tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post1621907866687960211..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of ArthurLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-87357811733606141772013-06-25T19:39:32.501-05:002013-06-25T19:39:32.501-05:00Shield Maidens ....
Vikings yes, but horse people...Shield Maidens ....<br /><br />Vikings yes, but horse people no.<br /><br />Unless some mythical amazon out of the Greco-middle east.<br /><br />Certainly not in Charlemagne's era.<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-58950903045103123792013-06-25T02:41:47.354-05:002013-06-25T02:41:47.354-05:00Hadn't thought of it in that way before, but &...Hadn't thought of it in that way before, but "See Anglo-Saxons on HORSE!" is a bit hard to swallow when considered at length. Hospitality rights, etc. would certain vary between those cultures.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-56356302736563129202013-06-24T15:49:28.889-05:002013-06-24T15:49:28.889-05:00It's like his not so successful melding of hor...It's like his not so successful melding of horse people with Nordic cultures. It bothered me progressively more with each reading.<br /><br />Love, c.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-35620180292457635392013-06-24T10:39:40.702-05:002013-06-24T10:39:40.702-05:00Yes, and the poetic passages of his fantasies are ...Yes, and the poetic passages of his fantasies are what I liked best. But LotR I consider "lesser" because I don't think he succeeds completely in melding these elements with the more prosaic moments involving the Hobbits' moments of wonder. That clash of elevated/plain speech robbed, for me at least, the story of some of its impact.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-14817421200442144612013-06-24T10:19:12.436-05:002013-06-24T10:19:12.436-05:00Yet, as in this gorgeous passage, you can see Tolk...Yet, as in this gorgeous passage, you can see Tolkien aiming for what becomes LOTR:<br /><br />The endless East in anger woke,<br />and black thunder born in dungeons<br />under mountains of menace moved above them.<br />Halting doubtful there on high saw they<br />wan horsemen wild in windy clouds<br />gray and monstrous grimly riding<br />shadow-helmed to war, shapes disastrous.<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.com