Citations

The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs

(Accessed July 7, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin

(Accessed July 30, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)

(Accessed July 30, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)

(Accessed July 19, 2023)

Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44

Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”

Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek website

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)

Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985. 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed June 24, 2023)

SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcasts

https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

Citations

Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. London:Allen & Unwin, 1975. (eBook published Nov 8, 2018) 

Alliance of Arda facebook page, Accessed September 6, 2021

https://www.facebook.com/allianceofarda

Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

Wikipedia “Tower of Silence” entry, Accessed September 4, 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence 

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Sources

Tolkien, J.R.R., Letters from Father Christmas, edited by Baillie Tolkien, “eISBN 978-0-547-95190-4 v2.1216” (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).

Fimi, Dimitra, “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole” December 21, 2017, from the website called “The Conversation”- http://theconversation.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-christmas-letters-to-his-children-bring-echoes-of-middle-earth-to-the-north-pole-89464 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Swank, Kris (2013) "The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9  (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Carpenter, Humphrey “The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien” published by Allen & Unwin, London. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Tolkien Gateway website, entry for “Arktik” http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Arktik (Accessed Nov 25, 2019). 

Ratecliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit, Harper Collins Publishers, EPub Edition © OCTOBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007369669. (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

The background song is “Sonata Romantique G Maj” written by: Stephen Keech, performed by: Wild Wonder. 

https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8510

Citations

Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017.

URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 11 (2001): 37–63. Published online by Cambridge University Press.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440101000032 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Editing and production by James Pierson

Clare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914

YouTube presentation: “Clare Moore - 'The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in Tolkien's Fantasy'” Originally presented at The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, July 3, 2021. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSj_Z5jy9w (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)

A List of Clare’s publications on “Tolkienists.org” website:

https://tolkienists.org/clare-moore/ (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)

Sources mentioned this episode:

Ria Cheyne: Disability, Literature, Genre: Representations and Affect in Contemporary Fiction

Open Source JStore link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvsn3pp7 (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Irina Metzler’s lecture: Tolkien and Disability (From the Tolkien Society Summer Seminar in 2016)

From the Tolkien Society’s YouTube: https://youtu.be/epx1d4fzmmw (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Lois Bragg, disability studies scholar:

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Lois-Bragg-2052429775 (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Dr. Dimitra Fimi, Tolkien scholar:

http://dimitrafimi.com/ (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Her book Clare mentioned: Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, November 2008): https://dimitrafimi.com/books/tolkien-race-and-cultural-history-2/

Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Tolkien scholar:

https://english.umd.edu/directory/verlyn-flieger (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Victoria Holtz Wodzak: Tolkien’s Gimpy Heroes

From Mythlore, 10-15-2018, Volume 37, Number 1: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss1/7/ (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Victoria Holtz Wodzak: Tolkien Sidelined: Constructing the Non-Combatant in The Children of Hurin

From Mythlore, 4-15-2015, Volume 33, Number 2: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiThreKudL-AhUqI0QIHVEcAGIQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdc.swosu.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1021%26context%3Dmythlore&usg=AOvVaw3sRCH2eSTO5sKMrbdmkkDa  (Accessed April 30, 2023)

John Garth’s essay: The Chronology of Creation: How J.R.R. Tolkien Misremembered the Beginnings of his Mythology

Found in the book: “The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien” edited by Richard Ovenden and Catherine McIlwaine 

Author’s website: https://johngarth.co.uk/ (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Megan Whalen Turner: The Queen’s Thief series 

Author’s website: http://meganwhalenturner.org/ (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Intisar Khanani: The Dauntless Path series 

Author’s website: https://booksbyintisar.com/ (Accessed April 30, 2023)

Stef and Jude are joined by Tolkien collecting expert and moderator of the Tolkien Collector’s Guide, Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson. Andrew tells us about his experience collecting and sharing the Professor’s material culture. As it is the holiday season, we finish our discussion with the Father Christmas Letters. Thank you for joining us, Andrew! 

Citations: 

Thank you to our special guest, Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson!

