Before #Tolkein wrote #TheLordOfTheRings there was ##TheWormOuroboros.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worm_Ouroboros

I've found a pretty good #Audiobook of it ( and Lord knows I'm a picky bastard when it comes to audiobook performers).

The beginning with #ThomasTheRhymer is good.

Now to stay awake for chapter 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkbp4XuikQ

The Worm Ouroboros - Wikipedia

In the ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, Thomas encountered a woman so beautiful that he initially addressed her as the Queen of Heaven. However, she corrected him by identifying herself as the Queen of Elfland before taking Thomas away to her realm for seven years. #MythologyMonday

🎨: H. M. Brock

#Folklore #ThomasTheRhymer #Fairy #QueenOfElfland #Elfland #HMBrock #Scotland #ScottishFolklore

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As Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." But in Gregory Frost's #SciFi-infused epic #fantasy novel "Rhymer" — or is it a fantasy-flavored sci-fi story? — it's an advanced race that's mistaken for magic creatures. To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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#GregoryFrost #GregoryFrostInterview #GregoryFrostRhymer #GregoryFrostRhymerInterview #ThomasTheRhymer #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction
Exclusive Interview: "Rhymer" Author Gregory Frost ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Rhymer" Author Gregory Frost \ In which he discusses this epic fantasy sci-fi novel about Thomas The Rhymer.

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Hardown Hill, Dorset.

And see ye not that bonny road
That winds about the fernie brae?
That is the road to fair Elfland
Where thou and I this night maun gae.

#nature #countryside #dorset #ThomasTheRhymer