Middle Earth's Messianic Mythology Remixed: Gandalf's Death and Resurrection in Novel and Film
In the mythology of the very influential The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien employed several Christ figures, the most obvious being the wizard Gandalf. In Tolkien's "fundamentally religious and Catholic" novel, the symbolism of Gandalf's "death and resurrection" sc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2006]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2006, Volume: 13, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | In the mythology of the very influential The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien employed several Christ figures, the most obvious being the wizard Gandalf. In Tolkien's "fundamentally religious and Catholic" novel, the symbolism of Gandalf's "death and resurrection" scenes was implicit, but Peter Jackson's film versions visually made Gandalf's Christ-figure symbolism more explicit. This article will explore: The cultural impact of Tolkien's mythology The meaning of myth to Tolkien The characteristics of a Christ figure What a Christ figure subtext may add to the psychological/mythological impact of a work of art How Gandalf's death and resurrection scenes portrayed him as a Christ figure How these two scenes in the films diverged from the book The possible meaning of that divergence (of the mythology remixed) |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.13.1.003 |