The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

Does “The Rings of Power” Have a Hidden Reference to C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inklings Group?

The Eagle and Child makes a surprise appearance on the Amazon show.

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Aaron Earls
Sep 09, 2022
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C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Narnia and Middle Earth. The two Oxford professors and their two fantasy worlds are inextricably linked, and that may even extend to The Rings of Power show.

In the second episode, we get a quick glance at some stone carvings outside the village of Tirharad in the Southlands at 44:40. One of those bears a striking resemblan…

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