tags: history
2007
October
- 2007 Oct 7
- fall from grace
I forget what exactly I typed into Google, but somehow I ended up at this archived discussion about the motif of static history in stereotypical fantasy. It’s true, Western Civilization seems to be obsessed with the idea that things were better in the past, and things really suck now. Tolkien called this idea ”The Long Defeat,” specifically referring to the Fall of the Noldor, from a state of Valinorean grace to becoming refugees fleeing Middle-Earth furtively in the night.
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- even the environment pushes back
The Lord of the Rings vis-a-vis the Cold War and the War on Terror
· Read more… - 2007 Oct 21
- comings and goings
You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you came from.
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—Unknown
2008
October
2015
October
- 2015 Oct 7
- Know from Whence You Came
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
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