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Cuchulainn And Women: A Jungian Perspective, Marian Davis O.S.B.
Cuchulainn And Women: A Jungian Perspective, Marian Davis O.S.B.
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
A Jungian interpretation of the Irish mythological cycle featuring the hero Cuchulainn, with particular attention to the prominent role of women.
Rites Of Passage In The Hobbit, J. R. Wytenbroek
Rites Of Passage In The Hobbit, J. R. Wytenbroek
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Analyzes the initiation phase of Campbell’s journey of the hero as represented by Bilbo’s journey through the Misty Mountains, interlude with the goblins, and battle with the spiders of Mirkwood.
Trees In Tolkien, And What Happened Under Them, Elizabeth Harrod
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
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.
The Many Faces Of Herosim In Tolkien, Edith Crowe
The Many Faces Of Herosim In Tolkien, Edith Crowe
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
With a Jungian slant, groups Tolkien’s heroes from The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into several types—assertive (tragic or epic), submissive (from Christian models), and the group or fellowship as hero.
Two Faces Of Eve: Galadriel And Shelob As Anima Figures, Peter Damien Goselin
Two Faces Of Eve: Galadriel And Shelob As Anima Figures, Peter Damien Goselin
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines Galadriel as a Jungian anima figure, and Shelob as her opposite, the shadow anima, in The Lord of the Rings. Further, “each characteristic of Galadriel and its perversion in Shelob can be related to the characteristics of the anima.”