{"id":2218,"date":"2009-05-12T06:56:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T10:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2009-05-12T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T10:56:31","slug":"a-new-tolkien-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2009\/05\/a-new-tolkien-book\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Tolkien book"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s translation of the Norse saga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0547273428?tag=cranach-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=0547273428&amp;adid=1GDYG34HR4AR560EZQC5&amp;\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun<\/a> has just been released.  Remember that before he was a fantasy writer, he was a scholar.  His other translations of ancient and medieval literature, though, bear the mark of his imaginative genius.  <\/p>\n<p>This is the kind of tale that would be one of the inspirations for Middle Earth.  It has a magic ring, a dragon, and battles galore.  Also valkyries. It appears to be the Norse version of the German legend that Wagner drew on in his opera cycle, \u201cThe Ring of the Niebelungenlied.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Buy it here:<\/p>\n<p>HT:  <a href=\"http:\/\/wheatstoneforum.com\/?p=609\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wheatstone Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s translation of the Norse saga The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun has just been released. Remember that before he was a fantasy writer, he was a scholar. His other translations of ancient and medieval literature, though, bear the mark of his imaginative genius. 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