See:
A Root Of Paganism
Roots Of Paganism
Roots Of Paganism II
The Queen of Air and Darkness:
"...turned away, fading back into the darkness...Her voice died away into the wind's gentle whisper and the night's soft folding."
-Terry Brooks, "The Fey of Cloudmoor," (p. 200) (For full reference, see here.)
The Queen becomes darkness as her voice becomes wind. Brooks captures the same root of paganism as Poul Anderson did in the passages quoted in the linked posts.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And that reminded me, oddly enough, of Poul Anderson's contribution to MEDITATIONS ON MIDDLE EARTH: "Awakening The Elves." An essay in which Anderson praised Tolkien for rescuing the elves from their "twee" doldrums.
Sean
Post a Comment