Andrew’s Bsky: @trotter.tolkienguide.com

Tolkien Collector’s Guide website: https://www.tolkienguide.com/

Tolkien Collector’s Guide Calendar: https://www.tolkienguide.com/calendar/

Guide to Tolkien Letters: https://www.tolkienguide.com/guide/letters/

Tolkien Collector’s Guide YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@tolkienguide?si=_30xJ-HNmvRKXokq

You Tube Videos featuring Andrew’s collection: 

Part 1: https://youtu.be/8LMYXyxMK9I?si=pYb3hHxxdmLvKcGH

Part 2: https://youtu.be/6ir_GzMZv5k?si=-0IvfM30qkgQDXYi

Andrew’s Prancing Pony Podcast appearance:

Episode 231 “Spirits in the Material World” December 5, 2021: https://theprancingponypodcast.com/2021/12/05/231-spirits-in-the-material-world/

Other announcements-

Tolkien Society Hybrid Seminar 2024 – Tolkien as Heritage

In partnership with with Tolkinovo društvo Srbije (the Tolkien Society of Serbia) and Centar za Muzeologiju I Heritologiju (the Centre for Museology and Heritology, the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade)

December 7-8, 2024

Information at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkien-as-heritage/

Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025

May 9-11 in Kansas City, Missouri, at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. 

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoot-2025/

*Early bird Discount: Register before December 7, 2024 and use the discount code AZOG to receive a $30 discount on your registration fee!

Find us on the web at https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabeth

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Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

We are bummed that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is over. Join us for one last AthraChat for episode 8, “Shadow and Flame.” Beware of spoilers and sexy Sauron. 

Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/

Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

Citations

Athraplay RPG actual-play podcast info and audition form:

http://www.tinyurl.com/athraplay  

How to find Wizardwaykris-

Website: https://elf-boi.com/ 

WizardWay Merch (Spring): https://wizardwaykris.creator-spring.com/ 

TikTok: @wizardwaykris

You Tube: Wizard Way Kris https://www.youtube.com/c/wizardwaykris 

Twitter: @WizardWayKris

Instagram: @wizardwaykris

“You all are welcome here” merch: https://www.donmarshall72sstore.com/ 

Dawn Walls-Thumma’s website: http://dawnfelagund.com/

Citations: 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

Citations

Chisholm, Chad (2019) "Saruman as ‘Sophist’ or Sophist Foil? Tolkien’s Wizards and the Ethics of Persuasion," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 37 : No. 2 , Article 6.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss2/6

Ruud, Jay (2010) "The Voice of Saruman: Wizards and Rhetoric in The Two Towers," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 28 : No. 3 , Article 10. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol28/iss3/10

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Wizards”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wizards

Accessed April 25, 2022

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

The craftsmen, blacksmiths, and even celestial makers of Tolkien's middle-Earth frequently find themselves straying from the straight and narrow path laid out for them by Ilúvatar. In this episode we look at some examples of these makers to see what qualities they share that might account for their vulnerability, and how some are able to avoid it.

Show Notes
Content Warning - In this episode there is a brief discuss of sexual assault from 58:54 to 1:03:16
Episode 5 Extras: Elven Names
Athrabeth Logo Explainer
Join Athrabeth's new Discord!

Works Referenced This Episode
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Laws and Customs among the Eldar, Of Naming"
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", Note on Mother-names
The Silmarillion, just like all of it
Letter 131

Episode Notes

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Sources

Elyanna's (@itariilles on twitter) post: https://itariilles.tumblr.com/post/621530027851415552/my-statement-on-tolkien-2019-it-has-been

Research into Tolkien & Dungeons and Dragons:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/14/lordoftherings.jrrtolkien

http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2015/01/gaming-battle-of-five-armies.html

https://www.quora.com/To-what-extent-is-Dungeons-and-Dragons-influenced-by-Tolkiens-works

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letters 13,202)

Tolkien RPGS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Middle-earth_role-playing_games Accessed July 11, 2020

https://www.cubicle7games.com/unexpected-tor2-update/ Accessed July 11, 2020

https://sophisticated-games.com/about/ Accessed July 11, 2020

Thank you to Don Marshall for being on our show!

Don Marshall can be found at the following:

TikTok: DonMarshall72

Twitter: @DonMarshall72

Instagram: @DonMarshall72

You Tube: DonMarshall72

Twitch: DonMashall72

Mech store: www.donmarshall72merch.com

Cameo: DonMarshall72

“Reading and Explaining The Silmarillion (Anchor FM Podcast)”

Don’s fellow “TolkienTok” creators can be found on TikTok at:

@wizardwaykris

@knewbettadobetta

@acecondor30

@tengwarteacher 

Dawn Walls-Thumma, who Jude mentioned during this episode, can be found at:

https://dawnfelagund.com/

Dawn’s fanfiction organization, The Silmarillion Writers’ Guild, can be found at:

http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/efiction/home/index.php

Gorgeous Tolkien fanart mentioned in the episode by Leia Ham can be found on twitter 

@leiahamart and on the web at leiaham.com

Part 2 of our discussion of souls, eschatology, and the elven afterlife examines the properties inherent to fëa, including thought transmission, and then we discuss elven resurrection!

