Difference between revisions of "Brontoichthyan"
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* '''Brontosaurus''' + '''Ichthyosaurus:''' types of dinosaur → foreshadows the visit to the [[Wallinstone national museum]] between [[Page_8|FW 008.01]] – [[Page_10|010.23]], the extinct dinosaurs being humorously contrasted with the more recently deceased Duke of Wellington | * '''Brontosaurus''' + '''Ichthyosaurus:''' types of dinosaur → foreshadows the visit to the [[Wallinstone national museum]] between [[Page_8|FW 008.01]] – [[Page_10|010.23]], the extinct dinosaurs being humorously contrasted with the more recently deceased Duke of Wellington | ||
| − | '''ithyphallic''': used of representations of the erect penis in art, and meaning lascivious by extension (originally referring to the phalluses carried in parade during the festivals of Bacchus, from ''Greek'' ithus, "straight" + phallos, "phallus") | + | * '''ithyphallic''': used of representations of the erect penis in art, and meaning lascivious by extension (originally referring to the phalluses carried in parade during the festivals of Bacchus, from ''Greek'' ithus, "straight" + phallos, "phallus") |
| − | * The outline of an '''ithyphallic giant''' is cut into the turf at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_giant Cerne Abbas]], | + | * The outline of an '''ithyphallic giant''' is cut into the turf at Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England. [[[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_giant Cerne Abbas]], |
* ''Greek'' '''βροντη (brontē):''' thunder → [[Page_3|FW 003.15]] | * ''Greek'' '''βροντη (brontē):''' thunder → [[Page_3|FW 003.15]] | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 26 July 2006
- Brontosaurus + Ichthyosaurus: types of dinosaur → foreshadows the visit to the Wallinstone national museum between FW 008.01 – 010.23, the extinct dinosaurs being humorously contrasted with the more recently deceased Duke of Wellington
- ithyphallic: used of representations of the erect penis in art, and meaning lascivious by extension (originally referring to the phalluses carried in parade during the festivals of Bacchus, from Greek ithus, "straight" + phallos, "phallus")
- The outline of an ithyphallic giant is cut into the turf at Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England. [[[Cerne Abbas],
- Greek βροντη (brontē): thunder → FW 003.15
- Greek ιχθυς (ichthys): fish → an early Christian acronym for Christ → Fush
- ichthyal: fishlike
- Brontë: a literary family of Irish extraction → the Brontë foliation which litters this paragraph with allusions may have been suggested by the identification of the micturating girls with Lillie Langtry (FW 030.01: Lili O'Rangans), whose real name was Emily Charlotte Le Breton → Ulysses 703.02 ff: "Mrs Langtry the Jersey Lily the prince of Wales was in love with" (Source: Third Census of Finnegans Wake)
