Add to ORKGAs in medieval tales, the terrifying forest of fantasy is populated by disturbing creatures. The nature it evokes is perceived as uncontrollable and invasive. The forest of Mirkwood (whose name is inspired by a term in Old Norse for "dark wood") described by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit is thus not inhabited by marvellous beings but by gigantic spiders — animals long associated with nightmares and phobias. This creature is now part of the classic fantasy bestiary where it is often placed in a forest, as for example in the Harry Potter universe
A stimulating look at the parallels and contrasts between imagery associated with spiders and Elves,...
Tolkien incorporates horror in his legendarium through the twisting of the natural world in order to...
Since ancient times, forests have been regarded as a mysterious or other world which has magical pow...
Medieval representations of the ‘wood’ are marked by a distinctive ambivalence. On one hand, woodlan...
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a t...
The forest, in medieval legends, also represents the absence of civilization, towns or villages. To ...
J.R.R. Tolkien invented wonderful species of trees, such as the mallorn, for his legendary world. Bu...
This paper seeks to explore forest settings in fantasy, and its hellish landscapes. From the headles...
Much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, is taken up with the natural world, paying significa...
Contrary to the repeated assertion that it was William Morris who in 1888 first adapted Mirkwood fro...
An engaging linguistic study of the Mirkwood episode in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, which the author uses ...
George R. R. Martin’s world of Westeros is inspired by the European medieval period, as stated sever...
In Tolkien’s beloved world of Middle-Earth, nature, including the flora, fauna and even the weather,...
A tree trunk revered by the Saxons, Irminsul was cut down on the orders of Charlemagne in 772 during...
This chapter refers to the function of trees in Tolkien’s work, bearing in mind their role in Wester...
A stimulating look at the parallels and contrasts between imagery associated with spiders and Elves,...
Tolkien incorporates horror in his legendarium through the twisting of the natural world in order to...
Since ancient times, forests have been regarded as a mysterious or other world which has magical pow...
Medieval representations of the ‘wood’ are marked by a distinctive ambivalence. On one hand, woodlan...
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a t...
The forest, in medieval legends, also represents the absence of civilization, towns or villages. To ...
J.R.R. Tolkien invented wonderful species of trees, such as the mallorn, for his legendary world. Bu...
This paper seeks to explore forest settings in fantasy, and its hellish landscapes. From the headles...
Much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, is taken up with the natural world, paying significa...
Contrary to the repeated assertion that it was William Morris who in 1888 first adapted Mirkwood fro...
An engaging linguistic study of the Mirkwood episode in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, which the author uses ...
George R. R. Martin’s world of Westeros is inspired by the European medieval period, as stated sever...
In Tolkien’s beloved world of Middle-Earth, nature, including the flora, fauna and even the weather,...
A tree trunk revered by the Saxons, Irminsul was cut down on the orders of Charlemagne in 772 during...
This chapter refers to the function of trees in Tolkien’s work, bearing in mind their role in Wester...
A stimulating look at the parallels and contrasts between imagery associated with spiders and Elves,...
Tolkien incorporates horror in his legendarium through the twisting of the natural world in order to...
Since ancient times, forests have been regarded as a mysterious or other world which has magical pow...