Place of Protection: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
m (update links) |
m (→[[Literature]]: clean up) |
||
Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
** Rivendell and Lothlorien in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' {{spoiler|because each is secretly protected by one of the Three Rings, though you wouldn't know it from the film version...}} |
** Rivendell and Lothlorien in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' {{spoiler|because each is secretly protected by one of the Three Rings, though you wouldn't know it from the film version...}} |
||
* [[Andre Norton]]'s ''[[Witch World]]'' novels, particularly the High Hallack cycle. Some areas have a benevolent aura which prevents evil creatures from entering. |
* [[Andre Norton]]'s ''[[Witch World]]'' novels, particularly the High Hallack cycle. Some areas have a benevolent aura which prevents evil creatures from entering. |
||
** The ''Witch World'' series also has examples of the inversion of this |
** The ''Witch World'' series also has examples of the inversion of this trope—stones and circles that are so overwhelmingly ''evil'' that they are not safe places to be near. |
||
* [[Susan Cooper]]'s ''[[The Dark Is Rising]]'' series book ''The Dark Is Rising''. The Old Ways (ancient roads) can be commanded to expel creatures of the Dark from them and prevent such creatures from passing over them. |
* [[Susan Cooper]]'s ''[[The Dark Is Rising]]'' series book ''The Dark Is Rising''. The Old Ways (ancient roads) can be commanded to expel creatures of the Dark from them and prevent such creatures from passing over them. |
||
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' churches act as these against unholy creatures. It's indicated that the significance of the church controls how difficult it is to enter it. |
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' churches act as these against unholy creatures. It's indicated that the significance of the church controls how difficult it is to enter it. |