"The Ogre Blinded and <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>" by Daniel Peretti

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The Ogre Blinded and The Lord of the Rings

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Daniel Peretti, Indiana University, BloomingtonFollow

Abstract

Applies folk-tale analysis tools to the climactic Mount Doom scene of The Lord of the Rings, finding intriguing roots in the “ogre blinded” motif most familiar to readers from the Polyphemos episode of The Odyssey.

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Peretti, Daniel (2007) "The Ogre Blinded and The Lord of the Rings," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 25 : No. 3 , Article 12.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol25/iss3/12

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