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Forum: The Books
11-11-2006, 02:10 PM
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littlemanpoet
Somehow, subcreation seems to be an important...
Somehow, subcreation seems to be an important piece of this whole thing. Writing or speaking story creates a new woven fabric of meaning and imagined (imaged?) reality, and one can be successful in... |
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Forum: The Books
11-06-2006, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 51
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littlemanpoet
Indeed. I read the trilogy a few years ago. I...
Indeed. I read the trilogy a few years ago. I enjoyed it very much until it started into its polemics against the paper-tiger church, but that's another issue. Interesting point about lies and... |
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Forum: The Books
11-06-2006, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
Interesting connections, Lal. I shall have to go...
Interesting connections, Lal. I shall have to go back and try Blake again. This potency of words makes it clear why various characters in LotR and the Sil will cry, "Speak not so!" when someone... |
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Forum: The Books
11-05-2006, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
I just picked up my latest issue of Mythlore...
I just picked up my latest issue of Mythlore magazine (volume 25, Number 1/2: Fall/Winter 2006), which has has an article about the correspondences between LotR and the Northern (Celtic, Norse, &... |
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Forum: The Books
03-02-2005, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 51
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littlemanpoet
Aiwendil:
From Tolkien:
The...Aiwendil: From Tolkien: The destruction of the Ring was not completely unexpected and unsought. Gandalf had an inkling, pardon the pun. It would appear that I confused "suddenness" with... |
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Forum: The Books
02-28-2005, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 51
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Helen: I appreciate your "tuppence". The...
Helen: I appreciate your "tuppence". The analogies are indeed debatable, but your main point of the location of the eucatastrophe in the Christ Myth, is apt. Aiwendil: Yes, but was this not... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2005, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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Was there a eucatastrophe in The Sil? The only...Was there a eucatastrophe in The Sil? The only one that comes to mind is Beren and Luthien getting the Sil back from Morgoth. Otherwise, the Sil seems to be a reflection of the pessimism for which... |
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Forum: The Books
01-11-2005, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 51
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Forum: The Books
01-10-2005, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
I agree with Formendacil, but would like to go a...I agree with Formendacil, but would like to go a little deeper (surprised, anybody? I thought not. ;)) "A mythology for England" was not, to be sure, his sole motivation, not even at first. There... |
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Forum: The Books
01-06-2005, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
By way of summary (in preparation for continued dialogue)By way of summary, I'm going to try to state that which we have either agreed on or at least suggested: LotR and The Hobbit ... touch us at a deep level are qualitatively different and... |
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2005, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
Thank you, Sauce Pan Man, for your astute...Thank you, Sauce Pan Man, for your astute question. Thanks to davem and Helen for their equally astute observations by way of attempting an answer. Your points are apt and I think they add... |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2005, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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Helen, I was going to give davem precisely the...Helen, I was going to give davem precisely the same answer to precisely the same quote. By Jorje, I think you've got it! :D (sorry, folks, inside joke) The unities you pointed out are on... |
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Forum: The Books
12-31-2004, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
clairifications and definitionsQuite right, Kuruharan. Actually, my purpose in using all three terms (myth, legend, & fairy-tale) is for the sake of inclusivity and overlap. It's quite hard to pin down definitions of myth,... |
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Forum: The Books
12-30-2004, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 18,954
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littlemanpoet
Mythic Unities in The Lord of the RingsOver the past year or so, I've posed myself a difficult question to answer, which is why it took me a whole year to find the answer. The Question(s): Is mythic fantasy qualitatively different... |
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