Heroe (the hero) and o Bardo (the bard). He invented historic characters, like Ourens (trying to create a hero whose name would become the basis for the city of Ourense). Due to the poetic nature of his epic, Pondal's mythology would never become as complete or exhaustive as J. R. R. Tolkien's. Pondal tried to restore the Galician language in a time in which it lacked social status. Nature and women are the keys of his production. From a linguistic perspective, Pondal tried to mix the populist style of the Galician of his time, with different scholarly terms in the lexicon and syntax. He tried to write a long epic poem, Os Eoas, based on the discovery of the Americas, but he was never satisfied with his work and only published a first draft in 1858. Pondal died in La Luguesa hotel in A Coruña on 8 March 1917. He was buried in San Amaro cemetery. Galician Literature Day () was dedicated to Pondal in its third year, 1965. Works 1862: "A Campana de Anllóns (El canto de un Brigante)" 1877: Rumores de los pinos 1886: Queixumes dos pinos 1895: A campana de Anllóns 2005: Os Eoas Bibliography "Pondal Abente, Eduardo María". Diccionario enciclopédico galego universal 50. La Voz de Galicia. 2003-2004. p. 10-11. . "Pondal Abente, Eduardo María González". Dicionario biográfico de Galicia 3. Ir Indo. 2010-2011. pp. 120–123. "Pondal Abente, Eduardo María". Diciopedia do século 21 3. Do Cumio, Galaxia e do Castro. 2006. p. 1662. . "Pondal Abente, Eduardo María González". Enciclopedia Galega Universal 14. Ir Indo. 1999-2002. p. 34-35. . Angueira, A. (1995). De Rosalía a Dieste 33 anos das letras. Xerais. pp. 29–34. . Prólogo de Fernández del Riego. Carballo, R. (1975) [1963]. Historia da Literatura Galega Contemporánea. Galaxia. pp. 235–333. . Fernández del Riego, F. (1971) [1951]. Historia da Literatura Galega (2ª ed.). Vigo: Editorial Galaxia. pp. 101–106. Forcadela, Manuel (1988). A harpa e a terra. Unha visión da poesía lírica de Eduardo Pondal. Universitaria. Xerais. . Forcadela, Manuel (2005). "Pondal, Eduardo". Gran Enciclopedia Galega (DVD). El Progreso. . Freixeiro Mato, X. R.; Gómez Sánchez, A. (1998). Historia da lingua galega. A Nosa Terra. . Gómez, A.; Queixas, M. (2001). Historia xeral da literatura galega. A Nosa Terra. p. 148-158. . Martínez Murguía, Manuel (1886). Los precursores. A Coruña, Biblioteca Gallega, La Voz de Galicia. Méndez Ferrín, Xosé Luis (1984). De Pondal a Novoneyra.