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threads of night

Spanish translation: filigranas nocturnas

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English term or phrase:	threads of night
Spanish translation:	filigranas nocturnas
Entered by:	Egmont

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11:18 May 7, 2007

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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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filigranas nocturnas

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Gracias !! :)
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filigranas nocturnas

Egmont

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cuentas de la noche

Nicolás López

3 +1

filamentos

carolusarcaicos

las hebras de la noche / los hilos de la noche

aceavila - Noni

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filigranas nocturnas

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Gracias !! :)

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filamentos

Explanation:
...ella recolectó todos los filamentos de la noche con ese solo
mechón de cabello.

carolusarcaicos
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cuentas de la noche

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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las hebras de la noche / los hilos de la noche

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Odd, I thought I posted this earlier.
Technically the hebras (strands) add up to the "hilos", both of which can be interpreted as threads. But since we´re in a literary context, I wd be just as inclined to go for the more attractive words suggested by the first two contributors. And Nicolás' take is also very tempting.

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