"Entmoot" by @larihuttunen. https://photography.huttu.net/pics/010849529-entmoot">https://photography.huttu.net/pics/0108... #fantasy #lotr #lordoftherings #ents #treeshepherds #limousin #france #blackandwhite #monochrome #tolkien #entmoot

If you haven’t guessed, I’m a big fan of J.R.R. #Tolkien and have been, ever since I read #lotr for the first time a loooong time ago (34 years to be exact). #fantasy #fanart #wallart #literature #photography

The #ents and Tom Bombadil are of course things that resonate well with Finns because of the #Kalevala connection.

If you are not familiar with #Kalevala, I highly recommend it and it has been translated into 61 languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kalevala_translations">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...

Fun fact that #lotr has been translated into 38 or 38 languages counting in The Hobbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translations_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tran...

It is also a known fact that #Tolkien drew a lot of inspiration from #Kalevala and the Finno-Ugric languages.

I specifically use the term Finno-Ugric or even Uralic, as I’ve been closely following the rise of the #Karelian activism put forth by @poromorko et alia. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌🏻" title="Ok hand (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Ok hand (light skin tone)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏻" title="Thumbs up (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (light skin tone)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪🏼" title="Flexed biceps (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Flexed biceps (medium light skin tone)">

Why I think this is relevant to the photograph that instigated this thread is that Finns are as guilty of #cultural #imperialism as are the French or Spanish for example. The location for this image is in the heartlands of the #Occitan people.