also
compatible
with the .
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
trait.
In various pam ofFW )ea!
"C equated with the fom cnngelica!
bea.
.
.
but the conntCtio"" of the bea"s with the appropriate goopel" appear lO!
:lUy ir!
"Clcv.
nl to Joyce's creation.
. . . more useful ""Ila! ;on is that between )( and the resptCtive . igla m, . , -4and ? , implicit in the annal, of 013. 20-014. 27 (see
'a. . rl<oI[olid>. y,7luS""""_K~""v. . lI;. (Dublin,"ThornlSi. )' . . . ,;. "",j. O? ,,"ton. . 11uH;u. . -y""11K~'"~"~'61,.
'Expbintd,foc,om",",,;"f. ~Henry'. rlunoM""Kdb(Looo;Ion, n. . . ne. . n. l Hu. boft [974), '9-1-7.
? The Quobu, Quartet 'J7 p. 47 above). The four conspecta are ligures on the . ide, of the
. pinning tcc[(")tum, il#lf a figure of FW:
Matthew: A n alderman carrying a pot on a pole. A rurley? hide whale. m
MlIrk: A JXXIr old woman. A crone of immen. e fecundity. 6
Luke: A retlhaired maid. The D. _ltd Villar? . . . . . . John: Twins, the pen . nd the tW<lrd. E-
W e o b s e r v e tr~t1 o f , h i . p l n e r n i n n I . ) . M a n h t w i . t h e l e a d e r , the """I fotherly ekment (476. 04, 2Si 477? 20). In the reflcction of the 1. 2 Cad . tory (5'9. 26--~2o. n) he i, 'F. ther MacGregor' and ' Fath. . ,. Mathew' (comprehending the Irish lemperance advo- e,ue), while M ark becomt1 'M,. . Ly,)O", 10 woom some rain was
promised and who was onee in a 'confu,ional'. On ~26. 30-3', . . . . . iu 'Tarpey. neou,in, Ven,. Tully, makirli faces at her bachspilled lil. . :ne. , in Ihe brook'. Link, bccwun John and E- are lt1. distinct, but we mighl note, as did Nathan Halper,' the bifid name 'Ouggel- duggel'", 368. 33-4-
A further use <If the in,ersiglal corrctpondcncc i& encounlered aI2'9. 10-12, where the four Ileasures of the Tuatha De Da. . . . . nn appc:l. r a. Jot, "heir Elder,hips the Olden. from the four . :<:Ironers ofFindrias,Muria. ,Oor;. ,andFalia" M. . ""i. . thec. rn. rh" Oive Sollis, Galoriu. Kettle, Pobie"" umcey and Pierre Duson'. The
passage mlIy be initially clarified from Whitley Slokt1's tl"llnslati<m of TIt, Swmd BallI. ! of Moy,ura:'
I. The Tuatha De n. norm were in Ihe nortbern isk, of the W<lrld, learning lore and magic and druidism and wizardry and <. "UI1ning, until Ihey surpassed all the sages of the am of heathendom.
2. There were four cities in which they were learning lore and science and diaholic arto, tQ wit F olia, and Gm;'u, Murias and Findia? .
J. Out of Faliao w. . , blQughl the Stone of Fal, which wa, in Tara. It used 10 roar under every king tha. would ! like (the realm of) Ireland.
4. OUI ofOoria. was broUJ! ht the Spear that Lugh had. N<l bank w:o. O cv"" W<)tl againsl it or him who held it in his hand.
" F"", Old M. ,,? . AWN XlI. , 1'9? S), I? 'R. . ,. Col. . XI! ('~9'), J1-9.
? 98
The Sigla of Fi_a", Wak.
s. Om of Findia. w. s brought the SWilrd of Nuado. When it W"~. d. . . . wn from its deadly oheath, no On/; ever
escaped from it, and it waS irre. i1tible. ?
6. Out of Muria, was brought the Oagd. e's cauldron.
No company ever went from it unthankful.
~ ating' explailU th:>. t the Tuatha 0. ; Oanann came originally from Gre<<t, th:>. t 'heir (<mr citi'" _re in NOTWay and that they . pent 1even y. . . . . . . in Scotland on their way thence to Ireland. T he
,rea,ures are listed in two of Joyce"
noteboob:
Midyirp] Stone of O",t;ny
Nuado Spear of Victry [. u]
Ogma Sword of Ugh,
DaSd. Pot of Plenty
VI. B. 11. 94:
VI. B? 3S? 32 :
Nsolid Falla. sfire Goria, Edood l'indiu water Muriu
I) Sword of Light Ogma, Find;'s cloudy, E
2) Nuad, spear of Victory, Goriu
VI. B? ]S? 33:
"'mS
3) Dagdo, Cauldron
of Plenty, Murias water, W
4) M idyin, Stone of Destiny, Falia< earth, N
219. 10-12 i.
