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The White CouncilRe: The Hands of the King...Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: The Hands of the King...Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Goodgulf on July 27, 2000 at 12:15:24 In Reply to: The Hands of the King... posted by Mordomin on July 27, 2000 at 11:45:08:
No. That wasn't Gandalf's gift. But I think that Aragorn as King is more a throwback to legend and perhaps to some pre-Christian and post-Christian views that the king is viewed as a healer just as the King of kings (Christ) is not merely a saviour, but able to heal all sickness and woe. Medieval literature often displays kings in this way. But Tolkien is careful not to make Aragorn into a Christ figure. Aragorn is not perfect. Tolkien just uses some very familiar archetypes that are embodied in Aragorn as the benign and just king. I don't recall reading in the Bible where an angel ever healed anyone, and if we assume that Gandalf is a sort of angelic being, then it fits in with Tolkien's religious views.
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