The
phenomenon
begin"l 367.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
However, Blake', system includes the following gt;(I- g",phy and iconography, over whicb the 1W(I mythologies dis- engage:
Uri. en $. uutb Luvah ilalt n. ~. West Urtbnrut Nmm
LIDo
M . n 0,.
Bagle
Finally, it must be remembe,. . ,d du" X are me Four MaSlen, me bistorians of Ireland. Individual COttt1ponderu:cs"a,. . , improb-
able, but me term Maste. . . is implicit in its mo. . literal ""n6C_ X a r e u l t i m a t e l y rul~t"$, j u d i Q a n d l u m o r i t i e s , a n d i l i . i n m i s , . . , s p e e r that they COntt:a" """" directly wim O.
"/I>i4. . >,! Ii. "CO. >1-9-
? The Twelve Apoltrophes
o a", the twelve customen in m', l. i! yem, acc. )rdina: to 221. 01-
5 'a bundle of a dozen of representative locomotive civi(:l,'. Th. manuscripts apply tbe siglum to 1. 6. 7, whe", 0 arc . ,sigru:d twelve
dis,ric" of the city, spiralling clod:wi. e from Donnybrmk in the $OUlhu51 via Crumlin in the west to meet the northeast coastline a' Baldoylc. . Arountown' ('42. '3) refers to Roundtown, ? redun- dant name for T erenure. .
o represent Vim'. ",hellious plebeian" and as ouch are 'ruled, roped, duped and driy"" by those numendaimon. , the feclu:cpcrs at their laws' (142. 23-4). The fcckecpcrn, or four kccpcr"S, are Xa1 judges, and 0 are the jury o""r which they preside in 0&9-
093. The juridical function reappears at 557. 13-558. 20, where 0 find m guilty, and at 573. 35-576. 09, where they ar<: ? The jury (a sour dozen of"OUI felloW1 allofwhom were curiously IUlJJl(;d . f",r doyl. . ): Olwersdy, at 573. 06-7, they ar(: 'R band of twel"" mer_ ttnaTits, the Sullivani'. 1. 6. 7 call. them 'dayl. . when they de-
libe",t. but sullivan, when they are sword,ed'.
The ",lolion of Xto 0 has ,uhstllnt;,,1 mythological and bittori_
cal paralleb. Re. . and R. . ,," observe <I. . ,
Atound C"nchobar', couch in Brieriu', Hall wer<: the couch. . of the twelve heroes of Ulster, an arrangement wbich i, paralldcd by the bed. of the Twelve Pttrt of
France set ",Qund the magnificent central bed of Cbarlc- maane. I,al", bring, ,<) mind KinS Arthur and hi. twelve knights," Odin . e. ued in a circle with his twdve aod coun_ cillors, Hrolf and his twelve berserks, OdyuCUll and hi, twelve companions as well as the biblical twely. . ,. Mn Mary Danielli has . ! >own that a fourltlvefnld conception of the State i. ab" oombincd with a twclvclthirtcenfold ronception in e<>smologies at widely ocparalcd a. those of Iccland, Otituo and Madasatcar. Like Ireland, Iceland con- listed of four quarlcn, north, oouth, ea,t and west, bu, cveryquarter wa, further divided into three oection" mak_
ing twdve in all. These twelve sections, or 'Things', sent a 8iven numbor of mm '0 th~ annual mteting known 11 the Allming, which was h~ld at th~ theoretical cent. . of Iceland undenhe dir<:etion ofthe La_peaker. Here a tem-
pO<ary town wa. set up which "'Produced the pattern of
"Cd", H";,~, '50-)'.
" >>0. 35 indodn ArtII",', <ourt at Coerkkon_upoo_ti? .
