,
choflCttristia
llly pre- pared to cm.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
?
scavenger, K carrie.
a brush or rake.
T n 'he child,. . ,n S i, a bogeyman. VI. 8. 4. 132 gives 'K 1h,. . ,oten. C with $ ', and VI. B. 13. 105, possibly in reference to 578. 01, 'wind round the house S'. Thi. i. one of the oc". . . ionol im""'Cet where the letter io drawn wirh sharp corne", but I do nOt Ixlieve Ihe deviation "'rries any pan;""l"r imporr.
S frequently appca,," a menacing poli"" <lffi<:er, for enmple as ,haternbodimenl ofe'. par:anoia 'Petty c<","""ble Silter. . . ,' who may be ",en in actiOfl a. '86. 19-187. 14. We can often recognize S in names echoic of 'Sacl<e. . . on', such as Saunderson and Sio-
le,. ,. . ,n. Another =mpJe i. 'Comestipp1c SacI? oun' at 015. 35, who b e c o m . . t h e Jut ~. I f w e : , a ) : e t h e h i n t " f V I . B . 4 - 1 8 3 , ' S _ R o b o t ' , we may also find S involved in the proseculion ""at in the 1. 4 trial
as 'Po C. Robort' (086. 07), IOCting for. he Cmwn.
If $ in book I i. the harasser of Co bool< HI reve. . . . the
, s;, I""" Gilbm, Cabi. , of1 1 _ Rwwd> 'II /MIi>o 111 (Oub! ;n, 000I0ar. J
'S! I>~ n;;;. 'lbi. i. , ><12.
? U. 4 TM SigII. of Fj"",,~tu WaM
alianmenl. In 111. 1, '" i. p. Opped aplnsl -one oomeot:obulith Sigurdoen' (429. 19), who i, 'oir Humphrey hi' knave' <430,07). VI. B. 14. 188 confirm? ? he equation, 'knave~. '. /\ proceed, 10 wnn hil . ilter againt! variow manifellations of 1:: 'Sackenon' Ipp<:at1in,hiIQltqOry. . 'Iulinain'II4)7. ~. Laterinthech. oPIff /\ CUl'iti round 10 eIKOIIn&ina; famili. rity between I: and -I: ' I'm leaving my dlrling proxy beh. ind for l"JIlr consolering', be lelll her (,? 1. 16-'7). When he tinally depart. we sec -lId! with 'Sider_ son, Ihll borne of bj<xrne, Itl fl~rd. auxi/imr. Ihe murmured'
<47'. 3'>'3 1).
5 appean thUito IUStain the ume I:J/\ bilKs I t I(. In book
I he OJ)j:< ttl 1:; in book III be is idenlified "'ith I:. In thillip\! Mn Gluheen's ' UJleltion lhal he il the u . or donkey bc~ng (0 )C i, moo, appealing,' VI. B. S. 'n his:
5_ usay SSS
V I . B . 3 3 . ? 8 8 l 0 0 I 0 ; , l i k e ' A . _ 5 S o r S ' b m t h e fi,. . , S c o u l d con_ ~""bly be an E. T h e n _ IICW'rlll ES (Emmanuel Swroenbollt) cou;'" In the vicinity, TM au, . . We noted, it w dragoman or infa1)teIff II 479. 0'}: 'Commipple Stcboun' it limiluly . 'dn - gon man' (OIS. 34). Before comideringlbc implianjoDl of Ihit, howcwr, we will aamincc the func,ion of S in book II.
II. ) _ I S both 81 barman and poli<<man. The diltinction ;1 unimponln. , for hil task it Ipproprl. ale to both roles. It is clodnS 11_ <German, PO/iuiJllmdt') and ? hlilo force 1M drunk. . . and rebdliout 0001ofthe tavern. II iulmc. 1 as ifM . . . . . . . . . , pnp,o. ed 10 ,hool th. . . . down:
Bourne. ! It il polilignsrunter. T he Sot:kertOD boy. T o pwnp the ! itt of tbe lewd into those soultht 0{ ho. uchees, hlvsoUS<down, tillfeUtbey dead_, ltnoomndict. An whde time he . . . . raocing th. cK smully ",,"ron. nod-
under yeho]erd for th~ir poopilhert, &hull onem PyR mlynoothor endnowl Shlnen up . hipl (370. )0-35).
