Crazy Alchemist

The name 'Middle-earth' is Old English for the human world between gods and chaos. What Tolkien built on that foundation drew from Norse Eddas, Anglo-Saxon poetry, Finnish Kalevala, Greek philosophy, Arthurian legend, Celtic mythology, Plato's Atlantis, and medieval Catholic theology. A deep source guide to the real origins of his mythology.

Der Name „Mittelerde“ ist Altenglisch für die Menschenwelt zwischen Göttern und Chaos. Was Tolkien auf diesem Fundament errichtete, schöpfte aus den nordischen Eddas, dem angelsächsischen Schrifttum, dem finnischen Kalevala, griechischer Philosophie, der Artuslegende, keltischer Mythologie, Platons Atlantis und mittelalterlicher katholischer Theologie. Ein tiefer Quellenführer zu den wahren Ursprüngen seiner Mythologie.

Ime „Srednja zemlja“ potiče iz staroengleskog i označava ljudski svet između bogova i haosa. Ono što je Tolkin izgradio na toj osnovi crpelo je iz nordijskih Eda, anglosaksonske poezije, finske Kalevale, grčke filozofije, arturijanske legende, keltske mitologije, Platonove Atlantide i srednjovekovne katoličke teologije. Dubinski vodič kroz stvarne izvore njegove mitologije.

Sarah Winchester built a mansion for 38 years without stopping. 161 rooms, 2,000 doors, stairs to ceilings, doors that open onto nothing. The legend says ghosts told her to build. The history says something stranger: nobody knows why she did it.

The word for soul meant breath in every ancient language. Sumerian zi, Egyptian ba, Sanskrit atman, Hebrew nephesh, Greek psyche, all trace back to the same observation: the living breathe, the dead do not. When did this breath become an immortal soul? The oldest written records tell a story older than any single religion.