Sauron is Watching You: The Role of the Great Eye in The Lord of the Rings

Authors

Edward Lense

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Artist
Bg Callahan

Abstract

Finds a source for the Eye of Sauron, and other representations of baleful eyes in Tolkien’s work (“one of the most pervasive and compelling patterns of imagery”), in the Celtic mythological figure Balor of the Evil Eye.

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