i/ly, H(lOty being
replaced
by 'Oltia'.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
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and R.
.
,," observe <I.
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,
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,. . . U from Ireland, havin& drunk the love poIioQ. BUIilisprcomledentiKJy11. . fantasyorthepUt thtolllh ! be Iplinlnioi coruciou. . . . . 1 of lC. Allhough Mia. . . Lyons ;, caUed
Marcus todill;~lh him from KinS Mark, this is undone apin at 391. 14. x ond m ar. furuhmentaUy ;n the pme boal, I,ed, betrayed, . . ouhi"e.
The prirrlary IocIlion of II. . ;1 probably Trinity O>II. . e. Admittedly ! be other huh univenilies . bo reanorc: (385. 13, 3119-04-6), bUI we recurrently llOIice ! be landmarb immeddtdy infrontofIllemainpI""ofTrinity,the. tatue. on CoU. . eGtetll (origioaUy Hogen Grtc:o)-to wllich Ille memory of )( has IranI' f,,",edO? ConntU'u . . tueonthefar,~ofO'Conn<:IlBridie,Bal? lenby Bnxhera of W""unordand S{rttI, CIef}'I in O'CO~U
Strttl and 10 forth. Trinily CoII. . . , l. particubrly appropN~ 11 a senina to this advmrure. An ancienl Protestant stronghold, il ha, been "",ed for ill weallh of ceccnll"ic, aliellited academia, who . . . . ined theirfunctioru into advanced senescence. X are hi. . . lOry 1tc1U<ers, . . fured 10 vatiow p. . ,,<$UIl! dmominarion, in oonlrullO CI 'Roman c. . lhoJieanns' 0 89? 16). They mmmber m i l e s l o n e s i n s e c t a r d n c o n f l i c t f r o m t h e i r l e c t u r e s 10 0 . T h q . O O
perpetuate 'he m. :mc of 'he latl lupper from II. ), inetlectively l'eptlltina 'PalS the fuh for ChrHl IIh, amen! ' BI,II Ihey can alliin 10 no tlilrir, noc can they reach -i, who h.
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,. . . U from Ireland, havin& drunk the love poIioQ. BUIilisprcomledentiKJy11. . fantasyorthepUt thtolllh ! be Iplinlnioi coruciou. . . . . 1 of lC. Allhough Mia. . . Lyons ;, caUed
Marcus todill;~lh him from KinS Mark, this is undone apin at 391. 14. x ond m ar. furuhmentaUy ;n the pme boal, I,ed, betrayed, . . ouhi"e.
The prirrlary IocIlion of II. . ;1 probably Trinity O>II. . e. Admittedly ! be other huh univenilies . bo reanorc: (385. 13, 3119-04-6), bUI we recurrently llOIice ! be landmarb immeddtdy infrontofIllemainpI""ofTrinity,the. tatue. on CoU. . eGtetll (origioaUy Hogen Grtc:o)-to wllich Ille memory of )( has IranI' f,,",edO? ConntU'u . . tueonthefar,~ofO'Conn<:IlBridie,Bal? lenby Bnxhera of W""unordand S{rttI, CIef}'I in O'CO~U
Strttl and 10 forth. Trinily CoII. . . , l. particubrly appropN~ 11 a senina to this advmrure. An ancienl Protestant stronghold, il ha, been "",ed for ill weallh of ceccnll"ic, aliellited academia, who . . . . ined theirfunctioru into advanced senescence. X are hi. . . lOry 1tc1U<ers, . . fured 10 vatiow p. . ,,<$UIl! dmominarion, in oonlrullO CI 'Roman c. . lhoJieanns' 0 89? 16). They mmmber m i l e s l o n e s i n s e c t a r d n c o n f l i c t f r o m t h e i r l e c t u r e s 10 0 . T h q . O O
perpetuate 'he m. :mc of 'he latl lupper from II. ), inetlectively l'eptlltina 'PalS the fuh for ChrHl IIh, amen! ' BI,II Ihey can alliin 10 no tlilrir, noc can they reach -i, who h.
