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Old 08-19-2007, 08:05 PM   #1
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Guest, Lady Charlotte (Translator): The Mabinogion, v1, 20 Aug 2007

Welsh is the oldest living language in Europe. Here is the Welsh classic collection of epic legends. This also includes some Arthurian tales.
Stories include Ceridwen and her magic cauldron, and Blodeuwedd, the woman made from flowers.

It’s much more interesting than the Sillmarillion.

I’ve added pictures and a TOC. Most of you won’t be able to say whether I’ve checked the spelling or not. But the double ‘L’s are a feature of Welsh.
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Old 08-19-2007, 08:20 PM   #2
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It’s much more interesting than the Sillmarillion.
A hex dump from a computer program error is more interesting than the Sillmarillion.
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Old 08-19-2007, 08:49 PM   #3
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A hex dump from a computer program error is more interesting than the Sillmarillion.
Speaking as a Silmarillion fan, I'm afraid I can't agree.

The problem the Silmarillion had was that readers came to it expecting a continuing narrative, similar to the Lord of the Rings, and it wasn't. We can only dream about what it might have been had Tolkien lived to complete his own version. What we have is the result of efforts by his son to compile and edit a book from an assortment of different drafts written by his father.

I've found it most helpful in reading the Silmarillion to imagine you are in the Hall of Fire in Elrond's house in Rivendell, listening to the lore masters recount tales of the Elder Days. The tales will vary in style and tone, depending upon the tale and the teller.

Personally, I loved it, but I've re-read LoTR at least once a year since I was first introduced to it, over 30 years ago, and I was one of the folks who spent as much time poring over the appendices for backstory hinted at in the books as he did reading the story. I was delighted to get more information on the First Age, and the events that led to LoTR. I was particularly tickled by Tolkien's version of the creation myth, with God as a composer/conductor, and the angels a heavenly orchestra, creating music which brought forth a vision of a world that so entranced some of the angels they begged God to make it real that they might live in it.

I'm also someone who bought the Unfinished Tales, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, and most of the collected editions of edited manuscripts Christopher Tolkien has been releasing. I find it fascinating to trace the development of Tolkien's vision through different drafts as he refined his vision of the world and the events he wrote of. The newest posthumous Tolkien release, _The Tale of Hurin_, is on my TBR stack.

Tolkien was attempting to create a specifically British flavor of fantasy, which for him meant Anglo-Saxon roots, and specifically excluded Celtic elements. The traces are clear if you know what you are looking at. For instance, Theoden's exhortation to the Riders of Rohan before they ride to the fields of the Pellanor to break the siege of Gondor by Sauron's forces is a straight transliteration from one of the Norse sagas.
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A hex dump from a computer program error is more interesting than the Sillmarillion.
Speaking as a Silmarillion fan, I'm afraid I can't agree.

The problem the Silmarillion had was that readers came to it expecting a continuing narrative, similar to the Lord of the Rings, and it wasn't. We can only dream about what it might have been had Tolkien lived to complete his own version. What we have is the result of efforts by his son to compile and edit a book from an assortment of different drafts written by his father.

I've found it most helpful in reading the Silmarillion to imagine you are in the Hall of Fire in Elrond's house in Rivendell, listening to the lore masters recount tales of the Elder Days. The tales will vary in style and tone, depending upon the tale and the teller.

Personally, I loved it, but I've re-read LoTR at least once a year since I was first introduced to it, over 30 years ago, and I was one of the folks who spent as much time poring over the appendices for backstory hinted at in the books as he did reading the story. I was delighted to get more information on the First Age, and the events that led to LoTR. I was particularly tickled by Tolkien's version of the creation myth, with God as a composer/conductor, and the angels a heavenly orchestra, creating music which brought forth a vision of a world that so entranced some of the angels they begged God to make it real that they might live in it.

I'm also someone who bought the Unfinished Tales, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, and most of the collected editions of edited manuscripts Christopher Tolkien has been releasing. I find it fascinating to trace the development of Tolkien's vision through different drafts as he refined his vision of the world and the events he wrote of. The newest posthumous Tolkien release, _The Tale of Hurin_, is on my TBR stack.

Tolkien was attempting to create a specifically British flavor of fantasy, which for him meant Anglo-Saxon roots, and excluded Celtic elements. The traces are clear if you know what you are looking at. For instance, Theoden's exhortation to the Riders of Rohan before they ride to the fields of the Pellanor to break the siege of Gondor by Sauron's forces is a straight transliteration from one of the Norse sagas.
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When I read The Silmarillion, I found it dull, tedious, and boring and that was at the good parts. the reason it was unfinished was that iswas not yet ready for publish and when it was published, it wasn't ready.
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