tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post6206356335196678546..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: A Jewish analogue to The Doors of DurinJason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-65805443880197496862014-01-07T11:33:24.430-06:002014-01-07T11:33:24.430-06:00Thanks, Daeross! :)Thanks, Daeross! :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-2789701264259331002014-01-07T09:44:29.101-06:002014-01-07T09:44:29.101-06:00This is a fun catch!
However, I'd like to sugg...This is a fun catch!<br />However, I'd like to suggest you look up Solomon's Temple, and more, the two pillars standing by its door, Boaz and Jachin.<br />That is what I thought, the first time I beheld the Doors of Durin. :)Daerosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175787565475456402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-10355377847459440032013-02-22T16:53:38.921-06:002013-02-22T16:53:38.921-06:00Not bad. :)Not bad. :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-69496438099191793832013-02-22T16:41:17.295-06:002013-02-22T16:41:17.295-06:00I'll emphasize that this is just for fun :-)
...I'll emphasize that this is just for fun :-) <br />Take a look at this doorway - this is 33 Routh Road, Wandsworth, where the TCBS held their Council of London. Coincidence? I dare say it is ;-) <br /><br /><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33+Routh+Road,+London,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&ll=51.446239,-0.173182&spn=0.002305,0.004128&sll=55.653432,12.19351&sspn=0.188859,0.528374&oq=33+Routh+Road&t=h&hnear=33+Routh+Rd,+London+SW18+3SP,+United+Kingdom&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.446326,-0.172993&panoid=Q5VFF_K6-8lu2tGpWDEQWA&cbp=12,122.26,,0,3.3" rel="nofollow">Google map</a>Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-212777313304475502013-01-23T13:01:19.694-06:002013-01-23T13:01:19.694-06:00I know this is way off topic, being only connected...I know this is way off topic, being only connected by the theme of a secret doorway, but did you know there is a legend that Queen Boadicia fought her last battle not at Wattling Street as Tacitus writes but outside London in the place where Kings Cross station now stands (which for a time was called Battle Bridge, and here is the first link: in Khazad Dum a battle was also fought on a bridge). During the construction of the present station, an ancient graveyard was exhumed. Although there is no proven link to Boadicia, popular London legend identified hers as being one that was located between platforms 9 and 10. Well that's where Harry Potter comes in and his secret/hidden doorway, platform 9 3/4 separating the world of the muggles from the world of magic. Would JKR have known? It's too much of a coincidence, I think.<br /><br />Khazad Dum was also a tomb and at the same time the portal to another world. Quite a lot of the thematics in Harry Potter revolves around the deaths of people close to him, or happens in graveyards, not to mention Harry Potter's own survival as a baby of what would otherwise have been a certain death. So maybe death or graves have that magical quality. Okay, its all tenuous I know, but it's strange that nobody (at least as far as I know) has commented on it. Sorry if this doesn't make sense.Andy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942445460732496214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-33510712289173171612013-01-22T11:56:01.986-06:002013-01-22T11:56:01.986-06:00You and me both! I know of some for sale, but I’ve...You and me both! I know of some for sale, but I’ve never had the funds. Some day, I hope. I’ve been lucky enough to handle some books Tolkien once owned, and that was really something!Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-57343104736883867432013-01-22T08:57:48.995-06:002013-01-22T08:57:48.995-06:00I hope I come across a book or two someday!I hope I come across a book or two someday!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-10983070136753868252013-01-21T11:46:30.169-06:002013-01-21T11:46:30.169-06:00@Marcel: There is certainly more research to be do...@Marcel: There is certainly more research to be done on Tolkien the artist. I’ve seen conference papers on the subject, but I don’t think a great deal has been published. I would agree that your wife is absolutely correct about William Morris, Arts and Crafts, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, etc. Turning back this particular case, you’re also right about the universality of some of these images, which is one of the reasons I haven’t attempted to argue any causal relationship! :)<br /><br />@Deniz: Tolkien’s personal library ended up in a number of different places. Douglas A. Anderson wrote a good, albeit short entry on the subject in the <i>J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia</i>, pp. 361–2. From time to time, you see copies of books Tolkien owned come up for auction. Quite a few are in university collections, but a rather large number have basically been scattered to the four winds.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-50258187399844783492013-01-21T08:19:49.401-06:002013-01-21T08:19:49.401-06:00The only thing I can think of is that maybe he saw...The only thing I can think of is that maybe he saw a reproduction of a similar image in a book... Speaking of which, what happened to his library anyway? I suppose Christopher Tolkien has all the books. I'd love to see photos of that, if he'd ever release them...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-36047483480114278372013-01-21T00:23:12.023-06:002013-01-21T00:23:12.023-06:00My wife Sara is something of an art historian and ...My wife Sara is something of an art historian and she once told me that 'The Lord of the Rings' and even 'The Silmarillion' would must surely gain from a dissertation including the Arts & Crafts movement, William Morris etc. <br /><br />Tolkien was something of an artist (I am using all terms all fairly loosely, as you may notice :)) which Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond have shown in their wonderful books like "Tolkien - Artist & Illustrator" or "The Art of the Hobbit." However, even though quite some inspirations have been "dug up" full-fledged research into this has not been or has there, Jason? Please correct me on this.<br /><br />Although the similarity is truly striking (awesome find, by the way!) the architctural forms of the arc, trees as pillars and the crown as symbol of ownership and/or sovereignty are pretty universal ... There might be a manor somewhere in Oxfordshire with a Crown on the front door, a portico and ivy to grow around it .... :)Marcel R. Bülleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537495830521624652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-21557584278156621402013-01-20T22:03:33.522-06:002013-01-20T22:03:33.522-06:00Enticing! Definitely.Enticing! Definitely.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-61416896611778337812013-01-20T20:45:59.876-06:002013-01-20T20:45:59.876-06:00Hi, Aaron. Well, it’s possible, but most of the pa...Hi, Aaron. Well, it’s possible, but most of the parokhet designs I’ve looked at aren’t quite so similar as this particular one, though many of them do have the columns, arches, and crown. And while we do know that Tolkien had some Jewish friends, there’s no direct evidence he attended services at a synagogue or ever studied Judaica. It’s possible, but not something we can substantiate just on the basis of these similarities. Intriguing, though, eh? :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-36031721661791097072013-01-20T20:17:06.270-06:002013-01-20T20:17:06.270-06:00That really is neat! Why don't you think it li...That really is neat! Why don't you think it likely that the parokhet design influenced Tolkien?Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.com