Aiglos #1, 2003/2004
- Polish
- Contents and images are used with the permission of Aiglos (Aiglos website )
- 120 pp.
- edition of 300 copies
- A5
- Articles and essays
- Beowulf or Bees' Wolf - Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
- Author recounts the discovery of the poem, summarises it - it is still not translated into Polish - and discusses its influence on JRRT, and especially on The Lord of the Rings. In the author's opinion, the most important things are not borrowings of some names or settings, or even the direct "quotation" from Beowulf (which is Smaug in The Hobbit), but similarities in the overall tone of both works, expressed in the serious approach towards myth, the world, and oneself as a creator. Also, The Lord of the Rings and Beowulf tell about deeds, so musings of the protagonists are pushed to the background. Olszański points out that the "monsters" in both works are not characters, but only props serving to underline the protagonists' virtues and vices, and that like Beowulf, Frodo and his companions act for their homeland, turning from adventurers into defenders of their land. The article begins and ends with the author's translation of the first and last lines of Beowulf.
- Tolkien or the Rehabilitation of the Fairy-tale - Adam Ziółkowski
- 20-year old, but still valid text on the fairy-tale as a literary genre, its place in European culture, and JRRT's role in its rehabilitation and taking it out of the nurseries.
- Rebuilding the High Tower. Tolkienology - What It Is And Why Cultivate It? Some Answers And Even More Questions - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L'
- The author of which asks what tolkienology is and if there is any point cultivating it, why many readers of J.R.R. Tolkien's work want to treat it as a source of knowledge about the fictitious reality he created. Do we have the right to reconstruct the tower that Tolkien has not completed building?
- Are High Elves Finno-Ugric? - Härri Përälä - translation: Karolina i Tadeusz Olszańscy
- Essay discusses differences and similarities between Quenya and Finnish. The author starts with a short history of Quenya and its development and then shows its phonetic, lexical, and syntactical borrowings from the Finnish language. The biggest similarities are to be noted in phonetics and lexis, and the most numerous borrowings are words that sound similar or almost similar, however have different meanings. While Elvish examples in The Lord of the Rings display almost no evidence of Finnish inspiration, such evidence is abundant in The Etymologies in The Lost Road and in earlier versions of the legendarium.
- On Entering the Same River Twice: Mythology and Theology in the Silmarillion Corpus -Kaj A. Apeland - translation: Tadeusz A. Olszański
- It is a translation of the essay published in Between Faith and Fiction. Tolkien and the Power of His World, Proceedings of the Arda Symposium at the Second Northern Tolkien Festival, Oslo, August 1977, 'Arda Special 1', 1998. The author shows differences in the approach to myth in various phases of JRRT's work on his legendarium, indicates the essential change that took place in the thirties of the 20th century, and concentrates on the issue of the Valar. He proposes to call the early phase "mythological", and the later phase "theological". He suggests that the authoritative version of Quenta Silmarillion is the one published in The Lost Road, as the one considered by Tolkien to be ready for publication, and used as the source of the mythology of The Lord of the Rings.
- Thomism. Another Approach to the Analysis of Tolkien's Universe - Anna Adamczyk 'Nifrodel'
- Essay is concerned with a late phase in J.R.R. Tolkien's work and shows similarities of some theological concepts of Arda to the ideas of Thomas Aquinas. The author analyses several issues: hierarchies of beings, sources of evil in Middle-earth, free will of sentient beings, and the relation of Eru to the world. Many doubt if Tolkien knew Thomism at all, but correlations are too numerous to be ignored.
- Fanfiction and poetry - translation: Agnieszka Sylwanowicz, Katarzyna K. Chmiel
- Glitter of Metal - 'Ithilwen'
- Wounded in both body and spirit by Morgoth, a now-crippled Maedhros struggles to redefine his sense of identity.
- The King is Dead - 'Altariel'
- Denethor teaches a young Faramir the game of chess.
- Spartan Letters - 'Dwimordene'
- Faramir writes last letters to his father, as a man of war would be wise to leave nothing undone.
- Issue also contains selection of poems by Avari, 'Elanor' (Dominika Kurek) and Nifrodel.
- Also trivia and humour, riddles and a description of interesting www pages.
- Reviews and Interviews
- Interview with an illustrator Katarzyna Karina Chmiel - Anna Adamczyk 'Nifrodel'
- Verlyn Flieger- A Question of Time. J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie -review by - Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind'
- The Complete Tolkien Companion - J.E.A Tyler -review by - Anna Adamczyk 'Nifrodel'
- The Annotated Hobbit- Douglas A.Anderson -review by - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L'
- Finding God in The Lord of the Rings- K.Bruner, J.Ware -rewiew by - Magdalena Kroczak 'Tallis Keeton'
- London exhibition "The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy" - Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind' and Katarzyna K.Chmiel "Kasiopea'
- Describe what they have seen at the London exhibition "The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy" (article ilustrated by Kasiopea).
- "The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers Extended Version - Peter Jackson movie -review by-" - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L'
- Illustrations
- 'Katarzyna Karina Chmiel 'Kasiopea':
- Aiglos logo, Finduilas, Glitter of Metal, Thangorodrim, The King is Dead, Spartan letter, Ilistrations of exhibition in London, Dances with the wolves, Boromir and Denethor
- 'Anke Katrin Eissmann':
- The steward
- 'Jarek Nocoń':
- Theoden and Grima
- 'Małgorzata Pudlik 'Marigold':
- Road to Minas Tirith
- 'Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir':
- Alqualondë, Earendil, Beren and Luthien, Rescues to Maedhros
- Barbara Śliwińska:
- Goblin caves
- Matylda Tomaszewska:
- Eowyn
- Katarzyna Wojdak 'Avari':
- ornaments
- Elizabeth Wyeth:
- Fingorn rescues Maedhros
- 'Maciej Wygnański 'Isilion':
- Fram kills Scatha
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