Komentarze do: Snapshots from the Polish Fandom’s Summertime http://www.elendilion.pl/2007/07/29/snapshots-from-the-polish-fandoms-summertime/ Aktualności ze świata miłośników twórczości Tolkiena Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Autor: Galadhorn http://www.elendilion.pl/2007/07/29/snapshots-from-the-polish-fandoms-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Galadhorn Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:56:51 +0000 http://czytaj.elendili.pl/2007/07/29/snapshots-from-the-polish-fandoms-summertime/#comment-817 Dear Bonnie, So nice to hear from you. You are really kind. I haven't deserved these compliments. You are right that we can find many similarities between Middle-earth and Poland. The Rohan Riders at Pelennor Fields are so much like Polish hussars at Vienna Siege in 1683 etc. But I worry it is only coincidence. Every nation can find some similarities to its history, its country and nature in J.R.R.T.'s works. It is because his literature is so universal and touches common problems and feelings of the Men. Tolkien had read a lot and his mythopoeic mind was like a big melting pot. Please write more about yourself, Bonnie. I understand from your post that your family comes from Poland, doesn't it? So nice to read your post at our website. Come back to us as frequently as you can. You can also visit English sub-forum at Elendili Forum: http://www.elendili.pl/viewforum.php?f=22 Dear Bonnie,
So nice to hear from you. You are really kind. I haven’t deserved these compliments. You are right that we can find many similarities between Middle-earth and Poland. The Rohan Riders at Pelennor Fields are so much like Polish hussars at Vienna Siege in 1683 etc. But I worry it is only coincidence. Every nation can find some similarities to its history, its country and nature in J.R.R.T.’s works. It is because his literature is so universal and touches common problems and feelings of the Men. Tolkien had read a lot and his mythopoeic mind was like a big melting pot.

Please write more about yourself, Bonnie. I understand from your post that your family comes from Poland, doesn’t it? So nice to read your post at our website. Come back to us as frequently as you can. You can also visit English sub-forum at Elendili Forum: http://www.elendili.pl/viewforum.php?f=22

]]> Autor: Bonnie Hady http://www.elendilion.pl/2007/07/29/snapshots-from-the-polish-fandoms-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Bonnie Hady Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:16:46 +0000 http://czytaj.elendili.pl/2007/07/29/snapshots-from-the-polish-fandoms-summertime/#comment-807 Dear Pan Derdzinski : I want to tell you that I greatly admire your scholarship in all things Middle Earth. (I wish that I could converse/correspond with you in Polish! But my Polish has faded away.) Your web-site is wonderful. I only have access to computer at work, so I can only visit your site during my lunch hour. I am very impressed with all the wonderful work that you have accomplished. J.R.R.T. said that the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland was his inspiration for Rivendell. And that Minas Tirith was based on Le Mont St Michel in France. I have also often thought that J.RR.T. took much of his inspiration for Middle Earth in things and places that are Polish. Being a good Catholic Boy, and being raised by Jesuits, I believe that he might have been introduced to the works of Henryk Sienkiewicz. He could have read both "Quo Vadis" and The Trilogy - these books were very popluar in his youth. I see the Riders of Rohan as the Polish Knights. (After all, we Poles ARE the Horse Lords.) I see Lake Town as Biskupin. (It was being excavated right up to the beginning of WW II.) I see Fangorn Forest as Bialowieza Puszcza. I see Moria as Wieliczka. And maybe my thoughts are not all "wishful thinking". But as I do not have any friends who are knowledgeable about both Middle Earth and Poland, I thought I would share my ideas with you. Have ever thought that perhaps such a connection to Poland might have been possible? Namarie Blessings Bonnie Hady Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA Dear Pan Derdzinski : I want to tell you that I greatly admire your scholarship in all things Middle Earth. (I wish that I could converse/correspond with you in Polish! But my Polish has faded away.) Your web-site is wonderful. I only have access to computer at work, so I can only visit your site during my lunch hour. I am very impressed with all the wonderful work that you have accomplished.

J.R.R.T. said that the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland was his inspiration for Rivendell. And that Minas Tirith was based on Le Mont St Michel in France. I have also often thought that J.RR.T. took much of his inspiration for Middle Earth in things and places that are Polish. Being a good Catholic Boy, and being raised by Jesuits, I believe that he might have been introduced to the works of Henryk Sienkiewicz. He could have read both “Quo Vadis” and The Trilogy – these books were very popluar in his youth. I see the Riders of Rohan as the Polish Knights. (After all, we Poles ARE the Horse Lords.) I see Lake Town as Biskupin. (It was being excavated right up to the beginning of WW II.) I see Fangorn Forest as Bialowieza Puszcza. I see Moria as Wieliczka.

And maybe my thoughts are not all “wishful thinking”. But as I do not have any friends who are knowledgeable about both Middle Earth and Poland, I thought I would share my ideas with you. Have ever thought that perhaps such a connection to Poland might have been possible?

Namarie
Blessings

Bonnie Hady
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

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