FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA
Aug 12, 2021
2 minutes
TOLKIEN’S FAIRY DRAMA
n his 1947 essay ‘On Fairy-stories’ JRR Tolkien offered several interesting passages on the possible reality of fairies. His views are reminiscent of a tolerant mediæval theologian. For instance, he calls ‘elves’ “inherent powers of the created world”. However, one passage seems more fortean than
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