Prof Dimitra Fimiさんのイラストまとめ

THREAD: Because @henryhneff asked me a good question, here's a thread on Gurgi, Lloyd Alexander's not-quite-human, not-quite-animal lovable character.
Illustrations: Disney (The Black Cauldron), Tim Burton, Dawn Davidson (@prydainthecomic), J. Kunz.
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Tolkien's “bright colour" comment may be literal: in “English and Welsh” he quotes from the 1st Branch of the Mabinogi in which the otherworld dogs of Arawn King of Annwn are shining white with brilliant red ears (Art by Roger Garland) @FairyTale_Tues #FairyTaleTuesday
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Happy #ValentinesDay! Here’s #Tolkien’s love story of Nimrodel and Amroth from #TheLordOfTheRings, echoing that of Alpheus and Arethusa in classical mythology: https://t.co/Yg1jcpVo4l

Art: 2/3rd c. AD mosaic, Alexandria + Nimrodel by @JulianB_Art
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We mentioned fantasy cosmogonies in class today, so here are 4:
▶️ #Tolkien’s Ainulindalë (music of the Ainur)
▶️ Lewis’ Aslan sings Narnia into being
▶️ Adams’ Lord Frith creates the animals
▶️ Dunsany’s creator god, Mana-Yood-Sushai
Can you think of others?
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First of two sessions teaching Richard Adams’ Watership Down today! Among many other things, we talked about inspirations, and framing the book within the animal fantasy/beast fable tradition! @UofGFantasy 🐇🐇🐇 @UofGEducation @uofgenglit #WatershipDown

Well! More teasers from @LOTRonPrime! Some interesting nods to imagery alluding to the Jackson films (because this seems to be framed as a prequel?) What’s good to see is a diverse array of actors 👏🏾👏🏼👏. Also, is that 14 rings I see??? #LOTRonPrime @TolkienSociety @UofGFantasy

What links Galadriel with Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Helen of Troy (1863) and Lady Lilith (1866–1868)? Find out in my #Oxonmoot 2020 keynote on #Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth (from about 19 minutes in): https://t.co/F4NkVNSq9A
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Consider also appearance: Nathaniel is “rotund, rubicund” with eyes “in which the jokes, before he uttered them, twinkled like a trout in a burn” while Bilbo (like all hobbits) is “inclined to be fat in the stomach” and laughing “deep, fruity laughs”Art: @ben_towle + #Tolkien 3/7

THREAD🧵We don’t know if #Tolkien read Hope Mirrlees’ Lud-in-the-Mist (no evidence he even knew of it) but thinking about Nathaniel Chanticleer and Bilbo Baggins, both middle-class, middle-aged, unlikely/reluctant heroes, going there + back again, 1/7
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Since I first joined @UofGlasgow I’ve been wondering whether there’s an echo of our beautiful cloisters in @AlanLee11225760’s depiction of Moria too! @UofGFantasy @TolkienSociety @theoneringnet https://t.co/ebvVC00THW