Burglary, Pockets and the Hobbit - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rimbaud · 09-17-2002, 10:15 AM

Indeed, this thread refutes firmly the notion of Tolkien's percieved misogyny - the Ring chooses which fingers get to go in. A direct indicator of the gender power-balance in the mythology.

Consider also the Two Trees, phallic in their sturdy uprightness, which failed over time - pulled down by the brooding female figure of Ungoliant no less - to be replaced by two giant ovi...

All these concepts are swallowed, of course, by the gaping maw of the Ring's final destination. A return to mother indeed.

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Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Indeed, this thread refutes firmly the notion of Tolkien's percieved misogyny - the Ring chooses which fingers get to go in. A direct indicator of the gender power-balance in the mythology. Consider also the Two Trees, phallic in their sturdy uprightness, which failed over time - pulled down by the brooding female figure of Ungoliant no less - to be replaced by two giant ovi... All these concepts are swallowed, of course, by the gaping maw of the Ring's final destination. A return to mother indeed. [ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Rimbaud ] __________________ And all the rest is literature