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Showing posts with label Galadriel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Galadriel. Show all posts
17 February 2022

The Passing of Evenstar (with Homer on the side)

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Since the early part of the fourteenth century, to say that someone has 'passed away' has often meant that they have died. ( OED   p...
24 August 2020

Σοφιστής and 'Saruman', part two

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Recently  I suggested that 'Saruman' is Tolkien's rendering into Old English of the Ancient Greek σοφιστής. Last night I discove...
02 July 2020

When put to shame by a dwarf and fairy queen, shut up and take it. (FR 2.vii.359)

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'Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dûm in Eld...
09 January 2020

The Light that shines in the darkness -- Frodo and Sam in the Shadow of Death

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Brocken Inaglory at the English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Lately, as part of another pr...
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05 October 2019

The Last Enchantment -- FR 2.viii.377

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As they passed her they turned and their eyes watched her slowly floating away from them. For so it seemed to them: Lórien was slippin...
13 February 2018

'untouchable now by pity' -- Frodo on the slopes of Mt Doom (RK 6.iii.944)

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Then suddenly, as before under the eaves of the Emyn Muil, Sam saw these two rivals with other  vision. A crouching shape, scarcely ...
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02 October 2017

Faërian Drama: the Final Curtain? (FR 2.viii.377-78)

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The singing drew nearer. One clear voice rose now above the others. It was singing in the fair elven-tongue, of which Frodo knew only ...
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11 March 2017

Did Boromir fall? (RK 5.iv.813)

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'Comfort yourself!' said Gandalf. 'In no case would Boromir have brought it to you. He is dead, and died well; may he sl...
10 February 2017

Some Thoughts on Structure and Meaning in The Lord of the Rings

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Yes, Simon. There she is again Quite a few years ago now in his still highly relevant article, 'The Interlace Structure of The Lo...
28 October 2016

'For some the only glimpse. For some the awaking.'

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Titania, Queen of the Fairies -- C. Wilhelm 'It's a trap!' said Sam, and he laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword; a...
26 September 2016

These Are Not The Elves You're Looking For. (I)

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Cover Image  © John Howe Last year several friends asked me to join them in writing an article for a festschrift  to honor the schola...