"Tombs of Atuan" or Ursula Le Guin's fantasy world

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The amazing world of the Earthsea archipelago Ursula Le Guin creates with love and a subtle understanding of the laws of nature and magic. The reader is involved in a journey through an unknown world, meets wise heroes, each of whom has his own difficult story.

The new book "Tombs of Atuan" is a continuation of a series of novels about enchanted worlds. In it, the reader will meet again with the wise magician Ged. He had already met this character in the story "Wizard of Earthsea". There will also be new heroes with no less powerful abilities.

Great Amulet of Peace

The tombs of Atuan were built hundreds of years ago, when the history of the Kargad Empire was in its infancy. They have their secrets, which are guarded by priestesses and dragons. In the Great Treasury of the Tombs, according to legend, for a long time there is a part of the magic ring, which was broken and lost its power. This part has been lying there ever since he brought it there. High Priest Intatin after the fight with the wizard.

The other half is with the magician Ged. But he learned about this quite recently from the Dragon, so he gathered in the Sacred Big Labyrinth to steal the missing part of the ring and, by connecting both parts, become the owner of a mysterious power that binds lands and people. But the fact is that only the One can go through the Great Labyrinth and get out of it, avoiding a tragic fate.

The magician penetrates the Tombs of Atuan with the help of his abilities and meets the fifteen-year-old Priestess of the Silent - Aru. She was supposed to kill a stranger, but did not do this, neglected her duties. The girl noticed in the light of the false reflections of the flickering light of the wanderer's staff something that she had long wanted to see. On his chest was the other half of a broken amulet ring that she knew could bring happiness to the world.

The Priestess Who Has a Heart

The girl has been preparing for a great honor since the age of five and has reached unprecedented heights. All her life, Ara studied ritual dances and sacred chants. And now she was entrusted with a high position in the management of the Sacred Labyrinth of the Tombs of Atuan. Meeting the wizard in the Labyrinth, Ara went against the will of the Nameless and gave life to Ged. And it was he who was looking for a part of the amulet in the Sacred Dungeons of the Labyrinth.

Year after year, Ara got to know the Labyrinth more and more, but not all of its secrets were revealed to her. The darkness did not dissipate, and the girl does not know where to godid not decide. She lacked knowledge, although she felt her ever-increasing power. She would like to see that part of the amulet that is hidden in the bowels of the Labyrinth, and she would not refuse to find out the fate of its second half.

Power of the Labyrinth

In her book The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula Le Guin endowed these places with great power, like everything that belongs to them. The ring, in search of a part of which Ged went, is the bearer of a runic symbol, lost long ago by mankind. This rune is sacred and means Peace, its possession makes it possible to unite people on earth, giving them peace and quiet happiness.

Tombs of Atuan will be able to realize the people's dream of a life without wars, but for this, Are and Ged need to get out of the Labyrinth and leave the Temple in search of the truth. The young priestess regained her birth name. Tenar, that was the name of her mother and father until she was imprisoned within the walls of the Temple to prepare her to be the successor of the High Priestess.

Going on a journey through the magical world, Ged and Tenar went through many trials side by side and became close to each other as two people who have different purposes in life can be close, but fate pushed them together on one narrow road.

To be continued

The story of the wizard Ged does not end with the last words in this novel. It has a continuation that forces the reader to follow the magician further, following his adventures. Following Ged out of the dark gloomy dungeons, the reader finds himself in wonderful lands where magic reigns andjustice. Where strange flowers grow and unseen animals live.

Where will the hero of the novel end up in the next story? What fate awaits him and who will he meet on his next journey? And continuation, according to all the laws of the genre, will certainly follow. The world of fantasy gives Ursula Le Guin, the famous writer, a rich scope for creating magical stories. They grab, don't let go, make you wait for more.