Article Title
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.
Recommended Citation
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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