Sellic Spell
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Sellic Spell is an unpublished short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse Saga of Hrólfr Kraki.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
