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| − | *' | + | * '''Regenbogen:''' (''German'') rainbow → the 7 clauses in this paragraph symbolize the 7 colours of the rainbow |
| − | * | + | * '''At the rainbow's end are [[rory|dew]] and the colour red:''' Joyce, in a letter (15 November 1926) to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]] |
| − | * | + | * '''Genesis 9:12-16:''' the rainbow has been used in the past to symbolize God's promise to Noah after the Flood that He would never again try to destroy the world |
| − | * | + | * '''reggia:''' (''Italian'') palace |
| − | * '' | + | * '''regina:''' (''Latin'') 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 |
| − | * | + | * '''brau:''' (''German'') brew |
| − | * '' | + | * '''blau:''' (''German'') blue → [[L/R split]] |
| − | * '' | + | * '''brow:''' eyebrow (on [[HCE|HCE's]] head); brow or edge of a hill (i.e. the Hill of Howth) |
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Revision as of 07:01, 3 October 2006
- Regenbogen: (German) rainbow → the 7 clauses in this paragraph symbolize the 7 colours of the rainbow
- At the rainbow's end are dew and the colour red: Joyce, in a letter (15 November 1926) to Harriet Shaw Weaver
- Genesis 9:12-16: the rainbow has been used in the past to symbolize God's promise to Noah after the Flood that He would never again try to destroy the world
- reggia: (Italian) palace
- regina: (Latin) 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
- brau: (German) brew
- blau: (German) blue → L/R split
- brow: eyebrow (on HCE's head); brow or edge of a hill (i.e. the Hill of Howth)
