
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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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| + | [[Category:Shakespeare]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Minced oaths]] | ||
| + | [[Category:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:48, 31 May 2019
- brood: offspring; children
- bride
- 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." 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
