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| − | * | + | * '''Visigoths:''' one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the Visigoths (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields] |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130296 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
| − | * [[Spirits of the Water]] | + | * '''fishgods''' → [[Spirits of the Water]] |
| + | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 013.04:''' "the fishgods of Dundrum" | ||
| − | * '' | + | * '''Dagon:''' a fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160155 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * | + | * '''Adapa:''' a fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology |
| − | ** [http:// | + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapa Wikipedia] |
| − | * | + | * '''ichthys (ιχθυς):''' (''Greek'') fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the Greek ''Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ'' ("Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour") |
| − | * '' | + | * '''Fintan Mac Bóchra:''' one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology'' (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject |
| − | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160341 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | |
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| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160341 | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 22 October 2006
- Visigoths: one of the two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "fall" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The Ostrogoths (who fought together with Attila) were defeated in 451 A.D. by Aetius and the Visigoths (king Theodorid ) in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields
- fishgods → Spirits of the Water
- Ulysses 013.04: "the fishgods of Dundrum"
- Dagon: a fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines
- Adapa: a fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology
- ichthys (ιχθυς): (Greek) fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the Greek Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ ("Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour")
- Fintan Mac Bóchra: one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject
