Difference between revisions of "Anna Rayiny"
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* '''rainy''' → torrential rain in the morning delayed the battle of Waterloo (recounted at [[Page_8|FW 008.09]] - [[Page_10|FW 010.23]]), ensuring Napoleon’s defeat → like Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy ''Der Ring of the Nibelung'', FW ends with a flood, which not only accounts for the allusions to Noah's rainbow in the opening chapter, but also explains why the ground is still wet the following morning | * '''rainy''' → torrential rain in the morning delayed the battle of Waterloo (recounted at [[Page_8|FW 008.09]] - [[Page_10|FW 010.23]]), ensuring Napoleon’s defeat → like Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy ''Der Ring of the Nibelung'', FW ends with a flood, which not only accounts for the allusions to Noah's rainbow in the opening chapter, but also explains why the ground is still wet the following morning | ||
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* '''abha, abhainn:''' (''Irish'') river → the Irish ''Abhainn Life'' ("River Liffey") was Anglicized as ''Annie Liffey'', personifying the river | * '''abha, abhainn:''' (''Irish'') river → the Irish ''Abhainn Life'' ("River Liffey") was Anglicized as ''Annie Liffey'', personifying the river | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''"[[Little Annie Rooney]]"'': (''song'') → [[little Anny Ruiny]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 19 January 2014
- rainy → torrential rain in the morning delayed the battle of Waterloo (recounted at FW 008.09 - FW 010.23), ensuring Napoleon’s defeat → like Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy Der Ring of the Nibelung, FW ends with a flood, which not only accounts for the allusions to Noah's rainbow in the opening chapter, but also explains why the ground is still wet the following morning
- abha, abhainn: (Irish) river → the Irish Abhainn Life ("River Liffey") was Anglicized as Annie Liffey, personifying the river
- "Little Annie Rooney": (song) → little Anny Ruiny
