The Fall of Númenor: The Flood in Tolkien’s Mythology

The present article aims to analyze the occurrence of the Universal Flood mytheme in J. R. R. Tolkien’s mythological narratives. The analysis is based on the definition of mytheme from Claude Lévi-Strauss structuralist perspective, as well as the aspects that assemble the Universal Flood mytheme. Fl...

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Main Authors: Isabela Brito Oliveira, Eduardo Marks de Marques
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná 2019-09-01
Series:Travessias
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Online Access:http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/22918