# Jehovah — Poetry character guide

> Jehovah in Poetry by Mina Loy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jehovah The Tailor

**First appearance:** 0093-religious-instruction

## Who they are

A satirical personification of God or a tailor.

## Relationships

### [Exodus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/characters/exodus)

_psychological_

Exodus and Jehovah have a complex, possibly obsessive relationship, with Jehovah exerting psychological influence.

### [Ova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/characters/ova)

_psychological_

Jehovah and Ova have a tense, possibly manipulative dynamic, with Jehovah exerting control or obsession.

## In the story

### [Joyce's Ulysses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/joyce-s-ulysses)

Implied in 'Christ capitalised' and 'the image of God,' reflecting the theme of divine and bodily entanglement.

### [The Starry Sky of Wyndham Lewis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/the-starry-sky-of-wyndham-lewis)

Referenced as 'Jehovah's seven days' in the cosmic imagery.

### [Exodus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/exodus)

Referenced as 'Jehovah's tailor' and 'the God of the Jews' in relation to Exodus's heritage.

### [English Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/english-rose)

Mentioned as striking Exodus through the fetish of island hedges and roaring a judgment about reading material, symbolizing divine or cultural authority.

### [Ada Gives Birth to Ova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/ada-gives-birth-to-ova)

Referenced as 'the old Jehovah' whose gender and computations are thorned with the rose of the mystic absolute, part of the composite Anglo-Israelite identity.

### [Religious Instruction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/religious-instruction)

Cited as the 'exemplar par excellence of megalomania' and associated with the Old Testament's 'butcherly chastisement' to coerce humanity into accepting an abstract idea.

### [The Social Status of Exodus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/the-social-status-of-exodus)

Mentioned as 'Jehovah The Tailor,' a figure surpassed by another greater tailor whose seams he is unworthy to unloose.

## Links

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