The Tombs of Atuan (edit title)

Shelfari edited the series of The Tombs of Atuan 9 days ago.

• Added this book in the series: Terramar book 2

Shelfari edited the characters of The Tombs of Atuan 9 days ago.

• Edited the description of Ged: Ged es apenas un muchacho cuando se revela en él un gran poder mágico, salvando a su aldea de una invasión. Como se relata en Un mago de Terramar, es instruido por el mago Ogión, quien lo envía a Roke, donde se convierte en un Mago, pero debiendo aprender las reglas del mundo de Terramar como se refiere en el libro. Posteriormente se convierte en un legendario mago de Terramar, al recuperar el Anillo de Erreth-Akbé (como se relata en Las tumbas de Atuan), y conseguir sanear la brecha que se ha abierto en el mundo en La costa más lejana, restableciendo también el linaje real de Terramar.
• Edited the description of Tenar: Uno de los personajes principales de la serie Terramar, principal personaje en Las Tumbas de Atuan, y en Tehanu, compañera de Ged, es la sacerdotisa de Las Tumbas, que en ese entonces era llamada Arha, la devorada, hasta que llega Ged y le recuerda su nombre verdadero, y juntos escapan hacia Havnor, llevando el brazalete de Erreth-Akbè con ellos. En Tehanu es la madre adpotiva de de Therru, la niña quemada, y en el otro viento, es la invitada del Rey Lebannen, junto con su hija, y tiene uno de los papeles principales en esta historia.

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 46 books, including The Tombs of Atuan, 9 days ago.

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 46 books, including The Tombs of Atuan, 9 days ago.

Nick G edited the books like this book of The Tombs of Atuan 10 days ago.

• Added The Oracle Betrayed: Book One of The Oracle Prophecies (The Oracle Prophecies)

Shelfari edited the description of The Tombs of Atuan 3 weeks ago.

• WHEN YOUNG TENAR is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain. With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Shelfari edited the summary of The Tombs of Atuan Friday, October 30 2009.

• The story centers on a Kargish child who is taken from her family and dedicated as the high priestess in the service of the "Nameless Ones""Nameless Ones" on the island of Atuan. Her true name is Tenar, but she is renamed Arha, "the"the eaten one",one", when she is formally consecrated to the gods' service at age six, as all the high priestesses are considered reincarnations of the first.

  Tenar's youth is a haunting contrast between lighthearted childish escapades and dark, solemn rituals. Gradually she comes to accept her lonely, anonymous role, and to feel at home in the unlit underground labyrinth, the eponymous Tombs, where the malevolent, powerful Nameless Ones dwell, and where prisoners are sent for a slow death. Indeed, as she becomes aware of the political machinations among the older priestesses, the Tombs become a refuge to her, as she is the only one who may freely move through the labyrinth under them.

  Ged, the protagonist of A Wizard of Earthsea, meets Tenar when she is fifteen years old. He comes to the Tombs in order to find the long-lost half of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, a magical talisman necessary for peace in Earthsea, which had been broken centuries before. (The other half has come into his possession, though it takes a dragon to inform him what it really is.) Arha finds him wandering, lost in the magic-laced labyrinth, and traps him underground to die in order to punish what she sees as sacrilege. She goes back and forth in her mind as to whether she should kill him. Yet in her loneliness, she is drawn to him and listens as he tells her of the outside world.

  Tenar is eventually won over by Ged's kindness. She realizes that the Nameless Ones demand her service, but give nothing and create nothing in return. Ged must expend his strength continually on hiding himself from the Nameless Ones, as they would kill him if they detected his presence. She helps him escape from the Tombs with the other half of the ring, as he frees her from the priesthood.

  source: Wikipedia

Griffin edited the characters of The Tombs of Atuan Friday, October 2 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Ged
• Added a character: Tenar

Amanda approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of The Tombs of Atuan Thursday, August 20 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Tombs of Atuan Friday, July 31 2009.

• WHEN YOUNG TENAR is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain. With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.