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Lavondyss
''Lavondyss'' also titled ''Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown Region'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, the second book in his ''Mythago Wood'' series. ''Lavondyss'' was originally published in 1988. The name of the novel hints at the real and mythological locales of Avon (county), Avon, Lyonesse, Avalon and Dis (Divine Comedy), Dis; within the novel Lavondyss is the name of the remote, Last glacial period, ice-age heart of Ryhope wood.Clute, John ''Look at the Evidence: Essays & Reviews'', (Ann Arbor: Liverpool University Press, 1995), page 111. This essay originally appeared in the May/June 1989 (issue 29) magazine'' Interzone (magazine), Interzone''. Despite having a new primary character, ''Lavondyss'' is a sequel to ''Mythago Wood'' because several characters provide links between the novels; the events in ''Mythago Wood'' set into motion events that drive the protagonists' actions in ''Lavondyss''. ''Lavondyss'' has won, or been nominated to, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Holdstock
Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celts, Celtic, Nordic countries, Nordic, Goths, Gothic and Picts, Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenres, fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. Holdstock broke into print in 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophy, philosophical, psychology, psychological, anthropology, anthropological, Spirituality, spiritual and forest, woodland themes. He received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel of 1985. Early life Robert Holdstock, the eldest of five children, was born in Hythe, Kent, Hythe, Kent. His father, Robert Frank Holdstock, was a police officer and his mother, Kathleen Madeline Holdstock, was a nurse. At the age of seven he started attending Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham Grammar School in the Medway, Medway Towns. He recalled that as a young adult he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mythago Wood
''Mythago Wood'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, published in the United Kingdom in 1984. ''Mythago Wood'' is set in Herefordshire, England, in and around a stand of ancient woodland, known as Ryhope Wood. The story involves the internally estranged members of the Huxley family, particularly Stephen Huxley, and his experiences with the enigmatic forest and its magical inhabitants. The conception began as a short story written for the 1979 Milford Writer's Workshop; a novella of the same name appeared in the September 1981 edition of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1985. It belongs to a type of fantasy literature known as mythic fiction. It has received critical acclaim for the quality of its prose, its forest setting, and its exploration of philosophical, spiritual and psychological themes. It served as the first in a series of novels known as the Mythago Wood or Ryhope Wood cycle. Setting T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollowing
''The Hollowing'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, the third in the ''Mythago Wood'' series written . It was originally published in 1993. The title refers to a magical pathway, or hollowing, an archaic English term for a sunken lane or hollow-way. ''The Hollowing'' was inspired by the story ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''. Despite primarily featuring new characters, ''The Hollowing'' is a sequel to ''Lavondyss'' because a handful of characters provide a link between the two novels. The events in the previous novel set into motion the events that drive the actions of the protagonist in ''The Hollowing''. Plot ''The Hollowing'' shares the third person narrative viewpoint as does its predecessor, ''Lavondyss.'' The narrative begins in the 1950s, merely one year after the events that take place in ''Lavondyss,'' but the majority of the story takes place in 1968. Inside Ryhope wood, Tallis Keeton's young friend, Alex Bradley, remains an adolescent when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlin's Wood
''Merlin's Wood''; or, ''The Vision of Magic'' is a short novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, first published in the United Kingdom in 1994. The novel is considered part of the ''Mythago Wood'' cycle, but takes place in Brittany, France instead of Herefordshire, England. The work has all new characters and focuses on the mythical birthplace and burial site of Merlin, the magical wood Brocéliande. Brocéliande is a smaller version of Ryhope wood where British myth predominates. In addition to the short novel, ''Merlin's Wood'', the 1994 edition features two tales, "Earth and Stone" and "The Silvering". The 2009 edition contains the tales "Scarrowfell", "Thorn", "Earth and Stone", and the novella " The Bone Forest". Conception According to the author the work is influenced by Tennyson's '' Idylls of the King'' and Joseph Campbell's ''The Masks of God''. The theme of the novel is 'the stealing of power.' The story provides a locale that ties in with the past experiences of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lee (illustrator)
Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and film conceptual designer. He is best known for his artwork inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels, and for his work on the conceptual design of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film series. Biography Alan Lee was born in Middlesex, England, and studied at the Ealing School of Art. Illustration Lee has illustrated dozens of fantasy books, including some non-fiction, and many more covers. Among the numerous works by J. R. R. Tolkien that he has illustrated are the 1992 centenary edition of ''The Lord of the Rings'', a 1999 edition of ''The Hobbit'', the 2007 ''The Children of Húrin'', the 2017 ''Beren and Lúthien'', the 2018 ''The Fall of Gondolin'', and the 2022 ''The Fall of Númenor''. Non-Tolkien books he has illustrated include ''Faeries'' (with Brian Froud), ''Lavondyss'' by Robert Holdstock, ''The Mabinogion'' (two versions), ''Castles' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bone Forest
''The Bone Forest'' is a collection of fantasy short stories by British writer Robert Holdstock, published in 1991 (UK) and 1992 (US). It opens with a novella of the same name, followed by seven short stories. The novella is a prequel to the entire ''Mythago Wood'' cycle. According to the author it was written "to fill in the background and back-story to ''Mythago Wood''" at the request of a screenwriter who was working on a planned movie version of ''Mythago Wood.'' The 1991 and 1992 editions of the book contain seven short stories in addition to the novella ''The Bone Forest.'', after which the volume takes its name. The additional stories in ''The Bone Forest'' bear little relation with either time or events in the ''Mythago Wood'' cycle, yet the short stories are largely influenced by the fantasy realm created as part of the ''Mythago Wood'' cycle. ''The Bone Forest'' has both won and been nominated for fantasy literature awards. Contents *"The Bone Forest" *"Thorn" *"The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamanism
Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a Spirit world (Spiritualism), spirit world through Altered state of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct Non-physical entity, spirits or Energy (esotericism), spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way. Beliefs and practices categorized as "shamanic" have attracted the interest of scholars from a variety of disciplines, including anthropologists, archeologists, historians, religious studies scholars, philosophers and psychologists. Hundreds of books and Academic publishing#Scholarly paper, academic papers on the subject have been produced, with a peer-reviewed academic journal being devoted to the study of shamanism. In the 20th century, non-Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Westerners involved in countercultural movements, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chthonic
The word chthonic (), or chthonian, is derived from the Ancient Greek word ''χθών, "khthon"'', meaning earth or soil. It translates more directly from χθόνιος or "in, under, or beneath the earth" which can be differentiated from Γῆ, or "ge", which speaks to the living surface of land on the earth. In Greek, chthonic is a descriptive word for things relating to the underworld and can be used in the context of chthonic gods, chthonic rituals, chthonic cults, and more. This is as compared to the more commonly referenced Olympic gods and their associated rites and cults. Olympic gods are understood to reference that which exists above the earth, particularly in the sky. Gods that are related to agriculture are also considered to have chthonic associations as planting and growing takes place in part under the earth. Chthonic deities Chthonic and ouranic, or olympic, are not completely opposite descriptors. They do not cleanly differentiate types of gods and worship int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amulet
An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's ''Natural History'' describes as "an object that protects a person from trouble". Anything can function as an amulet; items commonly so used include statues, coins, drawings, plant parts, animal parts, and written words. Amulets which are said to derive their extraordinary properties and powers from magic or those which impart luck are typically part of folk religion or paganism, whereas amulets or sacred objects of formalised mainstream religion as in Christianity are believed to have no power of their own without faith in Jesus and being blessed by a clergyman, and they supposedly will also not provide any preternatural benefit to the bearer who does not have an appropriate disposition. Talisman and amulets have interchangeable meaning. Amulets refer to any object which has the power to av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh People
The Welsh ( cy, Cymry) are an ethnic group native to Wales. "Welsh people" applies to those who were born in Wales ( cy, Cymru) and to those who have Welsh ancestry, perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins. Wales is the third-largest Countries of the United Kingdom, country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged to become the Kingdom of Great Britain. The majority of people living in Wales are British nationality law, British citizens. In Wales, the Welsh language ( cy, Cymraeg) is protected by law. Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in North Wales and parts of West Wales, though English is the predominant language in South Wales. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
