Add to ORKGNotes parallels between women characters in Homer’s Odyssey and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, especially Circe, Calypso, and Galadriel. All assist the hero and give gifts which allow him to defeat female monsters such as the Sirens and Shelob
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lo...
Asserts that, far from abandoning his early grounding in the classics upon discovering Northern myth...
Examines the presence and absence of female characters in Tolkien, in the Peter Jackson films, and i...
Sees parallels between incidents in The Odyssey and The Hobbit. Bilbo and Odysseus also share simila...
With a Jungian slant, groups Tolkien’s heroes from The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into s...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
The purpose of this thesis is to describe how Tolkien used both the Nordic and the Anglo-Saxon conte...
Looks at Galadriel’s role in the text of The Lord of the Rings—specifically at what is not revealed ...
This paper examines the connection between the motif of the Old English warrior woman and Tolkien’s ...
Considers the Celestial Lady characters from Pearl and Purgatorio as influences on Tolkien’s Galadri...
Offers an opposing viewpoint on the “taming” of the woman warrior in Tolkien, suggesting that Éowyn’...
A stimulating look at the parallels and contrasts between imagery associated with spiders and Elves,...
Fills in some of the gaps of Galadriel’s depiction in The Lord of the Rings with a close examination...
Gives close attention to Morwen, Niennor, and Aerin, comparing them to Éowyn before she rode to batt...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lo...
Asserts that, far from abandoning his early grounding in the classics upon discovering Northern myth...
Examines the presence and absence of female characters in Tolkien, in the Peter Jackson films, and i...
Sees parallels between incidents in The Odyssey and The Hobbit. Bilbo and Odysseus also share simila...
With a Jungian slant, groups Tolkien’s heroes from The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into s...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
The purpose of this thesis is to describe how Tolkien used both the Nordic and the Anglo-Saxon conte...
Looks at Galadriel’s role in the text of The Lord of the Rings—specifically at what is not revealed ...
This paper examines the connection between the motif of the Old English warrior woman and Tolkien’s ...
Considers the Celestial Lady characters from Pearl and Purgatorio as influences on Tolkien’s Galadri...
Offers an opposing viewpoint on the “taming” of the woman warrior in Tolkien, suggesting that Éowyn’...
A stimulating look at the parallels and contrasts between imagery associated with spiders and Elves,...
Fills in some of the gaps of Galadriel’s depiction in The Lord of the Rings with a close examination...
Gives close attention to Morwen, Niennor, and Aerin, comparing them to Éowyn before she rode to batt...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lo...
Asserts that, far from abandoning his early grounding in the classics upon discovering Northern myth...