5, who . . . . . <XIOC rlntinj their dirty aluocs, hi, bttome the in- _""""1 0{ pbysically to'Ptt:llin& 0. If we tc:lQ the demenll of the 11. 3 iDlwttCtion We find 0. led by . c, fightina apinsl m, )C
'c-. o II, . 1.
'F,;" ikM, <Some Zurich AU",,,,,,, in Fi " . . . . . Wolo', no. A~I XIX
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Ilf\d 50all ofwhom tend to mcrae in 1M h<:at ofresenunent. Thul 1:. 'W"er ""rted'. Ilthou&! t dir<<tfd apinst m I. T~uc:ci, belin. by Irnocking s : 'Dour douchy _ . sicguldoon' (311,06).
A. ructionary forces, bo<h m. . . . . . . . .
, choflCttristia llly pre- pared to cm. rin. . . <heir . . . . . until <he whole of D has been obli- tcraled, for they both, II 364,38-9 Ind S]o. ~]~4 ret. p<<tivcly, quote Ihedosinglines oflbsen', Til"';n V", Rtw/ulicm-TalD'''':
I '<! tier ror vandflom 1,1verdnttmarknt. leg1"! IlIernu:dIY51I~underArken.
Thi. hilS been n:nd~ : 'You delllR" W WQrld to itt IOpmoit mark; W im pka$ure I wiU 100pedo) the Ark. . "
SirE. A. WIllisBudge'listsfour. lIeman"""". . . ioftsorW ~r- """,fledconIIict ofnight and day in f! ayptian mythology. Three ofthae invol"" Set as the: iDarnarion ofdartn. ess, matchinl him either 'pins, Osirio, the: ekkr H<>IUI or the yow>&Cr H<>IUI. Set i, the incubiotk m of II. ] at we Mve Sttn. . The f<>W1h \tCfIion
rom" ~l<:>III:r 10 s : IS 1M "'. -pent aod Apep he wages war on the solar deity RI. Jnyce'. original definition of tru: li&lum wa, '. Snake'. '
Nowif50the'. ieguldson',;. <hecncmyofC,Ostia,illl reuon- able (or him to be: both. dn&On /NOn and I serp<:nt god, TWQ of me principal L IVlItItIlte Tri, W\ and Patridr:: the fortmf dd"taled ? d"Kon and was the<<by (fItitkd to claim tht; hand of
IlOIek ; ! he IlIter I-niohfd the lNkes from Ird&nd. The twO rep- tiles Ire eq. . led in Rcvdation :ao:M , . . . here ! he bonornlcss pi! ~""" 'the dragon, ,ha, old . upc:nl, which i. tho: o. v;], and SIotan'. WeIl1ohaveluiah31:1:'InthaIdaytht; Lordwithhi-! lOre . nd lreal and OIrong lword . h. a1l punith l<:viathan the piercinl SC'1""'I, even levialhan that crookcd le<pen! ; and he INIl Ilay Ihe dragon that i, in the sca. '
Thedraaonman,1I Mra Glasheen remind. u. ,' i. the exelVltOr in Blake', M"rn. . r< of HfIlfJ'" /JM H. ,,; VI. B. 13. ll9 in f""Ii"" 'Bllkund Dragoman'. When W Anael impose<! upon him, Blake uw the '1tIODW"OUI . . ,1pan' ~iltthan and thttl disoo~ 'Tl>e man who f"ICVC1" alters his opinion ;1 like standinl water, &- bH 11 reptiles of the mind. ' But convenlional poeumalolOO ? ? Inc,ed in FW: rebel! """ Lucifer, BWte'l dcoirc casl 0\14 i, Co _r>d II
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,~.
