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What was Tolkien's goal for England? |
He wanted to show england more mythology. |
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Eucatastrophe |
a term coined by J. R. R. Tolkienwhich refers to the sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible doom
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Dyscatastrophe |
an unexpected bad ending. |
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What are Tolkien's rules regarding faerie and fairy stories |
Can't be a travelers tale, a beast fable, science fiction, or a dream story. Has to be in faerie but can't remain in faerie at the end. |
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What is the allegory presented in Leaf by Niggle? |
This story could represent life and death or tolkiens creative process and his own life. |
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commonalities in creation stories |
-birth in the beginning -one major god -animals and humans live together in harmony -humans get their innocence taken away |
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Creation of the Valar and Middle Earth. |
Eru created the Ainur which make up the Valar. They all came together in one choir. They all made music to make the world each contributing their own part. |
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Which Valar created the Eagles? |
Manwë Súlimo
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Which Valar created the Ents |
Yavanna |
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Which Valar created the Dwarves |
Aule |
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Who becomes the enemy of the Valar? |
Melkor |
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What served as light in Middle Earth? |
first there were two big lamps that melkor destoryed, then there were the Two Trees of Valinor are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold that brought light to the Land of the Valar in ancient times. |
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Who is Olorin? |
Gandalf |
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Eastern Dragons |
viewed as the kind, gentle, and helpful dragons.. These dragons come in many different colors, are associated with water and more nature than Western dragons, and they don't fly. The three main mentioned in Dragonology are: the Asian Lung, the Tibetan, and the Lindworms. |
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Western Dragons |
breathe fire or other things like venom. They are typically aggressive, hoard treasure, have wings, and can fly. Some types are the European dragon, Frost dragon, and the Knucker dragon. The Knucker dragon does not have wings and has a venomous bite instead of breathing fire. The Frost dragon lives in icebergs and spray frost. The European dragon breaths fire and loves treasure. Most of these dragons eat humans, although not often because of the "bitter" flavor.
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Amphithere |
5 to 10 tall by 45 feet long with large feathered wings, a long tail, and no legs. covered with soft iridescent green scales and bright feathers. It has a large feather-maned head. eat larger animals like llamas and kill by strangulation with their long, limbless body. They sometimes grab monkeys from tree tops with their long tongues or tail.can also attack by breathing fire.
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Apophis |
the dragon in 'The Sun-God and the Dragon' creation story.
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Colchian Dragon |
was the protector of Ares golden fleece located in Kolkhis. said to have never slept or rested, always on it's guard. But one day the dragon was either lulled to sleep by a lire or put to sleep by magic. It was dragged away by Medea and it's teeth were scavenged because they we're apparently very magical.located on the Western side of Eurasia. Which can be characterized as "vicious, bloodthirsty monsters".
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Fafnir |
the name of a dragon slain by Sigurd in Norse mythology. Originally a human, killed his father to obtain his wealth which was promised by Odin. Odin had put a spell on the wealth, and Fafnir in his greed became a dragon to protect the fortune. Sigurd eventually slayed this dragon under the advice of Odin.
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Wawel (Krak's) Dragon |
Polish Dragon. It lived in a cave near a farming village, and terrorized the inhabitants by eating livestock. To appease the dragon, the farmers began offering their daughters as sacrifices, to appease its hunger. However, when the village no longer had daughters to sacrifice, the king was called upon to sacrifice his daughter. Rather than doing this, the king set a challenge: Kill the dragon, and whoever did could marry his daughter. Many failed, but it wasn't until a poor cobbler boy that dressed up a barrel of sulfur as a sheep that the dragon was finally killed. The dragon exploded, and the boy marries the princess and eventually becomes a successful king.
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The Mordiford Wyvern |
was a baby dragon that had befriended a little girl named Maud. Maud had found him in the woods and took it home to her parents. Her parents said that she could not keep the dragon, so she took it out to hide in the woods. Maud took care of him in secret and as he began to grow, he started to eat animals and humans. The people of Maud’s town started to fear him and they sent a man to kill him. Maud was the only one that was sad about the death of the him.
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Tiamat |
was the salt-sea water, who in conjunction with Aspu the fresh sweet water sea, created the gods Lahmu and Lahamu. According to some mythology he was a dragon, who did not like loud noises and laughter. Because of this dislike of disturbance she eventually created; roaring dragons, vipers, the sphinx, lions, mad dogs, the scorpion man, demons, the dragon fly, and centaurs to combat the other gods. Ultimately she was killed by Marduk, who used her remains to create heaven and earth.
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Apophis |
remained in a dark place known as the Underneath Sky. Each night he awaited and anticipated the arrival of God Ra on his boat, as he navigated through the Underneath Sky. Everytime God Ra passed though, he would try to destroy him with the use of his mighty green tail. But God Ra fought back with all his brute force, allowing him to feel the strength and power of God Ra. Eventually, God Ra sent the lesser Gods, Osiris, Isis and Horus, to overpower and defeat him.
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The Feathered Serpent |
also called Quetzacoatl, and is a prominent deity found in many different Mesoamerican religions. In the story "Four Creations to Make Man" the Maker and him came together, and they were brilliant and glittered. They were both great thinkers, and they created the world together.
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Linguistic Jokes in Farmer Giles of Ham |
The story makes light of the great dragon-slaying traditions. The knights who are supposed to do the job are useless fops more intent on "precedence and etiquette" than on noticing huge dragon footprints littering the landscape. "Giles" is also an interesting commentary on how people react to danger. Heroes aren't simply called for, they are demanded and hapless farmers can be forced to be heroes. |
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Chrysophylax
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Dragon in farmer giles of Ham |
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TailBiter |
powerful sword against dragons |
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What was strange about the dragon's tail at court? |
it's a cake. |
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How is the original chapter 5 of the hobbit different then the revised version? |
in the original gollum offers a present, in the revised he offers a way out. in the original bilbo refuses to cheat, in the revised he cheats. in the original gollum was going to give him the ring as a present, and gollum leads him out since he cant find the ring for him. In the revised they have a fight and in the original gollum isn't hostile. |
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What was The Princess and the Goblin? |
a princess is saved by a miner named curdie. curdie learns goblins have soft weak feet. princess gets a ring with a string that connects her to her great grandma. the goblins try to abduct the princess but curdie stomps on their feet and saves her and rescues her great grandma by following the string. he accepts a red petticoat for his mother as a reward instead of becoming a bodyguard. |
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What were some inspirations for gandalf? |
Gandalf’s physical appearance was mainly related to a painting by a German artist and poet, Josef Madlener, called “Der Berggeist” (“The Mountain-spirit“), which Tolkien brought back as a postcard from his holidays in Switzerland. |
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Bilbo's journey aligns with what tradional pattern? |
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development. It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.
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