I can't help being reminded of the opening scenes of Joyce's Ulysses, in which
stately, plump Buck Mulligan makes his way to the parapet with a shaving bowl
and razor. Any chance of a common source?
Stephen
Andrew Lynch wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone on the list could suggest where to find specific
> reference to the 'sacred bowl/ And knife of flint', perhaps in connection
> with solar ritual, sacrifice, pagan precursors of Easter, etc. The poet,
> Francis Webb, was Catholic, but fond of comparative religion and popular
> anthropology. I couldn't find anything in the one-volume edition of Frazer,
> which he owned.
>
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