Medievalists.net » Elves http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 INTERVIEW: Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:31:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37981 An interview with author Nancy Brown on her latest medieval offering: "Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths".

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/feed/ 0 Language and Legend in the Fantasy Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:58:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37961 There was something so real in the languages that he created, and critics wanted to find the inspirations behind Tolkien‘s worlds. Elves, dwarves, men, hobbits, and various other creatures occupied the pages of his books, but the languages he created were complex and had real elements in them. Examples of his invented languages were those spoken by the Elves, Sindarin and Quenya.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/feed/ 0 “Far-off gleams of evangelium” : a study of how J. R. R. Tolkien’s The lord of the rings reflects the biblical “Kingdom of Heaven” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:09:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37943 The findings of this thesis confirm that the values of LOTR and the Kingdom are notably similar, and that the reader of LOTR does indeed derive from it an experience of what the Kingdom ideally is. But all this is “under the surface”, and Tolkien did not impose his Christianity.

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