Tully, makirli faces at her
bachspilled
lil.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
inly.
From 5'9.
?
6 to 512.
0) the warlike pcrsonalily of Ma,_ ,hew .
hl.
.
.
",ns to upoct th.
equilibrium and a fighl almosl de- velnps between him and hi.
oollcague> (521.
28-31).
" It i.
Luke
however who eventually silences the other th! "Ce (528. 27-9) and dcmlI. nds the entry or m Afler this poinl seven oomposite inlctj~s by X <>Ceur. They ool1$ill al first of shol"! phrase? ? imilar to those on 477, but fmm 540. 09-12 a oongruily of . . . . temenl inerea. . , until at 552. 30-33 an four . imply e~d. lim 'Hote! '
The quadrupcl corupicuou$ly overlook 111. 4, bcilli situaled . , the four royal manor. <)f Eo1<er, Newco. stle, Sogga. . and Crumlin (555. t)- I5; see fiiUtC 2). This ! "Clilion belolljjed originally to Ibe
Viking rulers of Dublin and wu . . ize<i by Hcory II to form the Kina:'s Land. ' The Ellili'b Sove! "Cign Wiluld appoint various senctehalsofthe four manon, as X arc designaled at 566. 08. The openings of the four . . . bl. . . "" II. On>C the successive quartcn of lC, bUI I sec nothing in the . ubject maner to collate with their naturCS. The only direct speech in the episode seems to be that of X. Tctndic blod<s, ? ? in 'Hoveth Child. . . ', <><:cur al 565. 25-8 and 576. 10-13, a . ex! uple blocl: at 571. 27-34 and an oc. . . d at 572. 0"]- 14. 'Tobcd' (576. 17)i. thel. . . ! directspceciIofFWand apparently Ihe futal srau: <)f X's oooc! "CSccncc.
Despite their name>, Xhavevery HIde to do with the four evan_ gelist? . St Manhcw'. Gospel i. eharnctcri2ed by its author's con_ cerntovindicateOldTe>tamcnt pranonilionsofOlli,! 's coming. SI Mark prc. . n. . . a short, lucid tC1timony lending to imp! "C" by its accounts of messianic miNdes. SI Luke i. noted for bi. humanity and Iile prominena: he aCC<Jrds the poor and needy. He is. doctor", is Luke Tarpey aI485. 29-30, butothcrwi. . thepat- lerm conflict. The bistorian in 111. 3 is not Manhcw but Luke. Possibly memyltic predilection of SI John i. "! :lined, hUlthen
tbis is also a pr<>vincia! 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($ponds to lhe Grail lance which maims the Fisher King, and -t maim. mafter I fuhion, but on this t would not care
10 commit m~ lf further.
Tht correlation of the Cardinal Poin"', FJemcnt:S and Hallo"",
i. flexiblt. Joyce'.
however who eventually silences the other th! "Ce (528. 27-9) and dcmlI. nds the entry or m Afler this poinl seven oomposite inlctj~s by X <>Ceur. They ool1$ill al first of shol"! phrase? ? imilar to those on 477, but fmm 540. 09-12 a oongruily of . . . . temenl inerea. . , until at 552. 30-33 an four . imply e~d. lim 'Hote! '
The quadrupcl corupicuou$ly overlook 111. 4, bcilli situaled . , the four royal manor. <)f Eo1<er, Newco. stle, Sogga. . and Crumlin (555. t)- I5; see fiiUtC 2). This ! "Clilion belolljjed originally to Ibe
Viking rulers of Dublin and wu . . ize<i by Hcory II to form the Kina:'s Land. ' The Ellili'b Sove! "Cign Wiluld appoint various senctehalsofthe four manon, as X arc designaled at 566. 08. The openings of the four . . . bl. . . "" II. On>C the successive quartcn of lC, bUI I sec nothing in the . ubject maner to collate with their naturCS. The only direct speech in the episode seems to be that of X. Tctndic blod<s, ? ? in 'Hoveth Child. . . ', <><:cur al 565. 25-8 and 576. 10-13, a . ex! uple blocl: at 571. 27-34 and an oc. . . d at 572. 0"]- 14. 'Tobcd' (576. 17)i. thel. . . ! directspceciIofFWand apparently Ihe futal srau: <)f X's oooc! "CSccncc.
Despite their name>, Xhavevery HIde to do with the four evan_ gelist? . St Manhcw'. Gospel i. eharnctcri2ed by its author's con_ cerntovindicateOldTe>tamcnt pranonilionsofOlli,! 's coming. SI Mark prc. . n. . . a short, lucid tC1timony lending to imp! "C" by its accounts of messianic miNdes. SI Luke i. noted for bi. humanity and Iile prominena: he aCC<Jrds the poor and needy. He is. doctor", is Luke Tarpey aI485. 29-30, butothcrwi. . thepat- lerm conflict. The bistorian in 111. 3 is not Manhcw but Luke. Possibly memyltic predilection of SI John i. "! :lined, hUlthen
tbis is also a pr<>vincia! 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'.