also compatible with the . . quencc m, . . . . . . . . . . L In view of the 'ketde offish' diKussed above, the equation of . . with
the Cauldron of Plenty would . . . . m . . . alid. M uch has been made of the . imilatitie. between the f()ur ! . . ",norco, the fnur Gnil Hal- lOW"! (sword, chalice, lance, paten)' and the four Tarot luit. (. word. , CUpS, wands, pentad. . ). ' We might reasonably connect m with the ,word. s a "'gal emblem and L wiIh ,he. tOI1C e pierre
, lJo. Hi""",<fhu. . . /. <T. Oov;dC<>myn,o. blin. Eatly[rilhT. . . . Socia. , '\fMl ,. ,. . . ".
{,
? . . . 1f0"CdNUl! . S""*""",. . t. q. . . . <I,. . 1I<'1y(;,. ;/,O. . iol~ua '~II)
'J""","'eo_F. . . Ri"",/'"R_ _ (e. . . . ! . . . . . . . U~ ,. -.
i<y
,
fUa '_ l,
? Ou50"'), bUIlhe connection of -t with the spear i. problematic_ The spear COfT($ponds to lhe Grail lance which maims the Fisher King, and -t maim. mafter I fuhion, but on this t would not care
10 commit m~ lf further.
Tht correlation of the Cardinal Poin"', FJemcnt:S and Hallo"",
i. flexiblt. Joyce'. table fic. the u. ual . . . ignition of Tarol Iuits, ,woro. with air, cups with Mltet, wand. with fir<: and pentacle. with earth, and their dtSCrnd:onts, the modern suits of playing cards, appear . s )(at 286. 14- t5. SUI if lI9. IO""-U nukes Matthew air, Mark water, Luke fiu and John earth, it oontndicu the ochemt of cardinal poim, in the table. Now, a further tab! . , on VI. B. 14. 78, . uggH1I thaI Ihesc may be varied according to 1! etIsc:
W<>ws
N hto. tthew S Mark
E Luke
W John
Winds
N S Mark
S SJohn
E SLuke
W S Manhew
But apart from 11. 4, the chapte. . . of I'W seem very con. inent in relating Matthew to Ihe north, Mark to the . outh, Luke to Ihe eall and John to Ih. WHt. In respect of elements the most useful
pallern i. ! \tither of th = just noted, but rather that of 223. 29- 33:
H? ? ? kit mthe hooIhtd fireshield bUI it WllS unlergon. inlO the mallhued heaven. He . . ,ughed it from the luft but that bore ne mark ne mH. . . gc. He luktd upon the bloom- ingrund where ongly his oorn, w<:re growning. AI last he listed back to bt<:kline how she pranked alone $() johnlily.
This tcqu<t1ce, deriving from St AUgulltine,,. accord> with the respective hum"u", of x. Ma,thew possesses a cooleric hwnour (fire). The element air, hearing Ih. chimes a? ? odated wiIh Mark Lyons, 'uggesll a saIljuine and h<\rmonio"" lemIXramen(. The
preuure of melropolitan living makes I melanchol~, earth quality . ppmpri. . ,. '" Luke, while the mysteriou, west in which John is situated su;'" hi. phlegmatic, Wlltery temp<:ram<:nL.
VI. B. I7. 9' gives:
The Quobus Quartet 99
? ? 00 Th~ Sigla of Finnqans Wah
Ifthi. <elates to Ari"od~', definition. of ~lem~ntal propcrti'" (~. g. fire is warm and dry, waLer i. cold arul moist), """" of th~ lhret: proposed patton, of co'<espond= will tally with it, SO it i. best ignor~d.
A more promising pattern involv", Blak~'. Four Zoas, which appear at 057. 07-10. " I luive shown" that this pu. . . . gc d. rives fromj,TUsalem 43. z-3, arul that one may thereby equate Matthew with Uri,. . ,n, Mark with LU\r. I. b, Luke with nanna. and John with UIthona. VI. H. I ]. 2z8 li. ts ,h~ :ZOOs' immanent aspect> and
i. con,istent with the provincial a! l<)Q. ,ion:
Urthnna Luvah Uri. en
T luinnas
Spiril emotion ?
<tason
"'"
Uri,,,n ofoouue embodies a merciless and vengeful reasoning,
Ihu, ,e. . ,mbling Matthew. We will have to iKflOre plate 7zof}trU- . al. . . . , where Blake Ii", the four pTovinct"S '" four of the tribes of Israel, butmcre i, an important paTalld bctwet:n Joyce', quater- nary and Blake's in . he onribution of. he .
