You are correct, Hans, although I wasn't quite - it's in their chest. And the picture does indeed include a Dufflepudy Monopod as well.
I think the Evil One changing creatures' appearances is something Tolkien played with?And speaking of Minotaurs, I think they're also on the bent side...
Interesting!
Wow. 2-3 days is still pretty quick in my world!
Ooohhh! 🙂
I defnitely imagine Narnia more like my own country in terms of climate; mild, that is. Or maybe England; when you think of the heaths in the north, t...
This threatens to get off topic... I found one with the same name from the Brothers Grimm in the Green Book - White Snake - but it is in fact a motif ...
He may not necessarily have known the Czech one specifically - I've already encountered the fact that there are similar motifs and situations between ...
It's a good working theory. 🙂
Mine, too. The few finished works covering those times would be a better indicator of how Tolkien might go about it, but I've actually never read thos...
Precisely. Narnia can take on the reader's own experiences (Lewis even kind of leads the readers to do that with some of his descriptions).
I think more detail must play a role in it; Tolkien may go for more description than Lewis does in Narnia. Also, comparing it with The Hobbit may be m...
That's funny, I loved it as a child! I guess it was the lingering writer inside me appreciating the trick. 😀
Prince Caspian is particularly challenging that way, yes, what with its narrative-inside-a-narrative.