Show Notes
Join Athrabeth's new Discord!
Tolkien and Inspiration: A Multidisciplinary Symposium at the Morgan Library
Tensing the Copula by David Lewis, the philosophical essay jude referenced in this episode. (note: I kinda made a hash out of explaining why my brain leapt from tolkien’s philosophical musing on how the bodies are the same to the much more complicated topics advanced in this paper, but if you’re interested in checking it out anyway, heres a link)

Works Referenced This Episode
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), "Laws and Customs of the Eldar", published in Morgoth's Ring
M. Devaux, with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien and Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), "Fragments on elvish reincarnation", published in La Feuille de la Compagnie 3
J.R.R. Tolkien , "Ósanwe-kenta", published in Vinyar Tengwar issue 39
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), "Glorfindel", published in The Peoples of Middle-earth

Citations

The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs

(Accessed July 7, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin

(Accessed July 30, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)

(Accessed July 30, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)

(Accessed July 19, 2023)

Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44

Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”

Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek website

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)

Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985. 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed June 24, 2023)

SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcasts

https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Maiar

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Maiar (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Ossë

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oss%C3%AB (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Uinen

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Uinen (Accessed May 20, 2023)

Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: Númenor, the Mighty and Frail- Sunday July 2, 2023

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/

Clare Moore’s Twitter name: @claremoore914

Part 1 of what is currently planned to be a 3 part discussion of souls, eschatology, and the elven afterlife, culminating in a discussion of our podcast's namesake essay, the Athrabeth! This episode we're laying the groundwork with a lot of terminology which Stef definitely enjoyed, and an overview of the various kinds of incarnates in middle-Earth.

Show Notes
Join Athrabeth's new Discord!
The Flame Imperishable, the book mentioned by Jude this episode
Episode 6 Extras: Etymologies
Episode 6 Extras: Quotes (sourced quotes read or referenced this episode)

Works Referenced This Episode
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring
Letter 131

Take the plunge with us in our new AthraChat episode as we discuss Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 6, “Where Is He?” We’re taking a deep dive and making a splash! Water you waiting for? Beware of spoilers in the Abyss!

Citations 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Secret Fire” 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Secret_Fire (Accessed Sept 21, 2024)

Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/

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Citations

Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

Larsen, Kristine. “The Power of Pity and Tears: The Evolution of Nienna in the Legendarium.” Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan. Mythopoeic Press, 2015, pp. 189- 203

episode produced by James Pierson.

Citations

Rateliff, J. D. (2007). The History of The Hobbit (Vols. 1-­‐2). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Tolkien, J. (1937). The Hobbit. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Tolkien, J. (1986). The Shaping of Middle-­‐Earth. (C. Tolkien, Ed.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth. HarperCollins, 2011.

References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Sources

Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

Wikipedia “Cotton Library” Accessed April 22, 2020. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_library

Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rpt. Mariner Books, 2005. Print.

“Galadriel and Morgan Le Fey: Tolkien’s Redemption of the Lady of the Lacuna” by Susan Carter published in Mythlore Vol 25 Number 3/4 (spring-summer 2007).

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, HaperCollins e-books. 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an introduction by Simon Armitage, Published Jan 31, 2018, https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-an-introduction (Accessed April 22, 2020). 

BBC Documentary:” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)

Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 movie

https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)

Emily Cheeseman’s Gawain and the Green Knight:

http://emilycheeseman.com/greenknight/ (Accessed April 23, 2020)

Citations: 

Thank you to Fornad for joining us this month on Athrabeth! Check out these ArdaCraft links:

ArdaCraft’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/ardacraft

ArdaCraft homepage: https://ardacraft.me/

How to join ArdaCraft: https://ardacraft.me/join/

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qcYBkCmAKZ

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ardacraft

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArdaCraftMC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardacraft/

TikTok: https://tr.ee/gM2mTG1JeS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArdaCraft_

Bluesky: https://staging.bsky.app/profile/ardacraft.bsky.social

Official Server List: https://findmcserver.com/server/ardacraft

Planet Minecraft: https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/ardacraft/

See their beautiful map: https://ardacraft.io/map/

Here is an incredible Google Earth view of the ArdaCraft map: https://sites.google.com/view/micahvanderlugt/middle-earth?authuser=0 

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Sources

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- Kane, Douglas C. (2008) "Reconstructing Arda: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 27 : No. 1, Article 4.

Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol27/iss1/4

- Walls-Thumma, Dawn M. (2016) "Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3 , Article 3. 

Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3

- Retrieved from Dawn’s blog post titled: “The Deaths of Kings: Historical Bias in the Death Scenes of Fëanor and Fingolfin” found at: http://dawnfelagund.com/node/8

Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: 

From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/

Citations

• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. 
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, 
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Númenórean Catastrophe & End of ‘Physical’ Arda" (edited by Michaël Devaux with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien and Carl F. Hostetter), in J.R.R. Tolkien, l'effigie des Elfes, La Feuille de la Compagnie
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales
• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
• Verlyn Flieger, Splintered Light (Revised Edition), 19. "Filled with Clear Light", pp. 160-1
• J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 131, (undated, written late 1951), p. 149
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth

Citations

• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Aman”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Aman, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Changing the World”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Changing_of_the_World, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Cuiviénen”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cuivi%C3%A9nen, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Straight Road”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Straight_Road, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of Wrath”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_Wrath, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• CUIVIENEN By Carol Brownlow. Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society, No. 48 (Autumn 2009), pp. 38, poetry section
• Gilson, Christopher, and Patrick Wynne. “The Elves at Koivienéni: A New Quenya Sentence”. Mythlore Issue 65, Spring 1991, Page 23-30, [https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore) (Accessed Feb 13, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)", pp. 422-3
• Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth. Ed. Carl F Hostetter. HarperCollinsPublishers. 2021.

Citations (episode notes)

Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!

Jordan’s website: https://jordanrannells.com/

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Join Jordan’s Discord: https://discord.gg/kWqw8SXtj

Jordan’s Social Media:

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Jordan's Music of Middle-earth podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-of-middle-earth/id1498646998

A Long-Expected Soundscape Full Sample on YouTube:

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Sample tracks heard in today’s episode:

Sample 1: Treebeard

Sample 2: Black Gate

Sample 3: Sam finds Frodo

(All used with permission from the artist)

Folks Jordan mentioned:

Victor Wooten (Bassist and music educator): https://www.victorwooten.com/, @VictorWooten 

Bret Devereaux (Military historian): https://acoup.blog/, @BretDevereaux

Thank you again, Jordan! 

Citations: 

Garth, John. Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. First Mariner Books edition 2005. eISBN 978-0-544-26372-7. V2.0519. (Accessed June 30, 2024)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed June 30, 2024)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 30, 2024)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Eärendil 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil (Accessed June 29, 2024)

Tolkien Gateway entry for The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Book_of_Lost_Tales:_Part_Two (Accessed June 29, 2024)

Tolkien Gateway entry for The Tale of Eärendel

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Tale_of_E%C3%A4rendel (Accessed June 29, 2024)

Join the Athrabeth Discord!

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Summer learning opportunities:

Saturday July 6: Tolkien Society Summer Seminar - Tolkien’s Romantic Resonances

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/the-tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkiens-romantic-resonances/ (Accessed June 29, 2024)

Sunday August 4: From the Politics and Prose bookstore - “Tolkien's “The Athrabeth” and “Myths Transformed” Presented by Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. 

https://www.politics-prose.com/class/online-class-tolkiens-athrabeth-and-myths-transformed-2485 (Accessed June 29, 2024)

Thank you to friend-of-the-show Clare Moore for alerting us to this class! Clare can be found on Twitter @claremoore94

Thursday August 29- Sunday Sept. 1: Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 29, 2024) 

Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”

Citations: 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985. Kindle edition, eISBN: 978-0-358-61268-1, Version 07182023KO v1.0421 (Accessed July 12, 2024)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 12, 2024)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Lays of Beleriand”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lays_of_Beleriand (Accessed July 12, 2024)

Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51: Thursday, August 29 - Sunday, September 1.

Website: 

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/

Citations: 

The Book of Lost Tales, part 1

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed 10/26/23)

Histories Volume 4

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986. 

The Hobbit

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)

The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)

The Silmarillion

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Back Door

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Back_Door (Accessed 10/26/23)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Doors of Durin 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doors_of_Durin (Accessed 10/26/23)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Door of Night

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Door_of_Night (Accessed 10/26/23)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Fen Hollen

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fen_Hollen (Accessed 10/26/23)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Paths of the Dead

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Paths_of_the_Dead (Accessed 10/26/23)

Jude’s other podcast: The Babylon Podject, https://babylonpod.page/, @babylonpodject 

In this episode Jude plugged DIE by Kieron Gillen: 

https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/die

To celebrate the ghastliest time of the year, the Weenie gang is back in this very special bonus episode of creepy chimeras and monstrous mills. Join us for Hobbitween 5, and Happy Hobbitween to one and all! 

