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'''''Sellic Spell''''' is an unpublished short story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse ''[[wikipedia:Hrólfs saga kraka|Saga of Hrólfr Kraki]]''. The manuscript is held by the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=MB>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)</ref> | '''''Sellic Spell''''' is an unpublished short story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse ''[[wikipedia:Hrólfs saga kraka|Saga of Hrólfr Kraki]]''. The manuscript is held by the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=MB>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:20, 9 March 2011
Sellic Spell is an unpublished short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse Saga of Hrólfr Kraki. The manuscript is held by the Bodleian Library.[1]
The saga is commonly held by Tolkien scholars to be the main source for the idea behind the character Beorn.[2][1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Mr. Baggins, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)
- ↑ Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth (second edition), pp. 73-4
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Douglas A. Anderson, (ed.), (2002) The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition, pp. 164-5
