Kristine Larsen

Kristine Larsen is an American astronomer who has written often concerning on cosmological matters of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. She teaches physics and astronomy at Central Connecticut State University in Connecticut, USA.

She has written numerous articles for the Tolkien Society's journals Amon Hen and Mallorn, and has presented Tolkien papers at many Tolkien-related and othr conferences, sometimes with the role of moderator or presider.

Articles (selected)

• "A Definitive Identification of Tolkien's 'Borgil', An Astronomical and Literary Approach" in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2 (2005)
• "Tolkien's Burning Briar - an astronomical explanation" in Mallorn 43 (2005)
• "Swords and sky stones: Meteoric iron in The Silmarillion" in Mallorn 43 (2006)
• "Sauron, Mount Doom, and Elvish Moths: The Influence of Tolkien on Modern Science" in Tolkien Studies, vol. 4 (2007)
• "Rose-stained in the Sunset" in Amon Hen 209 (2008)
• "Arda Marred - The Evolution of the Queen of the Stars" in Mallorn 45 (2008)
• "A Little Earth of His Own: Tolkien's Lunar Creation Myths" in The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference (2008)
• "The Stone of Erech and the Black Stone of Ka'aba: meteorite or 'meteor-wrong'?" in Mallorn 48 (2009)
• "The words of Húrin and Morgoth: microcosm, macrocosm and the later legendarium" in Mallorn 49 (2010)
• "'Behold Your Music!': The Themes of Ilúvatar, the Song of Aslan, and the Real Music of the Spheres" in Music in Middle-earth (2010)
• "Silmaril or Simulacrum? Simulations of the Heavens in Middle-Earth" in Silver Leaves 3 (2010)
• "Myth, Milky Way, and the Mysteries of Tolkien's Morwinyon, Telumendil, and Anarríma" in Tolkien Studies, vol. 7 (2010)
• "And the Stars Were Hidden" in Amon Hen 229 (2011)
• "Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing" in Jason Fisher's Tolkien and the Study of His Sources (2011)
• "From Dunne to Desmond: disembodied time travel in Tolkien, Stapledon and Lost" in Mallorn 53 (2012)
• "'That sickle of the heavenly field': celestial motifs in The Lay of Leithian" in Mallorn 54 (2013)
• "'It passes our skill in these days': Primary World Influences on the Evolution of Durin's Day" in The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology: Essays on Revisions and Influences (2014)
• "'Alone Between the Dark and Light': "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" and Lessons from the Later Legendarium" for Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey (2014)
• "The Power of Pity and Tears: The Evolution of Nienna in the Legendarium" in Janet Brennan Croft's Perilous and Fair: Women in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work and Life (2015)
• "Melkor, Moon Runes, and Menelmacar: Middle-earth in the Science Classroom" in Leslie A. Donovan's Approaches to Teaching Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Other Works (2015)
• "'A Creature of an Older World': Tolkien and the Mythology of the Prehistoric" and "A 'Perilous, Lonely Venture': Tolkien, Lewis, and the Theo­logical Implications of Extraterrestrial Life" in Lembas Extra 2015 (2015)
• "Do Dwarves Wear Their Sunglasses at Night?" in Amon Hen 261 (2016)
• "Medieval Cosmology and Middle-earth: A Lewisian Walk Under Tolkienian Skies" in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 3 (2016)
• "The (Nearly) Discarded Image" in Amon Hen 268 (2017)
• "‘Diadem the Fallen Day’: Astronomical and Arboreal Motifs in the Poem ‘Kortirion Among the Trees’" in Poetry and Song in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien of the Peter Roe Series (2018)
• "'Linguistic Ghosts'... " in Amon Hen 270 (2018)
• "A Mythology for Poland: Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher Fantasy Series as a Tolkienian Subcreation" in Thomas Honegger and Dimitra Fimi's Sub-creating Arda (Cormarë Series, no. 40)
• "Darkness Amid the Day: Eclipses in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" in Amon Hen 276 (2019)
• "...Butterflies & Moths in the Primary & Secondary Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien" in Amon Hen 279 (2019)
• "Númenor and the devouring wave: literary, historical, and psychological sources for Tolkien's self-described "Atlantis Complex"" in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 11 (March 2021)
• "“I Am No Man”: Éowyn and Game of Thrones’ Lyanna Mormont" in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 12 (June 2021)
• Six essays in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 13 (October 2021)

External links

• Official website
• Kristine Larsen's work on Tolkien
• Curriculum Vitae
• Interview by Sara Brown on the Tolkien Experience Podcast, June 2021