Citations

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast:

Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpierson

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms 

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com

Featured tracks courtesy of Epidemic Sound:

• Adriel Fair - All the Wonders
• Aiyo - Locked In
• Anna Dager, Hanna Ekström - Hesitancy
• Basixx - Shangri-La
• Binkley - Pork Chop Special
• Bonnie Grace - The Fairy Dance
• DASHI - Hiyajiru
• Dream Cave - Epic Voyage
• Dream Cave - The Investigator
• Eden Avery - Great Eagle’s Lair
• Edgar Hopp - A Million Upheavals
• Edgar Hopp - Phoenix Rising
• FormantX - Urban Chase
• Glenwood Quartet - Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, "American" Op. 96, B. 179 I. Allegro ma non troppo
• Hampus Naeselius - Deactivator
• Hampus Naeselius - Iron Dome
• Hampus Naeselius - Team Six
• Hara Noda - Look Look
• Hunter Quinn - Chickasaw Outback
• Johannes Bornlöf - Air on the G String
• Lennon Hutton - Who’s at the Window?
• Ludvig Moulin - Forgotten Castle
• Magnus Ludvigsson - Coincidences
• Phello - Happy Feet
• Ruiqi Zhao - Ancient Spells
• Ruiqi Zhao - Behind You

Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  

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Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

Citations: 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Music of the Ainur” 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Music_of_the_Ainur

 (Accessed April 27, 2024)

In the conclusion of first episodes on the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, we cover the second half of the conversation, discuss the Tale of Adanel, and give our final thoughts on this amazing piece. We also talk about our recent trip to New York to attend the Tolkien and Inspiration symposium at the Morgan Library!

Show Notes
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Tolkien and Inspiration: A Multidisciplinary Symposium at the Morgan Library

Works Referenced This Episode
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth", published in Morgoth's Ring

Join us this month for a special interview with Shaun Gunner, Chair of the Tolkien Society. We discuss Shaun’s time with the Society, the upcoming Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference, and a brand new event for 2025. 

Citations:

Thank you to our special guest, Shaun Gunner! 

Twitter: @ShaunGunner

Websites: shaungunner.com

Tolkien Society-

https://www.tolkiensociety.org

@TolkienSociety

Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference

Online only, November 23-24, 2024

Information and registration at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/christopher-tolkien-centenary-conference/

Tolkien Society Hybrid Seminar 2024 – Tolkien as Heritage

In partnership with with Tolkinovo društvo Srbije (the Tolkien Society of Serbia) and Centar za Muzeologiju I Heritologiju (the Centre for Museology and Heritology, the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade)

December 7-8, 2024

Information at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkien-as-heritage/

Find us on the web at https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabeth

Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

Citations

The Tolkien Society- Summer Seminar, “Númenor, the Mighty and Frail”: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)

The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Thranduil

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thranduil (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Oropher

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Google Image Search for “Sexy Lee Pace Thranduil”

https://images.google.com/ (Accessed June 20, 2023)

Jude and Stef review the new Tolkien biopic, as well John Garth's "Tolkien and the Great War". Some beefs are had.

Show Notes
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Works Referenced This Episode

Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth

Karukoski, Dome (Director) (2019) Tolkien

Join us this month for a deep dive on Tolkien’s bodacious baddie, the one and only Sauron. Tolkien scholar and Sauron expert, Cameron Bourquein, leads us down her lesser-trod path exploring Sauron’s evolving nature, the meanings of his name, and his changing role in the legendarium throughout its development. 

Citations: 

Thank you to our guest host, Cameron Bourquein! 

How to find Cameron’s work:

Website: https://cameronbourquein.com/

Blog: https://theroadtoardahealed.substack.com/

Website: https://sauronproject.com/

Twitter: @CameronBorgQeen

Bluesky: cameronbourquein.bsky.social

Blog post with Cameron’s Sauron citations:

https://theroadtoardahealed.substack.com/p/a-sauron-bibliography

Works referenced in this episode: 

Letter 66 (To Christopher Tolkien, May 6, 1944)

From Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. 

Letter 131 (To Milton Waldman, undated- probably written in late 1951)

From Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London.

Dr. Richard Eliot Blackwelder

As cited in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion, London: HarperCollins, 2014, page xii.

