These southern Scandinavian type CPC’s have been identified in what is now the Netherlands as well, especially around towns of Rijnsburg and Egmond in respectively provinces Zuid Holland and Noord Holland. One hall measured an amazing forty-seven by ten meters. Kilos of gold have been found, and big halls similar to those described in the epic Beowulf. At the Danish island Fyn, also called Funen, near the village of Gudme, the most important so-called Central-Place-Complex (CPC) has been discovered known today. Indeed, everyone knows, Fins and witchcraft are one an the same.
A bit more to the northeast from Denmark, a whole country is filled up with witchy Fins. In Danish folklore, however, the figure Finn was not a giant but an ugly troll instead. This Finn is said to be depicted on a pillar in the crypt of this cathedral dating early twelfth century. A Swedish legend has it ‘Finn the Giant’ built the cathedral of Lund in southern Sweden near Malmö. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy.The name Finn is widely known. While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. Between 19, Tolkien applied the term legendarium to the larger part of these writings. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.Īfter his father's death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. A wizard is never late, nor is he early.
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