The Twel"" Apostropb. . 101
? 102 The: Si&lo 0{ Fi. . . . . "'" IUdt
the Itlte, d>c: four quanas, the "",dye . . . . SUtr2Ies, and to 011, and the area seems 10 IIIve been daborllely laid OUI rot thi. p"rpoR. Conchobar and hi. twelv! ! heroes arc by nomunt theonlyuampleofakina'" d>c: ~n. . . . ,0{twelve in Irish tndition. Aa::ordifta CO CritA G<>b4tdr, cwdvc "'"U the compmy 0{ the kinJ: of. ,,,,,tA, :lnd thue werc twi:lvt wo. w:hcs in a fOYIIl house.
Dcopile ! heir occuional namina in filII, 0 . . . . 001 g. . . . tly in- divUi. . . . td in FW. The 'bibliaol twelves' refe" notably 10 the cradilioMlclliposirionofIhetwelve Heme",lI"ihcsII Ihtcardi. . . l pointsroundIheAn:oftheCJwCDUlI,I. bill 1am unobk roformu- 1. l. Ie any f)'1I(m wh. . . . by lhe mtmbcn of 0 might be gtOIIped in IhreH and as. igned to the parll of x. The cltmtntsl attriblllel oftheSianaoftheZodiacoreccnainlynohelp. Oareindeed lI"ibei,
tbeTwclveTrihcsofGa. IWlJaocordina;1O VI. B. U. 64 CO. 2 Galw triba'). U lbere be anJ I)'Slem 0 { indiYiduation, we migh. . . . . peu them CO "'ilupood ro the twdvc tis" of 1. 6, for II 389. 03 th? Y Ire scaled 'round their IWClve rables', Ind the qUtSlions of 1. 6 ~ylhe'TwelveTable. oflheLaw'inRomanhiSlory.
As CWilomc" 0 are more 'ianinc:am in 11. 3 chin in Illy other cbapla". 11;'10 them W lihe wrinen Or broa<ka". eq>OlW"eI 01
marcdinctm. VI. B. 13. 'Z7has'I:,disuoryofm10the0 (Iht '2)'. 380. ? , a. ccountt lhe? imbibition ? 'Iu, . upper'. If the acrifiot ofm i? ? 110thatofChlillWearecompelled10lindinIhcaclionl of 0 hi, betrayal by IU""'elve apOldei. S75. 3'~ in flCI calls them 'twdve U upright iud. . . . . . . . . ever let down their thoms'. In oel",. words lhey CUlvia, with a 'thum'" down'",en.
M Oar. tuIM both by m an<! x a coalnttnot of unity and lmad is round. 1 thcir moll rebellious pI\II'(,! he clost of book 11.
The phenomenon begin"l 367. 08, where x cute", for here ! hey already recall ! he wicked uncle Mart, beina 'four avunc,dum', Lower on
the ~ they pet. . . . . . . ,. the cardinal poinrs, the four dinwtuiont and . h. evangelical bas. . . Th? y tho:n dicuo. e . . . . . . ". COItI- m a n d m m l l CO 0 , O u i l 1 ' l t w o < J C C \ J p y i n g 368. ",,~ , I u d t h e o t h e . .
the non pIInlgn. ph, The gist of III these commandments il lhal m mUSI be respected: 'NOIID go, lonn. . -waner, and bung! ey well chule the riWtj gW\<<an1. '
PoIile opinion in eiilllccnth-ctDWl1' Ireland wu offended by th~INIrril~, byapopi~ prim,01! helIaliancalm",TcndUQl;i
w i l h D o r o t h e a M a u n a e l l o f U m c r i c t . , w h o W: I I h a l f h i . . " , . " F r i l l
"s. . p. 11,_.
"T. J. ". Iol>,01-. . . ~
''''~I (o. . bIi~. AllaI flaio 1! I7)), 1J. 4-9.
? S<:nn" pointS out that 371 _06-8 is butd on a st,,,,,, snng of 'he time parodying the aria 'Water parttd from the Ilea', which w,," ,peciallyassociattd with Tenducd. It is ""idem that Tend",. i i. m ; further parodi. . of the 9Qng OCCUr at 371. 18-20, 30-12, 372. 25-"7 and 373. 09-' I. InLCrvening rIllItorial connect. them with Th~ Bal/ad 0/ Pmu O'R. i/ly, H(lOty being replaced by 'Oltia'.