. . . more useful ""Ila! ;on is that between )( and the resptCtive . igla m, . , -4and ? , implicit in the annal, of 013. 20-014. 27 (see
'a. . rl<oI[olid>. y,7luS""""_K~""v. . lI;. (Dublin,"ThornlSi. )' . . . ,;. "",j. O? ,,"ton. . 11uH;u. . -y""11K~'"~"~'61,.
'Expbintd,foc,om",",,;"f. ~Henry'. rlunoM""Kdb(Looo;Ion, n. . . ne. . n. l Hu. boft [974), '9-1-7.
? The Quobu, Quartet 'J7 p. 47 above). The four conspecta are ligures on the . ide, of the
. pinning tcc[(")tum, il#lf a figure of FW:
Matthew: A n alderman carrying a pot on a pole. A rurley? hide whale. m
MlIrk: A JXXIr old woman. A crone of immen. e fecundity. 6
Luke: A retlhaired maid. The D. _ltd Villar? . . . . . . John: Twins, the pen . nd the tW<lrd. E-
W e o b s e r v e tr~t1 o f , h i . p l n e r n i n n I . ) . M a n h t w i . t h e l e a d e r , the """I fotherly ekment (476. 04, 2Si 477? 20). In the reflcction of the 1. 2 Cad . tory (5'9. 26--~2o. n) he i, 'F. ther MacGregor' and ' Fath. . ,. Mathew' (comprehending the Irish lemperance advo- e,ue), while M ark becomt1 'M,. . Ly,)O", 10 woom some rain was
promised and who was onee in a 'confu,ional'. On ~26. 30-3', . . . . . iu 'Tarpey. neou,in, Ven,. Tully, makirli faces at her bachspilled lil. . :ne. , in Ihe brook'. Link, bccwun John and E- are lt1. distinct, but we mighl note, as did Nathan Halper,' the bifid name 'Ouggel- duggel'", 368. 33-4-
A further use <If the in,ersiglal corrctpondcncc i& encounlered aI2'9. 10-12, where the four Ileasures of the Tuatha De Da. . . . . nn appc:l. r a. Jot, "heir Elder,hips the Olden. from the four . :<:Ironers ofFindrias,Muria. ,Oor;. ,andFalia" M. . ""i. . thec. rn. rh" Oive Sollis, Galoriu. Kettle, Pobie"" umcey and Pierre Duson'. The
passage mlIy be initially clarified from Whitley Slokt1's tl"llnslati<m of TIt, Swmd BallI. ! of Moy,ura:'
I. The Tuatha De n. norm were in Ihe nortbern isk, of the W<lrld, learning lore and magic and druidism and wizardry and <. "UI1ning, until Ihey surpassed all the sages of the am of heathendom.
2. There were four cities in which they were learning lore and science and diaholic arto, tQ wit F olia, and Gm;'u, Murias and Findia? .
J. Out of Faliao w. . , blQughl the Stone of Fal, which wa, in Tara. It used 10 roar under every king tha. would ! like (the realm of) Ireland.
4. OUI ofOoria. was broUJ! ht the Spear that Lugh had. N<l bank w:o. O cv"" W<)tl againsl it or him who held it in his hand.
" F"", Old M. ,,? . AWN XlI. , 1'9? S), I? 'R. . ,. Col. . XI! ('~9'), J1-9.
? 98
The Sigla of Fi_a", Wak.
s. Om of Findia. w. s brought the SWilrd of Nuado. When it W"~. d. . . . wn from its deadly oheath, no On/; ever
escaped from it, and it waS irre. i1tible. ?
6. Out of Muria, was brought the Oagd. e's cauldron.
No company ever went from it unthankful.
~ ating' explailU th:>. t the Tuatha 0. ; Oanann came originally from Gre<<t, th:>. t 'heir (<mr citi'" _re in NOTWay and that they . pent 1even y. . . . . . . in Scotland on their way thence to Ireland. T he
,rea,ures are listed in two of Joyce"
noteboob:
Midyirp] Stone of O",t;ny
Nuado Spear of Victry [. u]
Ogma Sword of Ugh,
DaSd. Pot of Plenty
VI. B. 11. 94:
VI. B? 3S? 32 :
Nsolid Falla. sfire Goria, Edood l'indiu water Muriu
I) Sword of Light Ogma, Find;'s cloudy, E
2) Nuad, spear of Victory, Goriu
VI. B? ]S? 33:
"'mS
3) Dagdo, Cauldron
of Plenty, Murias water, W
4) M idyin, Stone of Destiny, Falia< earth, N
219. 10-12 i.
