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Untitled / The Flutist, Rhea Rose, Jill Solnicki

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Untitled: Cindy lives in the emerald sea Where water babies tug her hair The Flutist: lifted the silver shaft of light to his lips then danced

Letters Of Comment, Donna Farley, Pat Reynolds, Owen R. Neill, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Ron Blizzard, Ruth G. Mortensen, Anne Valley, C. R. Schabel, Gwenyth E. Hood, Joan Marie Verba, Erin Lale, Amos Hufflebinger

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Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #10.

Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose

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Annwyn Castle: The castle turns and turns westerly, gleaming westerly, all glass and radiating rainbows. Dragon Sol: the golden blood of gods pounds in your core, searing sea of molten force Eye of Miranda: dark shepherdess of epsilon whose lightless watch and silent cyclic trek

Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill

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Thunder and lightning lie among the branches, celestial fire sent as pledge on earth

Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson

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In Her sadness, the Mother of All wept.

M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn

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One morning after a long and fitful night of dream-drenched sleep, Helen Blake awoke and discovered to her astonishment that she had been transformed into a large and dazzling butterfly.

The Betrayed, Erin Lale

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The long hall is hung with festive banners. Many Khuzhar are here, celebrating with us our victory over another Soft Poofie town, and loot was piled high on the cloth-covered table along with the rib roast and steaming plates of multicolored roots.

A Grief Observed: Fact Or Fiction?, Mary V. Borhek

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

Disagrees with Walter Hooper’s contention that Lewis’s marriage was never consummated. Uses excerpts from A Grief Observed as well as letters of Lewis, Davidman, and others. Discusses claims that A Grief Observed is fictionalized, not autobiographical, but concludes the latter is true.

Following The Middle Way, Glen Goodknight

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

Continues his “Letter” from issue #61, suggesting that the Society consciously follow a “Middle Way” between fandom and academia, between exclusivity and eclecticism.

Tolkien's "New" Mythology, William Edwin Bettridge

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

Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: the quest, its outcome, and the kinds of characters needed to achieve it.

Feminist Myth In Le Guin's "Sur", Barbara Brown

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

Argues that Le Guin has created in “Sur” a “myth of women explorers, a myth of female heroes.” Contrasts the fictional all-female Antarctic expedition with historical examples, the latter focusing on the individual and the former on the collective.

In This Issue, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Three Modern Views Of Merlin, Gwyneth Evans

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

Examines the use of Merlin as a character in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, two novels by J.C. Powys, and Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series. Notes parallels and differences in Merlin’s power, role, prophetic ability, link with the divine, and vulnerability.

Orc Hosts, Armies And Legions: A Demographic Study, Tom Loback

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

Calculates the likely population of Orcs in Middle-earth at various times based on Tolkien’s use of the military terms host, army, and legion. Uses The Silmarillion and several volumes of The History of Middle-earth to “show a developing concept of Orc military organization and, by inference, an idea of Orc demographics.”

An Inklings Bibliography (39), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

Letters, David Bratman, Margaret Carter, J. E.C. Kelson, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

No abstract provided.

The Bolt Of Tash: The Figure Of Satan In C.S. Lewis' The Horse And His Boy And The Last Battle, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Discusses the figure of Tash in two Narnia books, noting the imagery of Satan that is applied to the god of the Calormenes.

Notes Toward A Translation Of "Lúthien's Song", Patrick Wynne

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

Proposes a translation for a five-line poem in Elvish published in The Lays of Beleriand.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Le Guin, Ursula K. Tehanu.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Kathryn Lindskoog, Glen Goodknight

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

C.S. Lewis: A Biography. A.N. Wilson. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis: A Biography. A.N. Wilson. Reviewed by Kathryn Lindskoog.

Letters to Lalage: the Letters of Charles Williams to Lois Lang-Sims. Lois Lang-Sims. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Letters to Lalage: the Letters of Charles Williams to Lois Lang-Sims. Lois Lang-Sims. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Riddle of Joy: G.K. Chesteron and C.S. Lewis. Michael H. MacDonald and Andrew A Tadie. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Quenti Lambardillion: Runing On Empty: Charting A New Course, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Presents a chart of runic characters used in different languages and periods of Middle-earth history.

An Inklings Bibliography (38), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

The Other 50th Anniversary, Jessica Yates

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

Discusses the Disney film Snow White and notes that Tolkien’s famous anti-Disney remark predated the latter’s films based on fairy tales. Notes possible sources of dwarf-names in Snow White and The Hobbit.

Letters, Mary M. Stolzenbach, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sharon Battles, Margaret Carter, Kathryn Lindskoog, Diana Lynne Pavlac

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

No abstract provided.

A Question Of Time, Verlyn B. Flieger

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

Uses the ambiguous nature of time’s passage in Lórien to discuss the nature of time and timelessness in Middle-earth. Uses Tolkien’s other writings to suggest the symbolic meaning of time in Middle-earth.

Subject Index To Mythlore, Issues 51-60, Trevor Reynolds

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

By author and subject.

Tolkien's Monsters: Concept And Function In The Lord Of The Rings (Part Iii): Sauron, Joe Abbott

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

THIS IS A THREE-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influenced his own concept of ‘monster’ and what function that concept should fulfill within” The Lord of the Rings. The conclusion traces the development of the character of Sauron through preliminary versions in The History of Middle-earth and analyzes the climactic episode at Mount Doom in terms of Sauron’s success as monster and Frodo’s as hero.

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss1/5

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss3/8

The Ways Of The Images In Charles Williams' The Place Of The Lion, Barry B. Doyle

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

Notes the importance of imagery to Williams, and shows how The Place of the Lion presents “three basic ways of how imagery is used and various examples of each way”: perversion, affirmation, and rejection. Charts.

Quenti Lambardillion: To Be Or Not To Be: A Quest, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Discusses the difficulties and pitfalls of translation, illustrated with the example of “The Song of Firiel.”

Resurrecting The "Ancient Unities": The Incarnation Of Myth And The Legend Of Logres In C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength, Dorothy F. Lane

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

Examines how Lewis’s idea of “transposition […] the incorporation of the eternal into the material” operates in That Hideous Strength.