天鹅海 (Sea of Swans):终点前的海洋。因为有诗篇,所以这里不再多言。
太阳岛—天国花园 (Island of Sun—Garden of Heaven):可以理解为尘世间的“天堂”。
太阳树是解构起来最复杂的一个场景,花了我在飞机上整整两个小时(又或是三个?)
安徒生多半是在脑海里有棵特定的树,代表天国和一切最崇高,所以《天国花园》和《聪明人的宝石》里提到的树好像是同一棵,又有细微出入的地方,弄得我读到头晕又画了半天的图。总之,最后琢磨出来的太阳树就是分上下两层的,地面上一层地下一层。具体描写已在文中。
最后的最后——
圣戈萨赫罗。St. Gesarherro.
圣戈的地图草稿可以在L站找到。
是他们的第二个家。这百万字都源自于它了,我想也不需要说更多。
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III. 童话世界神谱
童话世界里面非人的生灵分三级:主神(梦、诗二神,也是唯二真正意义上、对世界有承载意义的神),教祇(魔鬼与天使),其他妖精/小神仙(接骨木树妈妈、沼泽女人、冰姑娘、丘比特、死神、幸运女神和悲伤女神等等。所有其他的、现实世界传说或非基督教神话中出现的存在,都算在这一类。他们之间并无高低区别,只有能力大小和能力范围之差)。
主神 > 教祇 > 其他妖精/小神仙。位低者必须听从于位高者,即使主神通常不会过多涉及人们的日常生活。梦、诗二神主要是童话世界魔法力量的躯体化承载,并不负责实际运作。
FT里面提及了很多不同文化的超自然生物,尽管主要仍以北欧神话为主。是否会在童话世界里出现评判标准只有一个:TA是否符合安徒生的故事现象学规律。
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IV. “莉莉的信”英文版
(源自Chapter 138)
My Dear Harry,
By now,you should have finished reading all the stories. I thought I’d write down something for you,as this would be the first book that your dad and I give to you. It won’t be the last,and you should know that books are good. Your mom loves them,simple or complex.
Of course,the things that I will write about now,are things that I will hopefully lead and guide you to know throughout your life(or at least the part that I am responsible for taking care of). You are not even one year old,and the thought of you growing up already starts to hurt. As your father says,sometimes,I can be a little sensitive.
But I guess,my dear son,it is never a bad idea to put down some words because as you will see one day,we often lose track of what we really believe and think. As a beginner-mom,I have already lost my temper on smallest things such as your dad letting his friends feed you apple juice…it’s a miracle that you didn’t get sick. I can now see why my mom,your grandma,used to say that mothers’job is to be always aware of how bad we can be. So yes,my dear son,I guess this is for me as well as for you.
You are 163 days old on the date of this note. Your father and I are planning to give this to you when you are seven,so you can read on your own with fewer problems. But you see,I’ve already bought this book and started imagining the day,just like how we look forwards to(while also nervous about)every stage of your life. If you’re reading this on your seventh birthday,or maybe a few years later(depending on how quick you learn),you should know that your mom is writing this,bearing in mind what I would like the seven-year-old myself to hear and hold for the years to come. And I trust you to be a cleverer boy than I ever was.
Childhood has been distant for me,my baby boy. It is something that you are lucky to be in right now. What’s more wonderful is that you still have a long way to go. I know you will soon start feeling the urge to grow up,as I did when I was at your age. But if there is one thing that I would tell the little girl I once was,it would be to cherish everything you have as a child,alongside all your imaginations. Your mom,no matter how boring I look nowadays,used to lay on the grass,stare at the clouds,and think about the conversations held between those white dogs and horses all the time. If you want to share news about your toys,or maybe the friends that no one else can see,I want you to know that I’m always here to listen.
The stories that you have read so far,they don’t just come in the shapes of colourful images. Of course,there are dancing dolls,singing flowers and chatty ducks,fairies in the woods and scary evils that will probably give you some nightmares(do come to us when you can’t sleep,ok? but only when you really can’t). As you would have known by now,there are also horrible things that happen in stories. There are bad guys and even people dying sometimes,just like how life will unravel in front of you.