The Serpent I1S
? 116 TheSillaofFi_tnuW~
luchisoppoledby A,asSIMichKl. Satan,aNlcfulV("lCnJ1allied . . . Millon'IGodhead? ? ocenbymake,ii,dilrincrcntity. Wemay pasir some: ODftfltCIioo. wilb tM phallic 'Iowtt 1101. 11' conceiwd of
by Srephcn in PlNrr";, JlI: 'His toul lickened at the thotIiht 0( a torpid ~"'y life fceding itself 01. 11 of the {ender marrow of hil life and f. uc-ninR upon lIIe &lime of lUI! :
Theoonc:eprofLuciferi. totallyabsentfrom. rheZoNi. ,,,whe", thedevil i. the un. ympatheri~ pc1IOtUIli1Y Samad. When Eve wu tempted 'Ihe "'rpen? . . . . . . . . -neaninJ; Samael-had "criminal ",Ia. tions" wi. h btr and injected his defilement inlo her, Adam nor btina . ffect~ un. il . . . . communicated in rum 10 him. She ~ bired . . . ltt> Saauel, who IXIITUpt~ her and by him dI" bfc::unI> with mild,b. inlina forth Cain. It il obvioUJ 1hI. . thil is in dear
conlradiction to the [Cltl of Scriprure, whi<;b. U}'Io: "And. Adlm knew hil wife Evc; and . . . . <nrI<<iv~, and bare: Cai<l. " Bur eM anomaly il to lllaring uun it mlllt ~ auurtdly of ",r purpose, or, ;<1 other wordl, that to develOp the sex. . . 1""ru", of the Fall the history on which il il found~ is Ignored ar need. The ZOHAR is eontenr ~ually to conrndict illelf, for il affi. "" in ano. htr plloce that Adam wu ddiled by the impure spiril befo", hi. union with
J. :ve'," Le. by hil fint wife Lilith. VI. B. l8. 44 has 'S<otan+ Eve_ Cain. '
I f . il borh , poIi<:e::rnan and o. he lCopcm IP)'in& upon Adam and E"",VI. B. u. '17(:1Jl make him the 'spying cop S'. Establish<<! cueail ponnoys S it 583. t4-15 Witching ? ? ilholl". . . (11\ m'1 windowblind ""-ing him cnpaed in the lOCI: of copulalion wilh
"'. AI 586. 18-)6 S i. 'pollysigh patrolman. Sttkcrscnn', who """. . . . hean noi"" 'tetlinll him all, all about ham 2nd livery'.
T n 'he child,. . ,n S i, a bogeyman. VI. 8. 4. 132 gives 'K 1h,. . ,oten. C with $ ', and VI. B. 13. 105, possibly in reference to 578. 01, 'wind round the house S'. Thi. i. one of the oc". . . ionol im""'Cet where the letter io drawn wirh sharp corne", but I do nOt Ixlieve Ihe deviation "'rries any pan;""l"r imporr.
S frequently appca,," a menacing poli"" <lffi<:er, for enmple as ,haternbodimenl ofe'. par:anoia 'Petty c<","""ble Silter. . . ,' who may be ",en in actiOfl a. '86. 19-187. 14. We can often recognize S in names echoic of 'Sacl<e. . . on', such as Saunderson and Sio-
le,. ,. . ,n. Another =mpJe i. 'Comestipp1c SacI? oun' at 015. 35, who b e c o m . . t h e Jut ~. I f w e : , a ) : e t h e h i n t " f V I . B . 4 - 1 8 3 , ' S _ R o b o t ' , we may also find S involved in the proseculion ""at in the 1. 4 trial
as 'Po C. Robort' (086. 07), IOCting for. he Cmwn.
If $ in book I i. the harasser of Co bool< HI reve. . . . the
, s;, I""" Gilbm, Cabi. , of1 1 _ Rwwd> 'II /MIi>o 111 (Oub! ;n, 000I0ar. J
'S! I>~ n;;;. 'lbi. i. , ><12.
? U. 4 TM SigII. of Fj"",,~tu WaM
alianmenl. In 111. 1, '" i. p. Opped aplnsl -one oomeot:obulith Sigurdoen' (429. 19), who i, 'oir Humphrey hi' knave' <430,07). VI. B. 14. 188 confirm? ? he equation, 'knave~. '. /\ proceed, 10 wnn hil . ilter againt! variow manifellations of 1:: 'Sackenon' Ipp<:at1in,hiIQltqOry. . 'Iulinain'II4)7. ~. Laterinthech. oPIff /\ CUl'iti round 10 eIKOIIn&ina; famili. rity between I: and -I: ' I'm leaving my dlrling proxy beh. ind for l"JIlr consolering', be lelll her (,? 1. 16-'7). When he tinally depart. we sec -lId! with 'Sider_ son, Ihll borne of bj<xrne, Itl fl~rd. auxi/imr. Ihe murmured'
<47'. 3'>'3 1).
