Oystrygods

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  • Ostrogoths: (often problematically denoted East Goths, as opposed to the West Goths or Visigoths) a Germanic tribe that influenced the political events of the late Roman Empire. They were originally called the Greutungi (probably meaning "Hill-fort people" – see Scandza), but this was soon replaced by Ostrogothi. The meaning of ostro- (from austro-) is presumably "shiny" rather than "eastern"
  • oystrygodsoyster god(des)s: Scallop shell is one of symbols of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality. Aphrodite rose from the foam of the sea and was carried by a scallop shell to the island of Cythera.
  • oystery: resembling, or redolent of, oysters → oysters and fishes suggest the Noachic Flood, which has just ended the previous World Cycle (FW ends with a Flood, just like Wagners operatic cycle The Ring of the Nibelung) → the earliest evidence for human inhabitants of the Dublin area consists of middens of shellfish at Sutton, Dalkey Island and other coastal locations