© Gunnar Tómasson 15 January 2016 Edward de Vere and Yggdrasill („Shakespeare“ By Another Name) For his own tiltyard nom de guerre, de Vere borrowed from the Norse legends of a great golden tree in the center of the universe (Yggdrasill), representing the sun. The earl of Oxford‘s page stood before the queen and recited […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14 January 2016 I. The Play’s the thing, Wherein ile catch the Conscience of the King (Hamlet, Act II, Sc.ii – First folio, 1623) 327919 Hamlet: 5920 = About, my Braine. 22248 = I haue heard, that guilty Creatures sitting at a Play 15474 = Haue by the very cunning of […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12 January 2016 I. Creation of Man in God’s Image (Biblical Myth) 33919 1000 = Light of the World -1 = God’s Day of Rest 25920 = Platonic Great Year 7000 = Microcosmos – Man in God’s Image 33919 II. Amlóði/Hamlet as Light of the World Incarnate (Saga-Shakespeare Myth) 78372 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11 January 2016 I. The Devil‘s Temptation of Jesus (Matt., Ch. 4:1-11, KJB, 1611) The Devil = 146925 10566 = If thou be the Sonne of God, 15281 = command that these stones bee made bread. 20580 = If thou bee the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 9 January 2016 I. The Genealogie of Christ from Abraham to Ioseph (Summary, Ch. 1, King James Bible, 1611) 103350 Summary 19160 = The genealogie of Christ from Abraham to Ioseph. 15094 = Hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost, 11108 = and borne of the Virgin Mary 17054 = when she […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 8 January 2016. I. Alexandre Dumas – Les Trois Mousquetaires (Introduction – Opening paragraph) 197081 22989 = Il y a un an à peu près, qu’en faisant à la Bibliothèque royale 19769 = des recherches pour mon histoire de Louis XIV, 25277 = je tombai par hasard sur les Mémoires de […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 6. janúar 2016 I. Upphaf bókar (Formáli Eddu) 75724 24844 = Almáttigr Guð skapaði í upphafi himin ok jörð ok alla þá hluti, 24337 = er þeim fylgja, ok síðast menn tvá, er ættir eru frá komnar, 4148 = Adam ok Evu, 22395 = ok fjölgaðist þeira kynslóð ok dreifðist um heim […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 January 2016 I. Edward Oxenford alias William Shakespeare (See “Shakespeare” By Another Name, 4 January 2016) 1027983 II. Ben Jonson: Commemorative Poem (First Folio, 1623) 1529523 11150 = To the memory of my beloved, 5329 = The AVTHOR 10685 = MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 867 = AND 9407 = what he […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 January 2016 I. Edward de Vere – Fallen Man (Shakespeares Sonnets, I and II) 532709 # I 19985 = From fairest creatures we desire increase, 18119 = That thereby beauties Rose might neuer die, 16058 = But as the riper should by time decease, 15741 = His tender heire might beare […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3. janúar 2016 I. Val-freyju stafr deyja, Val-freyju stafr deyja (Njála, 78. k. – M) 33445 = Þeir Skarpheðinn ok Högni váru úti eitt kveld fyrir sunnan haug Gunnars; 20143 = tunglskin var bjart, en stundum dró fyrir. 13016 = Þeim sýndisk haugrinn opinn, 25901 = ok hafði Gunnarr snúizk í […]
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