Hosty, a, we have s""n, i? . c; 0""" w Host, is the successor 10 Christ's body just as . c ' u=dS m. like C and A in II. 2 be
is an angleT, a fisher of men. In n. ) 0 =lU"a3e o"ia '" land the fish wbich traditionally stand, for Otrist: 'o,tia, lifl i,l Lift
at it, Ostia 1From the . . . y! Away from the say l' (371. "9). We may al9Q s " " O H i a O J t h e y o u n g F i n n (. c:) l a n d i n g t h e S a l m o n o f W i s d o m (m aCC<lTding 00 007_16----19), the coru. umptioo of which will make him the new m. The a'tlument is slTengthentd when we consult the pa''''I(C in the Am",". of ,h. Fo", Mas. . " dealing with Finn's death, q""ted in part above (p. 47)- This continu. . with twO qua_
traim of lamentation for tbe hero, beginning 'Finn was killed, it was with darts. ' At this point, ? footnOte informs u. , an inter- lineation states 'by the fishing gaff. he was wounded'. The tditor refe. . . to w Dublin copy of the An",,/, 0/ Inni'/al/no, wbich records that Finn 'fell by me band. of Atblach, 9Qn of Duibh_ d<<nn, a ~cherous fisherman, who [firtd wim the love of ever- la. ting nooorietyj slew him with his gafht Rath_Bragh" near the Boyne, whimer he had retired in hi' old age ro pass me remainder of bis life in It:I. nquilliry. '''
If Ostia is me leader of 0 he can be equattd wim Sulla, me leaderofmetwelveSulHwniat573. 06-7,andwim Sully,me[0<<_ man of the jury al ss8. n. At 495. 01-7 A calls Sully 'a barracker
as. sociatod with tinkcn, me blackband Shovcllyvans, wreUter of annoyimgm""t len. . . . and S\<irriles! ballel$', luggesting the ballad- monger H""ty. Furmer evidence relating Sulla ro . ci. his intention at 513. 07-8 to procure -t fo, X, justa, Tri. tan wishtd to procure 19Q1dc for ~rk. And me Sullivani are nationalisu, 'Sully van vulturet' (4]5. 29) from the p<:rsonification of rqm:ned. Ireland,
Shan Van V,w,I_
The end of II. 3 involves the . losing of me bar: the drinktn 'all pour form', plus ofcour. . , Ke. . . . e the Tail", plus hi. daughter the praru:quean, bUI wimout In, the Russian General (372. 03-7). o are f"llowtd by the four senaton, )(. A$ closing time coincides with launching time x are . truggling to get olf by me gangplank
" 'Dublin TI><t" . . ' in A W. . . . VVn', ed. ! Un &no! ~,J-. 4.
"A-. . J,",. . K. . -'"1. . Jm. </,. . ,. "F_M. ". . " edlohnO'Dooonn, I, "0.
The Twel~e Apolltrophes 103
? in lime. Hooey ;, the IaSI to CIllt1,e (373. 3}-4). )( fail to make ;1 uho. . Ind )72. )4- )73. 07 sees Ihem balliing . plllsl Ihe WlIIUS "r;nco:ckalion wheuby Ihcic iden'ilY wilh m i. reinfo,ced. WIlen "'-'= ruch 11. 4, x and m a. . almosl IXlmplClely merted "'Ielher.
n. cduoplenoCbookII,? ? MnGlashttno~~! 'QP<:CIivdy epitomiu childhood, Idol. . . . "'oe, II\IIllIrity and senility. " n. c Ian phase is very Itrall",. II isat on. ce the mOIl vitll and the mO,1I e x h a u s l e d p * r t o f F W , Y . ' a n o t h e r " " '? . . . . u u " 1 , , . o,,(>' ' ' '[(n'um . 11 C O I l ' <<flU thetlimactic point in the . . laliomhip of T ri,tln and Isolde, a. ! hey return to Com,. .
