Taran Wanderer | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Mirror of Llunet - The three witches, Orddu, Orgoch, and Orwen tell Taran that he can find the answers he is seeking by looking into this. Taran spends the majority of the novel searching for this, finally finding it in the final chapter.

Sword - This was given to Taran by Dallben, the good wizard who cared for him as a child. Taran losses this to Dorath in a fight resulting from a debt Dorath felt Taran owed him.

Battle horn - Taran received this as a gift from his love, the...
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