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* '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''. | * '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''. | ||
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| + | * '''Sod:''' (Hebrew) Secret, Mystery | ||
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| + | * '''Yesod:''' (Hebrew) Foundation; 9th sefirah (category) in the kabbalistic Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life): symbolizes the male sex organ | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 31 May 2019
- brood: offspring; children
- bride
- blood → L/R split → Sod's brood = God's blood (cf. the old minced oath 'sblood)
- blood: Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
- Sod: (Hebrew) Secret, Mystery
- Yesod: (Hebrew) Foundation; 9th sefirah (category) in the kabbalistic Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life): symbolizes the male sex organ
