Jason considers Lloyd Alexander's careful borrowing of material from Welsh mythology (especially stories from the Mabinogion) to create a compelling backdrop against which to tell his own stories. Article »
Jason Fisher
By day, Jason works as a software developer in Dallas, Texas. But as an independent scholar specializing in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, philology, and comparative linguistics, he has published essays, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters on these and related topics (view publications). Jason also writes on these subjects at his blog, Lingwë – Musings of a Fish.
Jason looks at how Alan Garner, a lesser-known fantasy author, incorporates northern mythological and folkloric elements into an fantasy adventure set in his home county of Cheshire. Article »