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Old 07-04-2020, 10:38 AM   #1
monks
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monks is still gossiping in the Green Dragon.
The riddle of the hidden images in the West Gate.

Tolkien's exploration of the medieval 'Loathly Lady' motif through Galadriel, Shelob and Arwen through his geometry, and his implementation of 'The Dance of the Seven Veils'- which I believe finds some if its inspiration in Haggard's 'She'.

To date I've made 29 predictions specifically surrounding this theme. Here's one of them.

Prediction #71
That Tolkien would refer to Shelob as ‘loathly’ or 'loathsome’.

Searching, I found...

“Hardly had Sam hidden the light of the star-glass when she came. A little way ahead and to his left he saw suddenly, issuing from a black hole of shadow under the cliff, the most loathly shape that he had ever beheld, horrible beyond the horror of an evil dream. Most like a spider she was, but huger than the great hunting beasts, and more terrible than they because of the evil purpose in her remorseless eyes.” [TLotR, Book IV, Chapter 9 Shelob’s Lair]

As you can see Tolkien went all the way and actually used the word ‘loathly’.

Here's a link to the article on my website.

http://www.thewindrose.net/blogs/the...ate-drawing-2/

For those not familiar with the 'Loathly Lady', there's a link in the article.

monks

...according to the forum.. apparently I'm "Newly Deceased"...:-D

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