“Ore-ganisms”: The myth and meaning of “living rock” in Middle-earth
20 October 2021 | Journal of Tolkien Research, Volume 13, № 2, 6
This paper, presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, New Orleans, La., April 3, 2015, surveys Tolkien’s use of the term living rock and related language in both a literal and metaphorical sense. Topics discussed include the origins of the trolls, dwarves, orcs, and ents.
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