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Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn : ウィキペディア英語版 | Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn
''Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn'' is a fantasy novel by British author Robert Holdstock. It was originally published in the United States in 1997 (and in the United Kingdom under the title ''Gate of Ivory'' in 1998.) The story is a prequel to ''Mythago Wood'' and explores Christian Huxley's quest into Ryhope Wood and the apparent suicide of his mother, Jennifer Huxley. The title of the book refers to the gates of horn and ivory described in both Homer's ''Odyssey'' and Virgil's ''Aeneid''. Because the story is a prequel, reading the novel ''Mythago Wood'' and the novella ''The Bone Forest'' will illuminate ''Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn'' for first time readers. Reading the Wikipedia article on ''Mythago Wood'' will help in understanding issues and terminology in this article. ==Conception== The tale ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' was an inspiration according to the author.〔Holdstock, Robert ''Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn'', (New York, NY: Roc Books, 1997), Acknowledgements page.〕 David Langford, an author, editor and literary critic, points out that the multitude of impossible tasks placed before one of the main characters is based on the ''Mabinogion's'' incomplete tale of Culhwch and Olwen.〔Langford, David ''Supernatural Fiction Writers, Second Edition, Volume 1'', ed. Richard Bleiler (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003), page 450.〕
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