tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post7331067541646222126..comments2024-01-25T12:11:48.167+00:00Comments on The Triskele and the Dragon: Balor of the Evil Eye - The Sauron of the West?Thomas Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666150454652215104noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-78587033304817529782015-06-05T09:58:23.345+01:002015-06-05T09:58:23.345+01:00I’m sure you’re on the right track with this, in T...I’m sure you’re on the right track with this, in Tolkien’s The Silmarilien (1977) we have a reference to the Bay of Balar which lies to the south of Beleriand, and the Isle of Balar. It is said to have been the eastern horn of the island - used by the Valar to transport those first elves to the undying lands – that broke away. The etymological similarities throughout your re-telling of ‘Balor of the Evil Eye’ with Tolkien’s mythology are too frequent and numerous for it not to be a significant thread in the weave of Tolkien’s ontological creation myth.<br /> <br />As Thomas Browne once said “all knowledge is enveloped in darkness”, and of course he would of known, for Browne like other mysterious men throughout our authorised history, were primarily concerned with reforming knowledge for later dissemination. Others, of a like-mind, Poe, Borges, and Sebald to name a few, have also sought to pierce the shroud of mystery and myth, to re-create a narrative, all of one piece. A perfect circle perhaps.<br /><br />Cheers <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-29049875282515099832015-06-05T00:18:51.395+01:002015-06-05T00:18:51.395+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thomas Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666150454652215104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-50801591347642959662015-06-04T21:38:20.527+01:002015-06-04T21:38:20.527+01:00I'm curious to know what you think of the 2000...I'm curious to know what you think of the 2000AD Slaine comics?<br />I read one recently for the first time and thought it was great fun, although it is fairly fictionalised.<br />But the gist to the Gaelic story is in there and it seems to me like a good natured take on it.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-79717247743466637022015-06-03T23:20:39.692+01:002015-06-03T23:20:39.692+01:00and what of our Eye of Horus :o)and what of our <b>Eye of Horus</b> :o)Alice from London (Daemonlinks)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04185110904145593848noreply@blogger.com