Well, I would certainly like to hear more about that.
So would I *runs away*.
Interesting to get the connection to the Germanic legends; I didn't know that.
It is also very funny the way Tolkien is covering his tracks there, as it were. In Lt. 131 he says, of Children of Húrin, "a figure that might be said (by people who like this sort of thing, though it is not very useful) to be derived from elements in Sigurd the Volsung, Oedipus and Finnish Kullervo". It´s just as when he derided any symbolic/allegoric value for his legendarium, which strikes me as disingenuous, at best. Sometimes he seems to delight in drawing attention to what he later on makes a show of rejecting. He is explaining the dragon-killing part and the incest part, but he doesn´t mention what I find the most intriguing part of the tale, Túrin´s catasterism and his rôle at the End of All Things. I think I may be a tad too morbidly obsessed about Baldr´s death.
Thanks for asking about the story - I enjoyed writing about it.
May you find it it your heart to indulge me by commenting on another story? After four hours of conference-writing, I think I deserve a treat. I´ve been very good all day.
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So would I *runs away*.
Interesting to get the connection to the Germanic legends; I didn't know that.
It is also very funny the way Tolkien is covering his tracks there, as it were. In Lt. 131 he says, of Children of Húrin, "a figure that might be said (by people who like this sort of thing, though it is not very useful) to be derived from elements in Sigurd the Volsung, Oedipus and Finnish Kullervo". It´s just as when he derided any symbolic/allegoric value for his legendarium, which strikes me as disingenuous, at best. Sometimes he seems to delight in drawing attention to what he later on makes a show of rejecting. He is explaining the dragon-killing part and the incest part, but he doesn´t mention what I find the most intriguing part of the tale, Túrin´s catasterism and his rôle at the End of All Things.
I think I may be a tad too morbidly obsessed about Baldr´s death.
Thanks for asking about the story - I enjoyed writing about it.
May you find it it your heart to indulge me by commenting on another story? After four hours of conference-writing, I think I deserve a treat. I´ve been very good all day.