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* Sir [[Amory Tristram]], 1st Ealt of [[Howth]], later called Saint [[Lawrence]]
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* Dramatis Personae : LIV and Tristram ( Eve and Adam ).  ( see [[riverrun]] )
* The legendary Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan; also known as Tristran, Tristram etc), was a Cornish hero from folklore, and one of the Knights of the Round Table whose story is told in the Matter of Britain. He was the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, sent to fetch Isolde back from Ireland to wed the king. However, they fall in love en route (perhaps under the influence of a love potion meant for Isolde and Mark), and Tristan fights off a series of attempts to take Isolde back. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan further information]) In literature and art this charachter has been adopted by many writers, e.g.
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**[ Thomas of Britain] 1165
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* [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"Sir Amory Tristram 1st earl of Howth changed his name to Saint Lawrence, b in Brittany (North Armorica); Tristan et Iseult, passim"''
**[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilhard_von_Oberge Eilhard von Oberge] 1180
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**[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_von_Stra%C3%9Fburg Gottfried von Straßburg] 1210
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* '''Sir [[Amory Tristram]]:''' 1st Earl of [[Howth]], later called Saint [[Lawrence]]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malory Sir Thomas Malory] (Le Morte d'Arthur)  
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0377&isize=L&q1=Tristram Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner Richard Wagner] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde Tristan und Isolde]).
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Shandy Tristram Shandy], an English novel from the 18th century by [[Laurence Sterne]]
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* '''Wsir:''' This paragraph, like the first, opens with a word composed of Egyptian hieroglyphs, here representing Osiris - where in hieroglyphs the first sign is "throne" ''(ws)''. The second is "eye" ''(ir)''. Third sign denotes "god" (not pronounced). → [[Riverrun]]
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* '''Tristram:''' the legendary Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan; also known as Tristran, Tristram, etc), was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_people Cornish] hero from folklore, and one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table] whose story is told in the ''Matter of Britain''. He was the nephew of King [[Mark]] of Cornwall, sent to fetch Isolde back from Ireland to wed the king. However, they fall in love en route (perhaps under the influence of a love potion meant for Isolde and [[Mark]]), and Tristan fights off a series of attempts to take Isolde back. In some versions of the legend, King Mark finds them together and stabs Tristian (perhaps a reverse version of the son defeating the father motif). Another version has Tristram marring Isolde; he later becomes wounded and sends for her; when the messenger finds her, she betrays him by telling him that he cannot be cured; he dies. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult has inspired many writers; one of the key texts for FW is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B%C3%A9dier Joseph Bédier's] reconstruction of the "Ur-Tristan" in 1900, though many others are also relevant
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0378&isize=L&q1=Tristram Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14244 The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan Tristan]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_and_Iseult Tristan and Iseult]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_of_Britain Matter of Britain]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Britain Thomas of Britain] (1165)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilhart_von_Oberge Eilhart von Oberge] (1180)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_von_Strassburg Gottfried von Straßburg] (1210)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malory Sir Thomas Malory] (''Le Morte d'Arthur'', 1485)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sachs Hans Sachs] (1553)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner Richard Wagner]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde Tristan und Isolde] (opera by Richard Wagner, 1859)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Swinburne Algernon Swinburne] (''Tristram of Lyonesse'', 1882)
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* '''Tristan''' → in FW, Tristan generally represents the combined Shem-Shaun character ([[Image:Shem-Shaun.PNG]])
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* '''Tristram Shandy:''' the principal character in the 18th Century novel ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy'' by the Irish-born writer [[Laurence Sterne]]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0360&isize=L&q1=Tristram Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Shandy Wikipedia]
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 9 January 2020

  • Dramatis Personae : LIV and Tristram ( Eve and Adam ). ( see riverrun )
  • Wsir: This paragraph, like the first, opens with a word composed of Egyptian hieroglyphs, here representing Osiris - where in hieroglyphs the first sign is "throne" (ws). The second is "eye" (ir). Third sign denotes "god" (not pronounced). → Riverrun
  • Tristan → in FW, Tristan generally represents the combined Shem-Shaun character (File:Shem-Shaun.PNG)