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1984

Jungian analysis of Irish mythology

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Full-Text Articles in Children's and Young Adult Literature

Trees In Tolkien, And What Happened Under Them, Elizabeth Harrod Jul 1984

Trees In Tolkien, And What Happened Under Them, Elizabeth Harrod

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Analyzes Tolkien’s use of trees as symbols, using terms from Jungian psychology, Mircea Eliade’s studies of myth, and Buddhism. Sees the four hobbits as representing different aspects of the ego in the journey toward self-hood and individuation.


The Feminine Principle In Tolkien, Melanie Rawls Jan 1984

The Feminine Principle In Tolkien, Melanie Rawls

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Explores the interaction of Masculine and Feminine principles (gender as opposed to sex) in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, showing how the balance of the principles in a character is an important factor in his or her place in the struggle of good and evil, evil resulting in many cases from an imbalance of these principles.