mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur
distinjlUishn
from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
IO).
Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
-l ,end, T to l-
The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . . So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. .
mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P. cptHot My,. . . ' T_od, l ' ,. ' OL , ? _ _ _
'Sir? . 1\. Wan. II~, n. s. . . <t<Atn. . J,n,JJ,7). 1J,n.
? Th~ Mirror and the Rainhow H
Fiaure l ""T'h? Sun";. . ', pl. t<' in the i'opyr"" of Ani, ? ? reproduced in B~'. BMIt oflI. . Detu/, loll aDd Neplnhys Ofe oem "" e;~ . ide of the Tet, which <>>ntaiDl the body of o. iri", (Rep<<>du<<d by "'O,ut. . y of d>e Bri,;u, Museum, BM 1""47<'. )
? 54 TheSiglaofFi~nq,,~. W"k.
Much m<>r'e imporrnn( are the sevenfold and twenty-eightfold divi,ioru which are encounttrM all through FW.
The sevenfold division rai. ", the iml"'sing symbol ofthe rain_ bow, intrinsiCII. lly connected with water, and by Gen",i. 9 :14- 17 with the covenant ho,ween Godand humanity. The familiar Irish . upe. . . . hundancc nh ainbowt mustalso ho held pertinent. As Noah is a primary m avatar, the septenary are the . pecifiCII. lly ITk>rienlM
. =
eminary from heaven to mankind. Mircea Eliade ob&el"Vu:
mode of -t Perhaps m
Greek godd. . . , Ir ;", with her tlKluS;l;nd~lourcd roho, w u an
the rainbow ao" a path to God. The
As to the rainbow, acon. ide. . . . bk numhorof peoples aro known to see in it the bridge connocting earth and sky, and espoci. ally the bridge of the gods. That i, why it. appear- 8n", after. storm i. regarded n a . ign nf God', appease- ment. It is alway. by way of the rainbow that mythical
heroes =ch the ,;ky. . . . Further, Ihe &even co1ou<"$ ofthe rainbow have hom assimilated to Ihe . even heavenl, a sym_ bolism found. . . ,t only in India and M esopotamia but also in Judai. m. In the Bamiyan fttSCO<"1the Buddha i. repre- OtrItM. . . tMonarainbowofKvenbands;thatis,m {rans_ cc:nds the cosmos, just a. in the myth of hi. Nativity he tran$C01d. the $eVen heaven. by tal<ing Kven Itrides to- ward. the north. . . . The throne of the Supreme Being is surrounded b y . rainbow, and the . . . . ". , . ymboliun persist. into the Christian art of tho Renaissance. '
Thi' in. . rpret. ation i. apposite for 1:, who in II. I sets oul tIl punu;. of a paradisiac colour. But for m the rainbow i. best regarded as the K&bbal;s. ic emhlem nfM olkuth, the lowes. nf tm Sephiroth,' representing the world, or kingdom of illU3(lty things, whence all striving departs. The fall of m, which will be studied in chopler 6, occurs ultimalely through hi. infatuation wilh a chro- matic ao;euory. If we examine the various Kvenfold allu. ion. li,ttd in M,. . Gbshcc:n', CCISUf we find . hat they are frequently linked to m as hi! "c:vcna1 ,u<::C<:Miv<"O:lloutr:d Sfiebannuid,' (126. 19), although there i. a definite overl. p with mo", and Ie. . fl"llgmentM pha. es, as when . . . . . call. I- 'Moo i. hebtau! Ma reine- holle! ' in the pa$SIlge jus. qUOtM. Many of the references . re . irnp1e inventorie, of colour, Bloom', 'Roygbiv'.
? M;w;. E;. &".
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
-l ,end, T to l-
The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . . So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. .
mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P. cptHot My,. . . ' T_od, l ' ,. ' OL , ? _ _ _
'Sir? . 1\. Wan. II~, n. s. . . <t<Atn. . J,n,JJ,7). 1J,n.
? Th~ Mirror and the Rainhow H
Fiaure l ""T'h? Sun";. . ', pl. t<' in the i'opyr"" of Ani, ? ? reproduced in B~'. BMIt oflI. . Detu/, loll aDd Neplnhys Ofe oem "" e;~ . ide of the Tet, which <>>ntaiDl the body of o. iri", (Rep<<>du<<d by "'O,ut. . y of d>e Bri,;u, Museum, BM 1""47<'. )
? 54 TheSiglaofFi~nq,,~. W"k.
Much m<>r'e imporrnn( are the sevenfold and twenty-eightfold divi,ioru which are encounttrM all through FW.
The sevenfold division rai. ", the iml"'sing symbol ofthe rain_ bow, intrinsiCII. lly connected with water, and by Gen",i. 9 :14- 17 with the covenant ho,ween Godand humanity. The familiar Irish . upe. . . . hundancc nh ainbowt mustalso ho held pertinent. As Noah is a primary m avatar, the septenary are the . pecifiCII. lly ITk>rienlM
. =
eminary from heaven to mankind. Mircea Eliade ob&el"Vu:
mode of -t Perhaps m
Greek godd. . . , Ir ;", with her tlKluS;l;nd~lourcd roho, w u an
the rainbow ao" a path to God. The
As to the rainbow, acon. ide. . . . bk numhorof peoples aro known to see in it the bridge connocting earth and sky, and espoci. ally the bridge of the gods. That i, why it. appear- 8n", after. storm i. regarded n a . ign nf God', appease- ment. It is alway. by way of the rainbow that mythical
heroes =ch the ,;ky. . . . Further, Ihe &even co1ou<"$ ofthe rainbow have hom assimilated to Ihe . even heavenl, a sym_ bolism found. . . ,t only in India and M esopotamia but also in Judai. m. In the Bamiyan fttSCO<"1the Buddha i. repre- OtrItM. . . tMonarainbowofKvenbands;thatis,m {rans_ cc:nds the cosmos, just a. in the myth of hi. Nativity he tran$C01d. the $eVen heaven. by tal<ing Kven Itrides to- ward. the north. . . . The throne of the Supreme Being is surrounded b y . rainbow, and the . . . . ". , . ymboliun persist. into the Christian art of tho Renaissance. '
Thi' in. . rpret. ation i. apposite for 1:, who in II. I sets oul tIl punu;. of a paradisiac colour. But for m the rainbow i. best regarded as the K&bbal;s. ic emhlem nfM olkuth, the lowes. nf tm Sephiroth,' representing the world, or kingdom of illU3(lty things, whence all striving departs. The fall of m, which will be studied in chopler 6, occurs ultimalely through hi. infatuation wilh a chro- matic ao;euory. If we examine the various Kvenfold allu. ion. li,ttd in M,. . Gbshcc:n', CCISUf we find . hat they are frequently linked to m as hi! "c:vcna1 ,u<::C<:Miv<"O:lloutr:d Sfiebannuid,' (126. 19), although there i. a definite overl. p with mo", and Ie. . fl"llgmentM pha. es, as when . . . . . call. I- 'Moo i. hebtau! Ma reine- holle! ' in the pa$SIlge jus. qUOtM. Many of the references . re . irnp1e inventorie, of colour, Bloom', 'Roygbiv'.
? M;w;. E;. &".
