Tolkien
By Jack Keoseyan “Last of all Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and seized the axe of an orc-captain and wielded it two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and
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By Max Holtman The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the only video game with 99/100 on Metacritic, which raises the question: what was so great about the original game, especially regarding its storytelling? As we approach the release of the remake for this 1998 Nintendo classic, I
Thank you for supporting Mythic Mind on Patreon. We are now in the soft launch phase of the next chapter of the Mythic Mind Fellowship, and I’ve added you as a free member so you can follow along as we establish our new home. For now, this simply means
By Andrew Snyder When the Mythic Mind podcast first aired five years ago, I had no idea as to what it would become. It began with (fairly) regular postings about Kierkegaard as I worked on my doctoral dissertation and it followed my growing interest in fairy tales, Tolkien, Lewis, and
By Andrew Snyder In 2025, BBC put out an audio drama adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength. This is one of my favorite books, so I was naturally excited about the prospects here. I wanted this to succeed. With that being said, I certainly had a degree
By Andrew Snyder Are video games an unhealthy escape from responsibility and real-world achievements, or might they serve some real-world good? The answer, of course, is potentially both, but I have become increasingly convinced of their genuine value when they are approached in the right way. As a
By Andrew Snyder Whether you have read the books or only seen Peter Jackson’s movies, the odds are that you have at least a basic familiarity with The Lord of the Rings. These odds are increased by the fact that you opened this article. It is often assumed that
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By Jack Keoseyan Many, if not most, people are well aware of the fact that J.R.R. Tolkien was a Christian, specifically a devout Roman Catholic. While some Christians may remain suspicious of fantasy as such for religious reasons and many secular fans may try to pretend that Tolkien’