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− | * | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Visigoths]: one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the [[fishygods|Visigoths]] (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields]. |
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+ | * ''[[Ulysses]]'' 013.04: "the fishgods of Dundrum" | ||
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+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon Dagon]: fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines | ||
+ | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160155&q1=Dagon Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapa Adapa]: fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology | ||
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+ | * ''Gr'' ιχθυς (''ichthys''): fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the ''Gr'' Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ (Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour) | ||
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+ | * Fintan Mac Bóchra: one of several deities in Irish mythology who assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); see T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology'' (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject) | ||
+ | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160341&q1=Salmon Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
Revision as of 09:38, 15 June 2006
- Visigoths: one of the two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "fall" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The Ostrogoths (who fought together with Attila) were defeated in 451 A.D. by Aetius and the Visigoths (king Theodorid ) in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields.
- Ulysses 013.04: "the fishgods of Dundrum"
- Dagon: fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines
- Adapa: fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology
- Gr ιχθυς (ichthys): fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the Gr Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ (Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour)
- Fintan Mac Bóchra: one of several deities in Irish mythology who assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); see T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject)