https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Psamathos_Psamathides&feed=atom&action=historyPsamathos Psamathides - Revision history2024-03-29T15:09:41ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Psamathos_Psamathides&diff=282548&oldid=prevMith: Added image2015-10-17T20:30:36Z<p>Added image</p>
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</table>Mithhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Psamathos_Psamathides&diff=253271&oldid=prevTik: iw fi2014-08-21T19:39:37Z<p>iw fi</p>
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</table>Tikhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Psamathos_Psamathides&diff=253259&oldid=prevMith: Added link to the moon2014-08-21T16:45:29Z<p>Added link to the moon</p>
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</table>Mithhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Psamathos_Psamathides&diff=253233&oldid=prevSage: expanded etymological information2014-08-21T08:17:20Z<p>expanded etymological information</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Psamathos Psamathides''' was a wizard in ''[[Roverandom]]''. Psamathos is the oldest of the ''Psamathists'' - sand-sorcerers - is exceedingly old and wise, and enjoys spending his days sleeping in the sand.<ref name="Roverandom">{{HM|R}}</ref>{{rp|11-12 ff}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Psamathos Psamathides''' was a wizard in ''[[Roverandom]]''. Psamathos is the oldest of the ''Psamathists'' - sand-sorcerers - is exceedingly old and wise, and enjoys spending his days sleeping in the sand.<ref name="Roverandom">{{HM|R}}</ref>{{rp|11-12 ff}}</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Psamathos Psamathides''' was a wizard in ''[[Roverandom]]''. Psamathos is the oldest of the ''Psamathists'' - sand-sorcerers - is exceedingly old and wise, and enjoys spending his days sleeping in the sand.<ref name="Roverandom">{{HM|R}}</ref>{{rp|11-12 ff}}<br />
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In the story, Psamathos helps Rover by turning him back into a real dog (albeit of smaller size).<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|12}} As Rover doesn't wish to go home, Psamathos has his postman [[Mew]] (a seagull) take Rover to the moon. When Rover (now "Roverandom") returned from the moon, Psamathos tried to return Roverandom to his normal size but his magic could not undo [[Artaxerxes]]'s spell.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|17}} Psamathos summons the giant whale [[Uin]] to take Roverandom to the bottom of the Deep Blue Sea to persuade Artaxerxes to return him to the normal size.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|55-8}} At the end of the story, Roverandom is reunited with Psamathos and they become good friends.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|9}}<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
[[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] note that the Psamathists were originally named ''[[wikipedia:Psammead|Psammead]]'', the sand fairies in the [[wikipedia:E. Nesbit|E. Nesbit]] story ''[[wikipedia:Five Children and It|Five Children and It]]''.<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|94}}<br />
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The meaning of ''Psamathos Psamathides'' name is "Sandy, the son of Sandy" whilst ''Psamathist'' is "expert on sand".<ref name="Roverandom"/>{{rp|95}}<br />
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