Uri. en $. uutb Luvah ilalt n. ~. West Urtbnrut Nmm
LIDo
M . n 0,.
Bagle
Finally, it must be remembe,. . ,d du" X are me Four MaSlen, me bistorians of Ireland. Individual COttt1ponderu:cs"a,. . , improb-
able, but me term Maste. . . is implicit in its mo. . literal ""n6C_ X a r e u l t i m a t e l y rul~t"$, j u d i Q a n d l u m o r i t i e s , a n d i l i . i n m i s , . . , s p e e r that they COntt:a" """" directly wim O.
"/I>i4. . >,! Ii. "CO. >1-9-
? The Twelve Apoltrophes
o a", the twelve customen in m', l. i! yem, acc. )rdina: to 221. 01-
5 'a bundle of a dozen of representative locomotive civi(:l,'. Th. manuscripts apply tbe siglum to 1. 6. 7, whe", 0 arc . ,sigru:d twelve
dis,ric" of the city, spiralling clod:wi. e from Donnybrmk in the $OUlhu51 via Crumlin in the west to meet the northeast coastline a' Baldoylc. . Arountown' ('42. '3) refers to Roundtown, ? redun- dant name for T erenure. .
o represent Vim'. ",hellious plebeian" and as ouch are 'ruled, roped, duped and driy"" by those numendaimon. , the feclu:cpcrs at their laws' (142. 23-4). The fcckecpcrn, or four kccpcr"S, are Xa1 judges, and 0 are the jury o""r which they preside in 0&9-
093. The juridical function reappears at 557. 13-558. 20, where 0 find m guilty, and at 573. 35-576. 09, where they ar<: ? The jury (a sour dozen of"OUI felloW1 allofwhom were curiously IUlJJl(;d . f",r doyl. . ): Olwersdy, at 573. 06-7, they ar(: 'R band of twel"" mer_ ttnaTits, the Sullivani'. 1. 6. 7 call. them 'dayl. . when they de-
libe",t. but sullivan, when they are sword,ed'.
The ",lolion of Xto 0 has ,uhstllnt;,,1 mythological and bittori_
cal paralleb. Re. . and R. . ,," observe <I. . ,
Atound C"nchobar', couch in Brieriu', Hall wer<: the couch. . of the twelve heroes of Ulster, an arrangement wbich i, paralldcd by the bed. of the Twelve Pttrt of
France set ",Qund the magnificent central bed of Cbarlc- maane. I,al", bring, ,<) mind KinS Arthur and hi. twelve knights," Odin . e. ued in a circle with his twdve aod coun_ cillors, Hrolf and his twelve berserks, OdyuCUll and hi, twelve companions as well as the biblical twely. . ,. Mn Mary Danielli has . ! >own that a fourltlvefnld conception of the State i. ab" oombincd with a twclvclthirtcenfold ronception in e<>smologies at widely ocparalcd a. those of Iccland, Otituo and Madasatcar. Like Ireland, Iceland con- listed of four quarlcn, north, oouth, ea,t and west, bu, cveryquarter wa, further divided into three oection" mak_
ing twdve in all. These twelve sections, or 'Things', sent a 8iven numbor of mm '0 th~ annual mteting known 11 the Allming, which was h~ld at th~ theoretical cent. . of Iceland undenhe dir<:etion ofthe La_peaker. Here a tem-
pO<ary town wa. set up which "'Produced the pattern of
"Cd", H";,~, '50-)'.
" >>0. 35 indodn ArtII",', <ourt at Coerkkon_upoo_ti? .
The Twel"" Apostropb. . 101
? 102 The: Si&lo 0{ Fi. . . . . "'" IUdt
the Itlte, d>c: four quanas, the "",dye . . . . SUtr2Ies, and to 011, and the area seems 10 IIIve been daborllely laid OUI rot thi. p"rpoR. Conchobar and hi. twelv! ! heroes arc by nomunt theonlyuampleofakina'" d>c: ~n. . . . ,0{twelve in Irish tndition. Aa::ordifta CO CritA G<>b4tdr, cwdvc "'"U the compmy 0{ the kinJ: of. ,,,,,tA, :lnd thue werc twi:lvt wo. w:hcs in a fOYIIl house.
