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Education / Pedagogy / Narraciones | | English term or phrase: threads of night | The young woman woke her husband and told him that her father had brought night into the world.But night did not end. One morning, The water serpent's daughter remembered her Father's warning. She took one strand of her hair and knowing things that only she could know, she gathered up all the threads of night with that single strand of hair.
This is a tale from Brazil. Do anyone know the meaning of threads of night here? Thank you very much!! :) |
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Egmont
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Explanation:
Aunque "threads" en esa frase no desempeña una función de verbo, creo que está relacionado con el significado de thread como verbo transitivo, en su acepción de ensartar.
En el contexto en que está ese sustativo creo que hay que entenderlo como cada una de las cuentas (de la noche) que, a modo de collar, ensarta en ese único cabello que se ha arrancado.
Esta idea es coger el rábano por las hojas sí, pero quizá no es del todo descabellada ;)
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| Nicolás López
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