Middle Earth's Messianic Mythology Remixed: Gandalf's Death and Resurrection in Novel and Film.

From: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture | Date: June 22, 2006 | Copyright information

Mark D. Stucky

Elkhart, IN

Abstract

In the mythology of the very influential The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien employed several Christ figures, the most obvious being the wizard Gandalf. In Tolkien's "fundamentally religious and Catholic" novel, the symbolism of Gandalf's "death and resurrection" scenes was implicit, but Peter Jackson's film versions visually made Gandalf's Christ-figure symbolism more explicit. This article will explore: <...

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