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*''G'' Regenbogen: rainbow | *''G'' Regenbogen: rainbow | ||
| − | *7 clauses symbolize 7 rainbow colours | + | |
| − | *"At the rainbow's end are [[rory|dew]] and the colour red", letter, 15/11/26 to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]] | + | * 7 clauses in this paragraph symbolize 7 rainbow colours |
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| + | * "At the rainbow's end are [[rory|dew]] and the colour red": Joyce, letter, 15/11/26, to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]] | ||
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* The rainbow symbol has been used in the past to symbolize God's promise to Noah after the great flood in the Bible that He would never again flood the world. | * The rainbow symbol has been used in the past to symbolize God's promise to Noah after the great flood in the Bible that He would never again flood the world. | ||
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| + | * ''It'' reggia: palace | ||
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| + | * ''L'' regina: queen | ||
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| + | * Regin: a character in Norse mythology corresponding to Mime in Wagner's operatic tetralogy ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''; in one version he is a dwarf, who raises Siegfried to kill the dragon/giant Fafnir and steal the Nibelung hoard; in another version he is Fasolt, the brother of Fafnir, and again he raises Siegfried to win back the hoard for him. | ||
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| + | * ''G'' brau: brew | ||
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| + | * ''G'' blau: blue (L/R split) | ||
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| + | * brow: eyebrow (on HCE's head); brow or edge of a hill (i.e. the Hill of Howth) | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 13 June 2006
- G Regenbogen: rainbow
- 7 clauses in this paragraph symbolize 7 rainbow colours
- "At the rainbow's end are dew and the colour red": Joyce, letter, 15/11/26, to Harriet Shaw Weaver
- The rainbow symbol has been used in the past to symbolize God's promise to Noah after the great flood in the Bible that He would never again flood the world.
- It reggia: palace
- L regina: queen
- Regin: a character in Norse mythology corresponding to Mime in Wagner's operatic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen; in one version he is a dwarf, who raises Siegfried to kill the dragon/giant Fafnir and steal the Nibelung hoard; in another version he is Fasolt, the brother of Fafnir, and again he raises Siegfried to win back the hoard for him.
- G brau: brew
- G blau: blue (L/R split)
- brow: eyebrow (on HCE's head); brow or edge of a hill (i.e. the Hill of Howth)
