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'''Mew''' is a [[wikipedia:Black-backed gull|black-backed gull]] in ''[[Roverandom]]''. Mew lives on a cliff-face (suggested by [[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] to be somewhere near [[wikipedia:Filey|Filey]]<ref name="Roverandom">{{HM|R}}</ref>{{rp|97}}) and is the postman for the sand-sorcerer [[Psamathos Psamathides]].<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|26}} | '''Mew''' is a [[wikipedia:Black-backed gull|black-backed gull]] in ''[[Roverandom]]''. Mew lives on a cliff-face (suggested by [[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] to be somewhere near [[wikipedia:Filey|Filey]]<ref name="Roverandom">{{HM|R}}</ref>{{rp|97}}) and is the postman for the sand-sorcerer [[Psamathos Psamathides]].<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|26}} | ||
In the story, Mew takes Rover to the moon at the request of Psamathos; they fly via Mew's cliff-edge home, over the [[wikipedia:Isle of Dogs|Isle of Dogs]] and see the seas flowing over the [[Circles of the World|edges of the world]].<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|20}} Whilst at the moon, Mew continues to deliver post to the [[Man-in-the-Moon]] before - once Roverandom's adventures on the moon are finished - taking Rover (now known as Roverandom) back to Psamathos.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|55}} | In the story, Mew takes [[Rover]] to the moon at the request of Psamathos; they fly via Mew's cliff-edge home, over the [[wikipedia:Isle of Dogs|Isle of Dogs]] and see the seas flowing over the [[Circles of the World|edges of the world]].<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|20}} Whilst at the moon, Mew continues to deliver post to the [[Man-in-the-Moon]] before - once Roverandom's adventures on the moon are finished - taking Rover (now known as Roverandom) back to Psamathos.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|55}} | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 20 August 2014
Mew is a black-backed gull in Roverandom. Mew lives on a cliff-face (suggested by Hammond and Scull to be somewhere near Filey[1]:97) and is the postman for the sand-sorcerer Psamathos Psamathides.[1]:26
In the story, Mew takes Rover to the moon at the request of Psamathos; they fly via Mew's cliff-edge home, over the Isle of Dogs and see the seas flowing over the edges of the world.[1]:20 Whilst at the moon, Mew continues to deliver post to the Man-in-the-Moon before - once Roverandom's adventures on the moon are finished - taking Rover (now known as Roverandom) back to Psamathos.[1]:55
Etymology
"mew" is a term used to describe the noise by a cat or a gull.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien; Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond (eds.), Roverandom
- ↑ "mew", Oxford Dictionaries (accessed 20 August 2014)
