Don Francisco De Orellana y Rodriguez, Time Travel, and an Origin of Tolkien’s Dreams
An example of the artistry and linguistics mastery of JRRT is simply the riddle Gollum poses in The Hobbit: “Sing without a voice, fly with no wings, bite without teeth, and speak without a mouth.” This tragic scene has one strange point of interest. It is so similar to an excerpt by Fernán Caballero in her book Stories, Riddles, and Popular Sayings (1877). Where is the Spanish connection? It is indeed a captivating tale of mentorship, bloodlines and literary influence.
Una Representante Puramente Americana: el Padre Francisco Javier Morgan
To make this link we have to trace history almost a century back to the year 1900. This was the time that Mabel Tolkien went to her local church with a patronage request. Here she encountered Father Francisco Javier Morgan, a father from El Puerto de Santa Maria near Cadiz. Father Morgan became an essential role in the life of the Tolkien family that took care of Ron and his brother’s education.
After the death of Mabel in 1904, Father Morgan took over the boys. He relocated them to Rednal, an idyllic village that shaped Tolkien’s future picture of the elvish sanctuary Rivendell.
It was also in this library that Tolkien first grew fond of languages and developed his first synthetic language, Naffarin, which was a mix of English and Spanish.
Byeongheon Language Legacy & Influence
There is a certain level of attachment that Tolkien had towards Father Francis which is evident through the way Francis is embedded in his languages. In 1917, Tolkien wrote a dictionary where one of the terms he defined was ‘Faidron/Faithron which means ‘Francis almost in Ma’ari commonly used in gnomish. Words such as these or their close derivatives such as ‘Faiden,’ which means ‘freedom,’ or ‘Faithir’ which is ‘to Liberate’ are words owing to the priest.
Father Francis also influenced the course of Tolkien’s private affairs. For instance, he ordered Ronald not to marry Edith Bratt, his future wife, until after his twenty-first birthday. This resembles Elrond’s disapproval of Aragorn’s pursuit of Arwen in the story of The Lord of the Rings.
Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates And Family Legacy
He was impacted by father Francis not only as a sponsor or mentor looking out for him. Through the funds generated by their family sherry wine business, the Osbornes managed to support the Tolkien brothers. Kindness like this stuck Ronald greatly who lovingly called Father Francis; Uncle Curro.
Father Chris father Francis even contributed to the puzzles in The Lord of the Rings including the Hobbit by some of his relatives and children. For example: Cecilia Bohl, who wrote the book Stories, Riddles and Popular Sayings, was his great-aunt
It is likely that the priest exposed Tolkien to this book which set the groundwork for Gollum’s iconic riddles many years later.
A Interestingly Bertín Osborne Relevance
The story gets surprising with the Osbornes when we shift the focus on the Osbornes family legacy. Bertín Osborne, the Spanish celebrity, links Tolkien to the sherry dynasty of Father Francis. Bertin, who turned 1954 that year same year Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was published, is the great-grand- nephew of the priest who influences Tolkien’s life in many ways.
It is not known whether Bertin was aware of these ties, nonetheless the a sherry in one hand and knowing that Bertin was watching Peter Jackson’s films is rather charming.
The Father Francis Legacy
There is a possibility that Father Francis may have offered inspiration for a few of Tolkien’s characters. He acts as a ● Gandalf who would © provide guidance and wisdom as well as a © Gandalf who would oppose the relationship between Edith and Ronald much like © Elrond’s objections to Aragorn propositioning Arwen.
Father Francis also embedded a degree of conservativeness in the world view of Tolkien which also affected his work. This view again, together with a staunch support of Franco during the Spanish Civil War, is rather quietly but strongly embedded in Tolkien’s works in terms of loyalty, duty and tradition.
Had it not been for Father Francis, life for Tolkien and perhaps Middle-earth would have been completely different.
From the puzzles of The Hobbit, through the construction of the universal themes of The Lord Rof the Rings his heritage is connected with languages Spanish, sherry wine, and a mentor’s devotion.