Difference between revisions of "One eyegonblack"
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| − | + | * '''ein Augenblick:''' (''German'') one blink of an eye; one instant, one moment | |
| − | + | * '''eye gone black''' → in death or sleep the eyes go black | |
| − | Wotan (Odin) | + | * '''one-eyed''' → several mythical characters were one-eyed (especially solar deities, the Sun being generally regarded as a great eye in the sky that sees all things): Wotan (Odin), Balor of the Evil Eye, Goll Mac Morna ([[Fionn_MacCool|Fionn MacCool's]] enemy), the Cyclopes, The Citizen (metaphorically speaking, in ''[[Ulysses]]'') |
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Revision as of 06:25, 20 March 2007
- ein Augenblick: (German) one blink of an eye; one instant, one moment
- eye gone black → in death or sleep the eyes go black
- one-eyed → several mythical characters were one-eyed (especially solar deities, the Sun being generally regarded as a great eye in the sky that sees all things): Wotan (Odin), Balor of the Evil Eye, Goll Mac Morna (Fionn MacCool's enemy), the Cyclopes, The Citizen (metaphorically speaking, in Ulysses)
