Enigmatic statements of a sham mad man (Hamlet) — Mythoi

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Enigmatic statements of a sham mad man (Hamlet).

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Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Other enigmatic statements.

Filed beside it

Girl will not drink of water which had no father or mother (i.e., stagnant) Clever flatterer: Sir, you are a full moon, and my sovereign is a new moon (the full moon will decline, but the new moon has but started on its growth) Man asked to kill thousands, press hundreds beneath his arm, etc. (To shave his head, put some hairs under his arm, etc.) Enigmatic counsel: uproot old trees and plant new ones (dismiss old governors and appoint new) Give coals orange color, let glimmer of gold appear like expanse of heaven, prepare two heads of darkness. (Request for chickens for breakfast.)

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