Link: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-a-readers-companion-wayne-g-hammondchristina-scull?variant=32611676192846

A. R. Bossert

“Surely You Don’t Disbelieve”: Tolkien and Pius X: Anti-modernism in Middle-earth

Mythlore Vol. 25, No. 1, 2006

Link: https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1289&context=mythlore

Cameron Bourquein and Nick Polk

Reading, Rending, and Queering the Web of Story: With the Lenses of "Con-creation" and Process [Conference Presentation]

Presented at MythSoc OMS on Feb 10th, 2024 

Link: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153238639

Stafford Caldecott

The Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2013

Link: https://crossroadpublishing.com/product/the-power-of-the-ring/

John Garth

Ilu's Music: The Creation of Tolkien's Creation Myth

From Sub-creating Arda: World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works, its Precursors, and Legacies, Dimitra Fimi and Thomas Honegger (editors), Cormarë Series No. 40

Walking Tree Publishers, 2019

Link: http://www.walking-tree.org/books/sub-creating_arda.php#h

Gwenyth Hood

Sauron as Gorgon and Basilisk

Marshall University, 1987

Link: https://mds.marshall.edu/english_faculty/30/

Jonathan S. McIntosh

The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faërie

Angelico Press, 2017

Link: https://angelicopress.com/products/the-flame-imperishable

Brian Roseberry

Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230599987

Elizabeth A. Whittingham

The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth

McFarland & Company, 2007

Link: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-evolution-of-tolkiens-mythology/

The work of Mercury Natis, Tolkien Scholar

Link: https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/

The work of Robin A. Reid, Tolkien Scholar

Link: https://tolkienists.org/robin-anne-reid/

Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

Citations

• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

• Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.
  Part Three, Section 2 “Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan”

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Amon Anwar”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amon_Anwar (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Calimehtar”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Calimehtar_(King_of_Gondor) (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Cirion”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cirion (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Eorl”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 3/17/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Éothéod”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Éothéod (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Field of Celebrant”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Field_of_Celebrant (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Northmen”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Northmen (Accessed 3/18/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Rohan”
  http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rohan (Accessed 3/17/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Rhovanion”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rhovanion (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Wainriders”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wainriders (Accessed 3/18/21)

Recommended

• Nerd of the Rings YouTube videos about the ancient history of Rohan-
  “The Éothéod - Ancestors Of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
  Published to YouTube on October 2, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
  https://youtu.be/S-_1mTkqGaQ

• “Eorl the Young: Founder of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
  Published on YouTube on October 9, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
  https://youtu.be/c2EHaA44CRw

Episode artwork by Angie Yvarra. Find Angie at inherentvicesquad.com

Archive of Our Own website: https://archiveofourown.org/

Citations

• Castell, Daphne. Realms of Tolkien. New Worlds Magazine, November 1966. Fantastic Metropolis website, https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/tolkien (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien Gateway entry for Berúthiel. https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ber%C3%BAthiel (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien Gateway entry for Black Númenóreans https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Black\_N%C3%BAmen%C3%B3reans (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 1, 2022)

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References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Sources

Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

Wikipedia “Cotton Library” Accessed April 22, 2020. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_library

Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rpt. Mariner Books, 2005. Print.

“Galadriel and Morgan Le Fey: Tolkien’s Redemption of the Lady of the Lacuna” by Susan Carter published in Mythlore Vol 25 Number 3/4 (spring-summer 2007).

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, HaperCollins e-books. 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an introduction by Simon Armitage, Published Jan 31, 2018, https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-an-introduction (Accessed April 22, 2020). 

BBC Documentary:” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)

Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 movie

https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)

Emily Cheeseman’s Gawain and the Green Knight:

http://emilycheeseman.com/greenknight/ (Accessed April 23, 2020)

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast:

Lore Master: James Pierson

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com

Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  

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This month we are joined by Tolkien professor and scholar, Dr. Sara Brown! Join us for Sara’s lesser-trod path, Feminist criticism of Tolkien’s work! In context of the four waves of feminism, Sara gives us an overview of the past and present of feminist criticism of Tolkien’s work, as well as some thoughts on the future. Thanks for joining us, Sara! 

Citations

Thank you to our guest host, Dr. Sara Brown! 

How to find Sara:

Bluesky: @aranelparmadil.bksy.social

Sara’s publications can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/DrSaraBrown (Accessed Feb 3, 2025)

Sara on Signum University’s website: https://signumuniversity.org/people/sara-brown/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

Sara’s entry on Tolkienists.org: https://tolkienists.org/sara-brown/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

Sara’s upcoming projects in 2025:

-Look out for the upcoming Oxford Handbook of Tolkien- Sara is contributing a chapter on feminist criticism of Tolkien.

-Look out for an upcoming book about queer readings of Tolkien for which Sara has written a chapter about Shelob as a queer mother.

