Packaging Polytheism as Monotheism: A Study of the Mythopoeic Deity in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion
This essay deconstructs the godhead that Tolkien constructs in his mythopoeia. Tolkien’s polychronicon, The Silmarillion, splits the godhead between a creator God and a pantheon of gods and goddesses. Tolkien claims that Ilúvatar is a Yahweh-like God and the primary deity; on the other hand, the Val...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 84-109 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973, The Silmarillion
/ Polytheism
/ Gods
/ Divinity
/ Mythopoiesis
/ Monotheism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AZ New religious movements CE Christian art |
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creator deity
B mythopoeia B mythopoeic deity B created deity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |