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mark12_30 · 04-10-2003, 01:39 PM

But my dear Esty, what percentage of B-D Tolkien fans will jump at a thread about "Psychology"? Title it "Dreams", or something... "Frodo and his encounters with Archetypes"...

"Tolkien, Psychology, and Archetypes"

Okay, I'll go have a look.

Yeah, add "Faerie" in there too... "Tolkien, Psychology, Faerie, and Archetypes"

I think we'd all benefit from a discussion about archetypes, what they are, what they bring to a fairy tale, what they bring to a quest and an epic... The connectino between dream-world and Faerie is unmistakable, so one would think that Faerie would be dreamlike, and so somewhat archetypal. I guess. I'm certainly no expert-- but I really enjoy(ed/ing) David Day's book Tolkien's Ring because it waves at the other myths Tolkien may have drawn from or been influenced by.

This seems like the place for LittleManPoet to jump in and say something about writing serious, original fantasy. I connect the two concepts, anyway.

How does one create a mythos?

Mythopoeia... Mythmaking. MacDonald did it. Building Eucatastrophes. How does one go about this? Sword-and-sorcery hold no real appeal for me. Mythmaking, on the other hand...

[ April 10, 2003: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]

04-10-2003, 01:39 PM	#7
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	But my dear Esty, what percentage of B-D Tolkien fans will jump at a thread about "Psychology"? Title it "Dreams", or something... "Frodo and his encounters with Archetypes"... "Tolkien, Psychology, and Archetypes" Okay, I'll go have a look. Yeah, add "Faerie" in there too... "Tolkien, Psychology, Faerie, and Archetypes" I think we'd all benefit from a discussion about archetypes, what they are, what they bring to a fairy tale, what they bring to a quest and an epic... The connectino between dream-world and Faerie is unmistakable, so one would think that Faerie would be dreamlike, and so somewhat archetypal. I guess. I'm certainly no expert-- but I really enjoy(ed/ing) David Day's book Tolkien's Ring because it waves at the other myths Tolkien may have drawn from or been influenced by. This seems like the place for LittleManPoet to jump in and say something about writing serious, original fantasy. I connect the two concepts, anyway. How does one create a mythos? Mythopoeia... Mythmaking. MacDonald did it. Building Eucatastrophes. How does one go about this? Sword-and-sorcery hold no real appeal for me. Mythmaking, on the other hand... [ April 10, 2003: Message edited by: mark12_30 ] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.