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- The Tolkien scholar Patrick Curry writes that the Slavic Radagast is the pagan patron of the Czech Beskyd mountains, depicted with a bird atop his horned helmet. In his view, this suggests that Tolkien's Radagast is one of many examples of paganism in Middle-earth.
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Pagans may speak as if there was just one deity, often "the Goddess", while accepting multiple deities; they may speak of nature or the Earth as divine, suggesting a form of pantheism, though this may shade into either animism or transcendentalism. There is thus a wide spectrum of belief.
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The Tolkien scholar Patrick Curry writes that the Slavic Radagast is the pagan patron of the Czech Beskyd mountains, depicted with a bird atop his horned helmet. In his view, this suggests that Tolkien's Radagast is one of many examples of paganism in Middle-earth .
The name Radagast may actually be Anglo-Saxon, and could have several interpretations, but, according to The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth, this name is derived from a Slavic pagan god. The name Radegast was a name for one of West Slavic lesser gods.
Jul 6, 2024 · Radagast the Brown, also known as Aiwendil, was one of the Wizards sent to Middle-earth to contest the will of Sauron. Originally a Maia of Yavanna, he had a strong affinity for animals. He dwelt, for a time, at Rhosgobel on the western eaves of Mirkwood, near the Gladden Fields on the Great River. [2] [3] History. Mage of Rhosgobel by Jef Murray.
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- Aiwendil, Hrávandil ( Q)"the Brown"
Dec 28, 2021 · Radagast, and all the wizards of Middle-earth, is incarnated Ainu (singular of Ainur), angelic spirits. In Tolkien’s cosmology, the Elves named two orders of the Ainur: the Valar, roughly ...
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May 1, 2014 · Who was Radagast the Brown? A member of the Order of wizards, Radagast was a Maia sent to Middle-earth to aid its inhabitants against the growing threat of Sauron. During the Council of Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf says of him:
Jul 27, 2010 · According to some sources (Unfinished Tales), Radagast was chosen by the Valar to be the partner of Saruman on his journey to Middle-earth. But if Radagast believed that Saruman was a friend, he was deceived.
