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For today’s @FolkloreThurs: how the classical myth of the nymph Arethusa and the #river-God Alpheus inspired the Elvish love story of Nimrodel and Amroth in The #LordoftheRings: https://t.co/q7xUwVXGzN
(Statue in Ortygia, Sicily; art by LiigaKlavina)
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“When Elwë awoke from his long trance, he came forth from Nan Elmoth with Melian, and they dwelt thereafter in the woods in the midst of the land.” — The Silmarillion
Artwork by LiigaKlavina