-With Dr. Kristine Larsen, Sara is editing a collection about Tolkien and psychology for The Journal of Tolkien Research.

-Sara is the keynote speaker for Signum University’s Mythmoot XII- June 19-22, 2025.

-Sara is giving a paper at Leeds International Medieval Congress called, 'No One Listens to Melian: When Women Speak and Men Ignore Them in Middle-earth'- 7-10 July 2025.

-Sara will be at the Tolkien Society’s gathering Oxonmoot, September 4-7, 2025.

From Sara’s outline: (in alphabetical order)

-Cami D. Agan: "Lúthien Tinúviel and Bodily Desire in the Lay of Leithian" from Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan, Mythopoeic Press, 2015

-Sara Brown: “‘Éowyn it was, and Dernhelm also’: Reading the ‘Wild Shieldmaiden’ Through a Queer Lens.” from The Journal of Tolkien Research, Volume 18, Issue 2, 2018

https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss2/4/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

-Edith Crowe: “Power in Arda: Sources, Uses, and Misuses” from Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan, Mythopoeic Press, 2015

-Leslie Donovan: "The Valkyrie Reflex in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Galadriel, Shelob, Éowyn, and Arwen" from Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan, Mythopoeic Press, 2015

-Melissa McCrory Hatcher: "Finding Woman's Role in The Lord of the Rings." from Mythlore 97/98, Volume 25, Issue 3/4, 2007

-Lisa Hopkins: “Female Authority Figures in the Works of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams” from Mythlore, Volume 21, Number 2, 1996

-Kristine Larsen: "The Power of Pity and Tears: The Evolution of Nienna in the Legendarium" from Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan, Mythopoeic Press, 2015

-Edwin Muir: Review of “The Return of the King” in The Observer on Nov. 27, 1955

-Doris T. Myers: “Brave New World: The Status of Women According to Tolkien, Lewis, and. Williams.” Cimarron Review. 17 (1971): 13-19.

-Brenda Partridge: “No Sex Please–We’re Hobbits: The Construction of Female Sexuality in The Lord of the Rings” from J.R.R. Tolkien: This Far Land, ed. Robert Giddings, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Press, 1983

-Melanie Rawls: “The Feminine Principle in Tolkien” from Mythlore, Volume 10, Number 4, 1984

-Robin Reid: "The History of Scholarship on Female Characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium: A Feminist Bibliographic Essay" from Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan, Mythopoeic Press, 2015

-Catherine Stimpson: “J.R.R. Tolkien” Published by Columbia University Press, 1969

-J.R.R. Tolkien’s letters - 33a; 38a; 39; 42a; 43; 44; 50; 53; 78; 142; 179a; 250; 267; 331; 332; 340.

Other sources mentioned beyond Sara’s outline:

-Amy Amendt-Raduege  “Revising Lobelia” from book “Tolkien and Alterity” (pp.77-93) edited by Christopher Vaccaro and Yvette Kisor, 2017

-The work of Cameron Borquien: https://cameronbourquein.com/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

-The work of Clare Moore: https://tolkienists.org/clare-moore/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

-The work of Mercury Natis: https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/ (Accessed Feb 2, 2025)

-Keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming anthology: ‘Great Heart and Strength:’ New Essays on Women and Gender in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Cami D. Agan and Clare Moore.

Citations:

Thank you to Thomas P. Hillman for joining us on Athrabeth! 

Tom’s book: “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023 by The Kent State University Press

https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20Power

Tom’s blog: Alas, not me

https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/

Tom’s YouTube channel: @tomhillman9519

https://www.youtube.com/@tomhillman9519

Tom’s social media:

Twitter: @alas_not_me

Bsky: @alas-not-me.bsky.social

Instagram: @alas_not_me 

You also find him on Facebook! 

The book Tom mentioned is: “Pagan Saints in Middle-earth” by Claudio A. Testi

Our pal Dr. Luke Shelton can be found on Twitter @LukeBShelton

In episode 75, Jude and Stef take you on a textual safari to explore the... let's be honest… very weird magic of Sauron. Jude connects the Ósanwe-kenta to how Sauron gets the title of Necromancer, and we have a SPIRITed (hah, see what we did there) discussion of explicit descriptions of his magic in The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Come for the werewolves and stay for the vampires!

Citations:

Ósanwe-kenta:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "X"

Ósanwe-kenta:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Two. Body, Mind and Spirit: IX. Ósanwe-kenta", pp. 205-216

Laws and Customs Among the Eldar:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, “Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion”, “The Second Phase: Laws and Customs Among the Eldar"

Notes on motives in the Silmarillion:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed:, “VII” “Notes on motives in the Silmarillion (i)”. 

