The Waste Land

The Waste Land Glossary

"that Shakespeherian Rag"

reference to "That Shakespearian Rag," a 1912 song by Gene Buck and Herman Ruby

Cannon Street Hotel

a hotel in the financial district of London

carbuncular

resembling a boil

carious

decayed

combinations

undergarments

damyata

to control

datta

to give

dayadvham

to sympathize

demobbed

released from the army

demotic

colloquial

Ganga

the Ganges River in India

Himavant

Sanskrit for "snowy." Probably refers in this case to the Himalayas.

Hofgarten

a park in Munich

Magnus Martyr

reference to a church in London, in honor of St. Magnus

Moorgate

a district in East London

Mylae

a battle in the First Punic War (between Carthage and Rome)

Philomel

a reference to Philomela, who was raped by King Tereus.

Starnbergersee

a lake outside Munich

the Metropole

a hotel in Brighton