also compatible with the . . quencc m, . . . . . . . . . . L In view of the 'ketde offish' diKussed above, the equation of . . with
the Cauldron of Plenty would . . . . m . . . alid. M uch has been made of the . imilatitie. between the f()ur ! . . ",norco, the fnur Gnil Hal- lOW"! (sword, chalice, lance, paten)' and the four Tarot luit. (. word. , CUpS, wands, pentad. . ). ' We might reasonably connect m with the ,word. s a "'gal emblem and L wiIh ,he. tOI1C e pierre
, lJo. Hi""",<fhu. . . /. <T. Oov;dC<>myn,o. blin. Eatly[rilhT. . . . Socia. , '\fMl ,. ,. . . ".
{,
? . . . 1f0"CdNUl! . S""*""",. . t. q. . . . <I,. . 1I<'1y(;,. ;/,O. . iol~ua '~II)
'J""","'eo_F. . . Ri"",/'"R_ _ (e. . . . ! . . . . . . . U~ ,. -.
i<y
,
fUa '_ l,
? Ou50"'), bUIlhe connection of -t with the spear i. problematic_ The spear COfT($ponds to lhe Grail lance which maims the Fisher King, and -t maim. mafter I fuhion, but on this t would not care
10 commit m~ lf further.
Tht correlation of the Cardinal Poin"', FJemcnt:S and Hallo"",
i. flexiblt. Joyce'. table fic. the u. ual . . . ignition of Tarol Iuits, ,woro. with air, cups with Mltet, wand. with fir<: and pentacle. with earth, and their dtSCrnd:onts, the modern suits of playing cards, appear . s )(at 286. 14- t5. SUI if lI9. IO""-U nukes Matthew air, Mark water, Luke fiu and John earth, it oontndicu the ochemt of cardinal poim, in the table. Now, a further tab! . , on VI. B. 14. 78, . uggH1I thaI Ihesc may be varied according to 1! etIsc:
W<>ws
N hto. tthew S Mark
E Luke
W John
Winds
N S Mark
S SJohn
E SLuke
W S Manhew
But apart from 11. 4, the chapte. . . of I'W seem very con. inent in relating Matthew to Ihe north, Mark to the . outh, Luke to Ihe eall and John to Ih. WHt. In respect of elements the most useful
pallern i. ! \tither of th = just noted, but rather that of 223. 29- 33:
H? ? ? kit mthe hooIhtd fireshield bUI it WllS unlergon. inlO the mallhued heaven. He . . ,ughed it from the luft but that bore ne mark ne mH. . . gc. He luktd upon the bloom- ingrund where ongly his oorn, w<:re growning. AI last he listed back to bt<:kline how she pranked alone $() johnlily.
This tcqu<t1ce, deriving from St AUgulltine,,. accord> with the respective hum"u", of x. Ma,thew possesses a cooleric hwnour (fire). The element air, hearing Ih. chimes a? ? odated wiIh Mark Lyons, 'uggesll a saIljuine and h<\rmonio"" lemIXramen(. The
preuure of melropolitan living makes I melanchol~, earth quality . ppmpri. . ,. '" Luke, while the mysteriou, west in which John is situated su;'" hi. phlegmatic, Wlltery temp<:ram<:nL.
VI. B. I7. 9' gives:
The Quobus Quartet 99
? ? 00 Th~ Sigla of Finnqans Wah
Ifthi. <elates to Ari"od~', definition. of ~lem~ntal propcrti'" (~. g. fire is warm and dry, waLer i. cold arul moist), """" of th~ lhret: proposed patton, of co'<espond= will tally with it, SO it i. best ignor~d.
A more promising pattern involv", Blak~'. Four Zoas, which appear at 057. 07-10. " I luive shown" that this pu. . . . gc d. rives fromj,TUsalem 43. z-3, arul that one may thereby equate Matthew with Uri,. . ,n, Mark with LU\r. I. b, Luke with nanna. and John with UIthona. VI. H. I ]. 2z8 li. ts ,h~ :ZOOs' immanent aspect> and
i. con,istent with the provincial a! l<)Q. ,ion:
Urthnna Luvah Uri. en
T luinnas
Spiril emotion ?
<tason
"'"
Uri,,,n ofoouue embodies a merciless and vengeful reasoning,
Ihu, ,e. . ,mbling Matthew. We will have to iKflOre plate 7zof}trU- . al. . . . , where Blake Ii", the four pTovinct"S '" four of the tribes of Israel, butmcre i, an important paTalld bctwet:n Joyce', quater- nary and Blake's in . he onribution of. he .
