The Wondrous Tale of the Bee-Wolf
Apr. 9th, 2023 12:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnOnce upon a time, JRR Tolkien wrote a fairy-tale retelling, an attempt to reconstruct an alternative version of the ancient poem called Beowulf*, and he called it Sellic Spell: 'strange tale' or 'wondrous tale'.
Once upon a time, on the long road home from the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf travelled with Beorn to his home and spent the winter with him before they crossed the mountains. On a winter's night while the snow fell, Beorn told a tale of his forebears.
The Wondrous Tale of the Bee-Wolf (8635 words, gen)
* flavoured with a 'foundling in a bear cave' plot device from Hrólfs saga kraka.
Once upon a time, on the long road home from the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf travelled with Beorn to his home and spent the winter with him before they crossed the mountains. On a winter's night while the snow fell, Beorn told a tale of his forebears.
The Wondrous Tale of the Bee-Wolf (8635 words, gen)
* flavoured with a 'foundling in a bear cave' plot device from Hrólfs saga kraka.
