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488.16,29; 517.2,3 (deff ... mud),
+ .13—with Chuff(q.v.); 600.25; 609—10
(Muta and Juva,passim).
*Mycock, Lizzy and Lissy—see Elizabeth? See Two. 538.22.
Myles—see Copabeen. 246.19.
*Myles, 516.12, 567.1.
Miles the Slasher—see Miles O'Reilly.
Mynn, Alfred (1807— 61)—English cricketer. 584.14—15.
*Naama, Nautic—naam is Hebrew "pleasantness," so I take Anna Livia's
(q.v.) new name to be something like "naughty fun" or "felix culpa" or Eve
(q.v.). 204.5.
Naaman—was cured of leprosy when he washed in the Jond an (2 Kings,
5). 103.8.
Nabis (c. 200 u.c.)—Spartan tyrant. 235.1.
Nabuch—see Nebuchadnezzar. 103.8.
Nagle—Irish informer. 516.12.
*Nafl~cissor, 388.23.
Namar—see Raman. 374.22.
Namdeo or Nama (fi. 1250)—Hindu tailor (q.v.) of Shimpi who wrote poetry.
320.14 (shimps names).
Name—Hebrew Shem (q.v.) means "name," and just about any occurrence
of "name" in FW names Shem. A lot of play is found in "nicknames" (see Nick),
in nom de plume, etc., and in Hebrew Shem and Shema ("hear"). Somewhere or
other, I expect to find Shem Hammephorash, Jewish name for the Tetnagrammaton
(q.v.). Shem is sometimes "Mesh," imitating Hebrew script, right to left.
See also Ham Shem Japheth.
Nan, Nancy, Nanny—see Anna Livia.
Nana—Zola's heroine, also a name of Ishtan (q.v.), also Nina, Anunit,
also nana, Italian "female dwarf." +40.25—with Onan (q.v.; nano = Italian
"dwarf"); +331.25—with Anna Livia, Anna Karenina (q.q.v.).
Nannetti—Lond Mayor (q.v.) of Dublin (q.v.), character in Ulysses.
538.7.
Nansen, Fridtjof (1861—1930)—
Norwegian statesman, arctic explorer. See Fram. 326.21; 477.20; ?535.l9.
Naomi—Ruth's (q.v.) mother-in-law.
491.29.
Napier, John (1550—1617)—Scottish mathematician. 300.32; 345.21.
Myrmidon—as Mr Wilder says, son of Zeus (q.v.), ancestor of Achilles'
(q.v.) soldiers, the Mynmidons on ants (q.v.). 358.3; 415.13; ?596.14.
Myrddin—see Merlin. 151.31.
Myrtle—the biblical Esther (q.v.) or Hadassah means "myrtle" in Hebrew.
105.1; 147.17; ?226.10; 291.n. 4; 346.28.
*Mysterion, Mn—until the Reformation, Mysterium was engraved on the
papal tiara. 301.18—19.
N
Napoleon I (1769—1821)—French emperor, born Napoleon Bonaparte
or Buonaparte in Corsica. In the Museyroom episode, he is "three (q.v.) lipoleum
(q.v.) boyne," i.e., Napoleon I,II,III; "boyne" ties him to the Irish, defeated
by William III (q.v.) at the Boyne (Ireland's Waterloo), reduced to the status
of boys. See Wellington, Marengo, Montenotte.
For Napoleon's two (q.v.) wives—see Josephine and Marie Louise. Napoleon
is a character in Shaw's Man of Destiny and in Wills's (q.v.)A RoyalDivorce.
See also Consican Brothers. 8—10(Lipoleum, passim); 9.6,29; 10.35 (Lumproar;
see Lump); +24.34—with Nolan (see Browne, Lonan); 33.2; 81.33—34;
83.26; 84.33; 94.35; ?105.10; +133.21—with Bloom (q.v.); 162.3; 175.11;
?176.11; 202.3 (Nap is a card game); 238.26;
+246.16—with Paul Leon (q.v.);
+273.26-27—with Apollyom (q.v.), left margin; +321.8—with Nolan
(see Browne); +327.33—34—with Bloom, Porter (q.q.v.); +334.6—8—with
Gladstone (q.v.), + .9—10—with Browne and Nolan (q.v.); 337.16;
340.3; 368.10; 388.8,16,2 1; 412.29; ?549.36.
Narcissus—beautiful youth who loved his
own image and drowned in pursuit of it.
See Echo. +212.31—32—with Narcissus
Marsh (q.v.); 234.14; 475.10; 522.30-3 1;
+526.34—with Cissie (q.v.). Narsty—see Tristan. 395.2.
Nash, Thomas (1567—1601)—English poet, playwright, pamphleteer
(see Pierce Pennilesse). Wyndham Lewis (q.v.), meaning to be uncomplimentary,
compared the opening of "Shem the Penman" (q.v.) to Nash and said Joyce and
Nash met on the common ground of
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