Difference between revisions of "Mastabatoom"
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba Wikipedia] | ||
** [http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/tombs.html Evolution of Egyptian Tombs] | ** [http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/tombs.html Evolution of Egyptian Tombs] | ||
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| + | *'''Mastodon:''' a now extinct large mammal similar to an elephant distinctive because of its nipple shaped teeth, and whose name it greek means tit / breast teeth; implying breast feeding | ||
* '''batou:''' (''Japanese'') sword or scabbard (possible phallic imagery?) | * '''batou:''' (''Japanese'') sword or scabbard (possible phallic imagery?) | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 20 December 2009
- mastaba: a flat-roofed clay building used to mark a burial site in ancient Egypt; the forerunner of the pyramid
- Mastodon: a now extinct large mammal similar to an elephant distinctive because of its nipple shaped teeth, and whose name it greek means tit / breast teeth; implying breast feeding
- batou: (Japanese) sword or scabbard (possible phallic imagery?)
- toom: (adj.) empty; (v.t.) to empty → the empty tomb as a sign of Christ's resurrection
- tomb: (n.) a "mastaba tomb" would be a burial site
- Atum: Early Egyptian deity - the first god, who created himself (suggestive of a ricorso). A hermaphrodite. Created the other deities either by coupling with his own shadow or out of his own semen (suggesting a masturbatory act), depending on the tradition. Had two aspects - one as the 'young' rising sun and one as the 'old' setting sun (a cycle of death and rebirth)
- masturbation
- Mastabatoom: an onomatopoeic word representing the sound of Tim Finnegan's fall
