Episode 198: Lord of the Rings Influences

Notes:

In this episode, the Verbivore references several TED-Ed videos in this conversation. They are:

- TED-Ed The Norse myth that inspired “The Lord of the Rings” - Iseult Gillespie

- TED-Ed Plato's allegory of the ring - Alex Gendler  

- TED-Ed The myth of Arachne - Iseult Gillespie

- TED-Ed The myth of Hercules: 12 labors in 8-bits - Alex Gendler

- TED-Ed - The myth of Cupid and Psyche - Brendan Pelsue

The Verbivore also references a quote from Tolkien’s forward that’s included in the 2nd edition. That is:

- “An author cannot of course remain wholly unaffected by his experience, but the ways in which a story-germ uses the soil of experience are extremely complex, and attempts to define the process are at best guesses from evidence that is inadequate and ambiguous.”

We also mention several MasterClasses. They are:

- Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/neil-gaiman-teaches-the-art-of-storytelling

- Ron Howard Teaches Directing - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/ron-howard-teaches-directing

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- The Lord of the Rings Book Set by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

- Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Anonymous 

- Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

- Harry Potter Box Set (Books 1-7) by J. K. Rowling

- The Complete Fables by Aesop

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