Dcopile ! heir occuional namina in filII, 0 . . . . 001 g. . . . tly in- divUi. . . . td in FW. The 'bibliaol twelves' refe" notably 10 the cradilioMlclliposirionofIhetwelve Heme",lI"ihcsII Ihtcardi. . . l pointsroundIheAn:oftheCJwCDUlI,I. bill 1am unobk roformu- 1. l. Ie any f)'1I(m wh. . . . by lhe mtmbcn of 0 might be gtOIIped in IhreH and as. igned to the parll of x. The cltmtntsl attriblllel oftheSianaoftheZodiacoreccnainlynohelp. Oareindeed lI"ibei,
tbeTwclveTrihcsofGa. IWlJaocordina;1O VI. B. U. 64 CO. 2 Galw triba'). U lbere be anJ I)'Slem 0 { indiYiduation, we migh. . . . . peu them CO "'ilupood ro the twdvc tis" of 1. 6, for II 389. 03 th? Y Ire scaled 'round their IWClve rables', Ind the qUtSlions of 1. 6 ~ylhe'TwelveTable. oflheLaw'inRomanhiSlory.
As CWilomc" 0 are more 'ianinc:am in 11. 3 chin in Illy other cbapla". 11;'10 them W lihe wrinen Or broa<ka". eq>OlW"eI 01
marcdinctm. VI. B. 13. 'Z7has'I:,disuoryofm10the0 (Iht '2)'. 380. ? , a. ccountt lhe? imbibition ? 'Iu, . upper'. If the acrifiot ofm i? ? 110thatofChlillWearecompelled10lindinIhcaclionl of 0 hi, betrayal by IU""'elve apOldei. S75. 3'~ in flCI calls them 'twdve U upright iud. . . . . . . . . ever let down their thoms'. In oel",. words lhey CUlvia, with a 'thum'" down'",en.
M Oar. tuIM both by m an<! x a coalnttnot of unity and lmad is round. 1 thcir moll rebellious pI\II'(,! he clost of book 11.
The phenomenon begin"l 367. 08, where x cute", for here ! hey already recall ! he wicked uncle Mart, beina 'four avunc,dum', Lower on
the ~ they pet. . . . . . . ,. the cardinal poinrs, the four dinwtuiont and . h. evangelical bas. . . Th? y tho:n dicuo. e . . . . . . ". COItI- m a n d m m l l CO 0 , O u i l 1 ' l t w o < J C C \ J p y i n g 368. ",,~ , I u d t h e o t h e . .
the non pIInlgn. ph, The gist of III these commandments il lhal m mUSI be respected: 'NOIID go, lonn. . -waner, and bung! ey well chule the riWtj gW\<<an1. '
PoIile opinion in eiilllccnth-ctDWl1' Ireland wu offended by th~INIrril~, byapopi~ prim,01! helIaliancalm",TcndUQl;i
w i l h D o r o t h e a M a u n a e l l o f U m c r i c t . , w h o W: I I h a l f h i . . " , . " F r i l l
"s. . p. 11,_.
"T. J. ". Iol>,01-. . . ~
''''~I (o. . bIi~. AllaI flaio 1! I7)), 1J. 4-9.
? S<:nn" pointS out that 371 _06-8 is butd on a st,,,,,, snng of 'he time parodying the aria 'Water parttd from the Ilea', which w,," ,peciallyassociattd with Tenducd. It is ""idem that Tend",. i i. m ; further parodi. . of the 9Qng OCCUr at 371. 18-20, 30-12, 372. 25-"7 and 373. 09-' I. InLCrvening rIllItorial connect. them with Th~ Bal/ad 0/ Pmu O'R. i/ly, H(lOty being replaced by 'Oltia'.