5 appean thUito IUStain the ume I:J/\ bilKs I t I(. In book
I he OJ)j:< ttl 1:; in book III be is idenlified "'ith I:. In thillip\! Mn Gluheen's ' UJleltion lhal he il the u . or donkey bc~ng (0 )C i, moo, appealing,' VI. B. S. 'n his:
5_ usay SSS
V I . B . 3 3 . ? 8 8 l 0 0 I 0 ; , l i k e ' A . _ 5 S o r S ' b m t h e fi,. . , S c o u l d con_ ~""bly be an E. T h e n _ IICW'rlll ES (Emmanuel Swroenbollt) cou;'" In the vicinity, TM au, . . We noted, it w dragoman or infa1)teIff II 479. 0'}: 'Commipple Stcboun' it limiluly . 'dn - gon man' (OIS. 34). Before comideringlbc implianjoDl of Ihit, howcwr, we will aamincc the func,ion of S in book II.
II. ) _ I S both 81 barman and poli<<man. The diltinction ;1 unimponln. , for hil task it Ipproprl. ale to both roles. It is clodnS 11_ <German, PO/iuiJllmdt') and ? hlilo force 1M drunk. . . and rebdliout 0001ofthe tavern. II iulmc. 1 as ifM . . . . . . . . . , pnp,o. ed 10 ,hool th. . . . down:
Bourne. ! It il polilignsrunter. T he Sot:kertOD boy. T o pwnp the ! itt of tbe lewd into those soultht 0{ ho. uchees, hlvsoUS<down, tillfeUtbey dead_, ltnoomndict. An whde time he . . . . raocing th. cK smully ",,"ron. nod-
under yeho]erd for th~ir poopilhert, &hull onem PyR mlynoothor endnowl Shlnen up . hipl (370. )0-35).
5, who . . . . . <XIOC rlntinj their dirty aluocs, hi, bttome the in- _""""1 0{ pbysically to'Ptt:llin& 0. If we tc:lQ the demenll of the 11. 3 iDlwttCtion We find 0. led by . c, fightina apinsl m, )C
'c-. o II, . 1.
'F,;" ikM, <Some Zurich AU",,,,,,, in Fi " . . . . . Wolo', no. A~I XIX
(1! I6o~ " .
? i
Ilf\d 50all ofwhom tend to mcrae in 1M h<:at ofresenunent. Thul 1:. 'W"er ""rted'. Ilthou&! t dir<<tfd apinst m I. T~uc:ci, belin. by Irnocking s : 'Dour douchy _ . sicguldoon' (311,06).
A. ructionary forces, bo<h m. . . . . . . . .
, choflCttristia llly pre- pared to cm. rin. . . <heir . . . . . until <he whole of D has been obli- tcraled, for they both, II 364,38-9 Ind S]o. ~]~4 ret. p<<tivcly, quote Ihedosinglines oflbsen', Til"';n V", Rtw/ulicm-TalD'''':
I '<! tier ror vandflom 1,1verdnttmarknt. leg1"! IlIernu:dIY51I~underArken.
