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'''Lintips''' were mysterious creatures only mentioned in [[ | '''Lintips''' were mysterious creatures only mentioned in ''[[One upon a Time]]''. Escaping and laughing at [[Tom Bombadil|Tom]], he complains that they are the "only things that won't talk to me, say what they do or what they be".<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Once upon a Time]]", in ''[[The Young Magicians]]'' (ed. [[Lin Carter]])</ref> | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
As in the case of the [[Mewlips]], [[Tolkien fandom|readers]] have "failed to identify a source of the 'lintips'".<ref>{{CG|RG}}, p. 689</ref> [[Rhona Beare]] has suggested that the lintips correspond to the "gleaming [[spirits (creatures)|spirits]]" that danced and sipped radiance from the buttercups, in Tolkien's earlier poem ''[[An Evening in Tavrobel]]'', which was probably the basis of ''One upon a Time''.<ref>{{ATB|A2}}, p. 284</ref> | |||
As in the case of the [[Mewlips]], [[Tolkien fandom|readers]] have "failed to identify a source of the 'lintips'".<ref>{{CG|RG}}, p. 689</ref> [[Rhona Beare]] has suggested that the lintips | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-mystery-of-lintips.html The Mystery of Lintips] by [[Douglas A. Anderson]] | *[http://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-mystery-of-lintips.html The Mystery of Lintips] by [[Douglas A. Anderson]] | ||
Revision as of 11:42, 23 February 2021
Lintips were mysterious creatures only mentioned in One upon a Time. Escaping and laughing at Tom, he complains that they are the "only things that won't talk to me, say what they do or what they be".[1]
Inspiration
As in the case of the Mewlips, readers have "failed to identify a source of the 'lintips'".[2] Rhona Beare has suggested that the lintips correspond to the "gleaming spirits" that danced and sipped radiance from the buttercups, in Tolkien's earlier poem An Evening in Tavrobel, which was probably the basis of One upon a Time.[3]
External links
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Once upon a Time", in The Young Magicians (ed. Lin Carter)
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: II. Reader's Guide, p. 689
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond (eds), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Once upon a Time and An Evening in Tavrobel", p. 284
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