Hosty, a, we have s""n, i? . c; 0""" w Host, is the successor 10 Christ's body just as . c ' u=dS m. like C and A in II. 2 be
is an angleT, a fisher of men. In n. ) 0 =lU"a3e o"ia '" land the fish wbich traditionally stand, for Otrist: 'o,tia, lifl i,l Lift
at it, Ostia 1From the . . . y! Away from the say l' (371. "9). We may al9Q s " " O H i a O J t h e y o u n g F i n n (. c:) l a n d i n g t h e S a l m o n o f W i s d o m (m aCC<lTding 00 007_16----19), the coru. umptioo of which will make him the new m. The a'tlument is slTengthentd when we consult the pa''''I(C in the Am",". of ,h. Fo", Mas. . " dealing with Finn's death, q""ted in part above (p. 47)- This continu. . with twO qua_
traim of lamentation for tbe hero, beginning 'Finn was killed, it was with darts. ' At this point, ? footnOte informs u. , an inter- lineation states 'by the fishing gaff. he was wounded'. The tditor refe. . . to w Dublin copy of the An",,/, 0/ Inni'/al/no, wbich records that Finn 'fell by me band. of Atblach, 9Qn of Duibh_ d<<nn, a ~cherous fisherman, who [firtd wim the love of ever- la. ting nooorietyj slew him with his gafht Rath_Bragh" near the Boyne, whimer he had retired in hi' old age ro pass me remainder of bis life in It:I. nquilliry. '''
If Ostia is me leader of 0 he can be equattd wim Sulla, me leaderofmetwelveSulHwniat573. 06-7,andwim Sully,me[0<<_ man of the jury al ss8. n. At 495. 01-7 A calls Sully 'a barracker
as. sociatod with tinkcn, me blackband Shovcllyvans, wreUter of annoyimgm""t len. . . . and S\<irriles! ballel$', luggesting the ballad- monger H""ty. Furmer evidence relating Sulla ro . ci. his intention at 513. 07-8 to procure -t fo, X, justa, Tri. tan wishtd to procure 19Q1dc for ~rk. And me Sullivani are nationalisu, 'Sully van vulturet' (4]5. 29) from the p<:rsonification of rqm:ned. Ireland,
Shan Van V,w,I_
The end of II. 3 involves the . losing of me bar: the drinktn 'all pour form', plus ofcour. . , Ke. . . . e the Tail", plus hi. daughter the praru:quean, bUI wimout In, the Russian General (372. 03-7). o are f"llowtd by the four senaton, )(. A$ closing time coincides with launching time x are . truggling to get olf by me gangplank
" 'Dublin TI><t" . . ' in A W. . . . VVn', ed. ! Un &no! ~,J-. 4.
"A-. . J,",. . K. . -'"1. . Jm. </,. . ,. "F_M. ". . " edlohnO'Dooonn, I, "0.
The Twel~e Apolltrophes 103
? in lime. Hooey ;, the IaSI to CIllt1,e (373. 3}-4). )( fail to make ;1 uho. . Ind )72. )4- )73. 07 sees Ihem balliing . plllsl Ihe WlIIUS "r;nco:ckalion wheuby Ihcic iden'ilY wilh m i. reinfo,ced. WIlen "'-'= ruch 11. 4, x and m a. . almosl IXlmplClely merted "'Ielher.
n. cduoplenoCbookII,? ? MnGlashttno~~! 'QP<:CIivdy epitomiu childhood, Idol. . . . "'oe, II\IIllIrity and senility. " n. c Ian phase is very Itrall",. II isat on. ce the mOIl vitll and the mO,1I e x h a u s l e d p * r t o f F W , Y . ' a n o t h e r " " '? . . . . u u " 1 , , . o,,(>' ' ' '[(n'um . 11 C O I l ' <<flU thetlimactic point in the . . laliomhip of T ri,tln and Isolde, a. ! hey return to Com,. .
