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This cover art is for a Russian version of the first three Earthsea books, published in two volumes. This is the second volume, and contains only The Farthest Shore - hence these characters are all ...

I don't have my copies handy, but, off the top of my head, no, the first book does not, as it has precious few named females, and as far as I recall, none of them spend time talking to each other. (...

Probably none (with caveats) It’s hard to tease out the nature of magic in Earthsea, because much of what we have comes from people’s opinions. Further, Le Guin’s conception of her world seems to have ...

"O let the Nameless Ones behold the girl given to them, who is verily the one born ever nameless. Let them accept her life and the years of her life until her death, which is also theirs. Let ...

The identity of the black figure is unknown, except that it was probably one of the priestesses. The reasons for believing it was a priestess are twofold. Firstly, there is the mention of the "...

The natures of the various dark powers of the Earth is one of the least explored elements of Earthsea's cosmology. In particular, the episode at the Court of the Terrenon in Osskil is probably the ...

The Immanent Grove is one of the Old Powers, and is said to mingle its roots with all forests and woods in Earthsea. It is a mystery of connection, of integrity. As a symbol, it resonates with other ...

Initially, Ged thought it was only a matter of reaching the shadow in land or sea. Therefore, since he always knew where the shadow was, it was only a matter of time. He knew he would reach it, sooner ...

The second book, The Tombs of Atuan, has multiple named female characters who speak to each other at length about daily life and about the titular "tombs", mentioning men only in passing in a few ...

For the second question, I interpreted it being a seperate section of steps directly in front of the throne - either a physically separated section, so that the figures in white and black came down ...

Since Ged had entered the Tombs, he had used his Mage skills to weave 'a vast network' of spells of concealment and sleep on the Nameless Ones- the powers of the Earth of that particular spot- for his ...