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Guy Gavriel Kay

2022-05-24T18:11:43Z

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==Work on ''The Silmarillion''==

Christopher Tolkien has commented that "almost every substantial change", made to his father's manuscripts for publication as ''The Silmarillion'' in 1977, was:

{{Blockquote|discussed with Guy Kay. He indeed made many suggestions for the construction of the text (such as, in the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], the introduction of a passage from the [[Lay of Leithian]]), and proposed solutions to problems arising in the making of a composite narrative -- in some cases of major significance to the structure ...|<ref>{{LR|P2VI}}, p. 302</ref>}}

==Inspiration==
When asked how [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] influenced his work, Kay responded:

{{Blockquote|The influences are complex and might be unexpected. Take too long to answer properly. I'll say this, the main effect of my year working on The Silmarillion was to reduce the level of awe and the sense of a vast shadow (if I may put it that way, speaking of this!) lying over High Fantasy. Because I saw the false starts, the errors, the drafts and redrafts, I emerged, quite young, with a sense that The Lord of the Rings and his other work had not simply sprung full-grown from the high brow of easy genius, but that long, diligent work might produce something. I was desensitized, in a way, to intimidation.|From an interview with Kay for a website.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19991004002337/http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/chats/transcripts/040899.html|articlename=Transcript of Chat with Guy Gavriel Kay|dated=8 April 1999|website=Eventhorizon.com (archived)|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref>}}

When asked by another website how Tolkien affected his work, Kay responded:

{{Blockquote|I think, looking back, that the exposure to JRRT's drafts, notes, false starts, dead ends helped to make me less awed and intimidated, later, when I started my own large fantasy. At the time I began Fionavar most of the 'serious' writers exploring fantasy were working AWAY from the epic form, as if surrendering it. That was the period when, for example, 'urban fantasy' was being shaped. My experience with The Silmarillion and the papers helped me to avoid that need to 'go somewhere else' in fiction. Later, I did move elsewhere to a degree, but it was because I was testing my own boundaries as a writer, not because I was abandoning the form.|From an interview with Kay on Wotmania.com<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050827211542/http://wotmania.com/fantasymessageboard.asp|articlename=Other Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay (unavailable)|dated=19 August 2005|website=[http://web.archive.org/web/20050827211542/http://wotmania.com/ Wotmania.com (archived)]|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref>}}

Kay has further commented that "''Tolkien is a master class in harnessing myth and legend to narrative and theme''."<ref name=FBC>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2013/03/interview-with-guy-gavriel-kay/|articlename=Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay|dated=21 March 2013|website=[http://www.fantasybookcafe.com Fantasybookcafe.com]|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.brightweavings.com/ Official website]
*{{WP|Guy Gavriel Kay}}
* [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/29/guy-gavriel-kay-jrr-tolkien-interview-fionovar-tapesty-the-summer-tree Guy Kay interview] at The Guardian.

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Elanor (flower)

2022-05-17T18:47:22Z

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{{disambig-more|Elanor|[[Elanor (disambiguation)]]}}
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'''''Elanor''''' was a golden, star-shaped flower that grew in abundance in the forest of [[Lothlórien|Lórien]].<ref>{{FR|Lorien}}</ref> [[Samwise Gamgee]] thought highly of the flower and, at [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo's]] suggestion, named his eldest daughter, [[Elanor Gardner]], from it.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}</ref>

It was one of the flowers brought by the Elves of [[Tol Eressëa]] to [[Númenor]] in the [[Second Age]]. Elanor and [[Lissuin]] were used to decorate the ships during the wedding of [[Aldarion]] and [[Erendis]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref>

It was like "a pimpernel (perhaps a little enlarged) growing sun-golden flowers and star-silver ones on the same plant, and sometimes the two combined".<ref>{{L|312}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The word ''elanor'' means "Sun-star" in [[Sindarin]] (from ''[[êl]]'' = "star" and ''anor'' = "[[Sun]]").
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Elanor (flower)

2022-05-17T18:46:46Z

172.70.211.157:

{{disambig-more|Elanor|[[Elanor (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Pronounce|Elanor.mp3|Ardamir}}
'''''Elanor''''' was a golden, star-shaped flower that grew in abundance in the forest of [[Lothlórien|Lórien]].<ref>{{FR|Lorien}}</ref> [[Samwise Gamgee]] thought highly of the flower and, at [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo's]] suggestion, named his eldest daughter, [[Elanor Gardner]], from it.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}</ref>

It was one of the flowers brought by the Elves of [[Tol Eressëa]] to [[Númenor]] in the [[Second Age]]. Elanor and [[Lissuin]] were used to decorate the ships during the wedding of Aldarion and Erendis. <ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref>

It was like "a pimpernel (perhaps a little enlarged) growing sun-golden flowers and star-silver ones on the same plant, and sometimes the two combined".<ref>{{L|312}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The word ''elanor'' means "Sun-star" in [[Sindarin]] (from ''[[êl]]'' = "star" and ''anor'' = "[[Sun]]").
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