Thi. hilS been n:nd~ : 'You delllR" W WQrld to itt IOpmoit mark; W im pka$ure I wiU 100pedo) the Ark. . "
SirE. A. WIllisBudge'listsfour. lIeman"""". . . ioftsorW ~r- """,fledconIIict ofnight and day in f! ayptian mythology. Three ofthae invol"" Set as the: iDarnarion ofdartn. ess, matchinl him either 'pins, Osirio, the: ekkr H<>IUI or the yow>&Cr H<>IUI. Set i, the incubiotk m of II. ] at we Mve Sttn. . The f<>W1h \tCfIion
rom" ~l<:>III:r 10 s : IS 1M "'. -pent aod Apep he wages war on the solar deity RI. Jnyce'. original definition of tru: li&lum wa, '. Snake'. '
Nowif50the'. ieguldson',;. <hecncmyofC,Ostia,illl reuon- able (or him to be: both. dn&On /NOn and I serp<:nt god, TWQ of me principal L IVlItItIlte Tri, W\ and Patridr:: the fortmf dd"taled ? d"Kon and was the<<by (fItitkd to claim tht; hand of
IlOIek ; ! he IlIter I-niohfd the lNkes from Ird&nd. The twO rep- tiles Ire eq. . led in Rcvdation :ao:M , . . . here ! he bonornlcss pi! ~""" 'the dragon, ,ha, old . upc:nl, which i. tho: o. v;], and SIotan'. WeIl1ohaveluiah31:1:'InthaIdaytht; Lordwithhi-! lOre . nd lreal and OIrong lword . h. a1l punith l<:viathan the piercinl SC'1""'I, even levialhan that crookcd le<pen! ; and he INIl Ilay Ihe dragon that i, in the sca. '
Thedraaonman,1I Mra Glasheen remind. u. ,' i. the exelVltOr in Blake', M"rn. . r< of HfIlfJ'" /JM H. ,,; VI. B. 13. ll9 in f""Ii"" 'Bllkund Dragoman'. When W Anael impose<! upon him, Blake uw the '1tIODW"OUI . . ,1pan' ~iltthan and thttl disoo~ 'Tl>e man who f"ICVC1" alters his opinion ;1 like standinl water, &- bH 11 reptiles of the mind. ' But convenlional poeumalolOO ? ? Inc,ed in FW: rebel! """ Lucifer, BWte'l dcoirc casl 0\14 i, Co _r>d II
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~ II. '. }-4. I
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'D. B. a. . . . ioo. i, S? . ,? . . ,? " ? _ <I'F;
,0,,, . . . . . . . ',
dahl,}. ". . _
fa- ,_. ,.
' Qo,U <I
' lAir"" [, 11). Qooo<o;I ,. ,. ,. <,p. t. 'C_II,69-
,~.
The Serpent I1S
? 116 TheSillaofFi_tnuW~
luchisoppoledby A,asSIMichKl. Satan,aNlcfulV("lCnJ1allied . . . Millon'IGodhead? ? ocenbymake,ii,dilrincrcntity. Wemay pasir some: ODftfltCIioo. wilb tM phallic 'Iowtt 1101. 11' conceiwd of
by Srephcn in PlNrr";, JlI: 'His toul lickened at the thotIiht 0( a torpid ~"'y life fceding itself 01. 11 of the {ender marrow of hil life and f. uc-ninR upon lIIe &lime of lUI! :
Theoonc:eprofLuciferi. totallyabsentfrom. rheZoNi. ,,,whe", thedevil i. the un. ympatheri~ pc1IOtUIli1Y Samad. When Eve wu tempted 'Ihe "'rpen? . . . . . . . . -neaninJ; Samael-had "criminal ",Ia. tions" wi. h btr and injected his defilement inlo her, Adam nor btina . ffect~ un. il . . . . communicated in rum 10 him. She ~ bired . . . ltt> Saauel, who IXIITUpt~ her and by him dI" bfc::unI> with mild,b. inlina forth Cain. It il obvioUJ 1hI. . thil is in dear
conlradiction to the [Cltl of Scriprure, whi<;b. U}'Io: "And. Adlm knew hil wife Evc; and . . . . <nrI<<iv~, and bare: Cai<l. " Bur eM anomaly il to lllaring uun it mlllt ~ auurtdly of ",r purpose, or, ;<1 other wordl, that to develOp the sex. . . 1""ru", of the Fall the history on which il il found~ is Ignored ar need. The ZOHAR is eontenr ~ually to conrndict illelf, for il affi. "" in ano. htr plloce that Adam wu ddiled by the impure spiril befo", hi. union with
J. :ve'," Le. by hil fint wife Lilith. VI. B. l8. 44 has 'S<otan+ Eve_ Cain. '
I f . il borh , poIi<:e::rnan and o. he lCopcm IP)'in& upon Adam and E"",VI. B. u. '17(:1Jl make him the 'spying cop S'. Establish<<! cueail ponnoys S it 583. t4-15 Witching ? ? ilholl". . . (11\ m'1 windowblind ""-ing him cnpaed in the lOCI: of copulalion wilh
"'. AI 586. 18-)6 S i. 'pollysigh patrolman. Sttkcrscnn', who """. . . . hean noi"" 'tetlinll him all, all about ham 2nd livery'.