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. Letter 131, letter 163, letter 257. (Accessed Sept 28, 2024)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed Sept 28, 2024)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed Sept 28, 2024)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Sauron”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron (Accessed Sept 28, 2024)

Tolkien Society event “Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference”

November 23-24, 2024

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/christopher-tolkien-centenary-conference/ (Accessed Oct 1, 2024)

Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/

Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

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Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

Citations

Books:

Oluo, Ijeoma. 2019. So You Want to Talk about Race. Seattle, WA: Seal Press.

Websites:

The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone

https://www.ramaytush.org/

Accessed June 30, 2021

Michigan State University, Native American Institute, “Guide to Land Acknowledgements”

https://www.canr.msu.edu/nai/about/land-acknowledgements  

Accessed June 30, 2021

Native Governance Center, “A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement”

https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

Accessed June 30, 2021

Native Land Digital

https://native-land.ca  

Accessed June 30, 2021

Mills, Selena, “What are land acknowledgements and why do they matter?

Posted on Local Love on March 18, 2019

https://locallove.ca/issues/what-are-land-acknowledgements-and-why-do-they-matter/#.YN4CHW5lCis

Accessed July 1, 2021

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

https://peoriatribe.com/#

Accessed June 30, 2021

The Tolkien Society

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/

Accessed July 4, 2021

Socials: @TolkienSociety

The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2021

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2021/

Accessed July 5, 2021

Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021

Presentations discussed in this episode:

Saturday, July 3, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)

Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings

By Cordeliah Logsdon

Twitter: @cordeliah_g

00:15:45

The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in the Fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien

By Clare Moore

Twitter: @claremoore914

00:17:26

“The Burnt Hand Teaches Most About Fire”: Applying Traumatic Stress and Ecological Frameworks to Narratives of Displacement and Resettlement Across Cultures in Tolkien’s Middle-earth

By V. Elizabeth King

Twitter: @VElizabeth_King

00:20:48

The Invisible Other: Tolkien’s Dwarf-Women and the ‘Feminine Lack’

By Dr. Sara Brown

Twitter: @AranelParmadil

00:25:52

Projecting Indian Myths, Culture and History onto Tolkien’s Worlds

By Sultana Raza

Website: https://sultanaraza.wordpress.com

00:29:22

The Lossoth: Indigeneity, Identity, and Antiracism

By Nicholas Birns

Twitter: @nicholasbirns

00:31:28

The Problematic Perimeters of Elrond Half-elven and Ronald English-Catholic

By Kristine Larsen

Website: https://kristinelarsen.academia.edu

00:33:48

Hearkening to the Other: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth

By Cami Agan

Website: https://www.oc.edu/directory/cami-agan-ph-d

00:37:05

Sunday, July 4, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)

Pardoning Saruman?: The Queer in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

By Christopher Vaccaro

Website: https://www.uvm.edu/cas/english/profiles/chris\_vaccaro

00:39:43

Desire of the Ring: An Indian Academic’s Adventures in her Quest for the Perilous Realm

By Sonali Chunodkar

00:42:16

Queer Atheists, Agnostics, and Animists, Oh, My!

By Robin Reid

Website: https://www.tamuc.edu/academics/colleges/humanitiessocialsciencesarts/departments/literatureLanguages/ostl/labPersonnel/rReid.aspx

00:44:38

Hidden Visions: Iconographies of Alterity in Soviet Bloc Illustrations for The Lord of the Rings

By Joel Merriner

Twitter: @JoelMerriner

00:46:50

Questions of Caste in The Lord of the Rings and its Multiple Chinese Translations

By Eric Reinders

Website: http://religion.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/reinders-eric.html

00:50:48

Stars Less Strange: An Analysis of Fanfiction and Representation within the Tolkien Fan Community

By Dawn Walls-Thumma

Twitter: @DawnFelagund

Website: http://dawnfelagund.com

00:53:01

“Something Mighty Queer”: Destabilizing Cishetero Amatonormativity in the Works of Tolkien

By Danna Petersen-Deeprose

00:56:24

Translation as a means of representation and diversity in Tolkien’s scholarship and fandom

By Martha Celis-Menzoda

1:00:00

Citations:

Eye of Melian is:

Robin La Joy: Lyrics

Martijn Westerholt: Songwriter

Mikko P. Mustonen: Orchestral arrangements

Johanna Kurkela: Vocalist

Their debut album, titled Legends of Light, drops on June 21, 2022.

The Bell (Released Deb 8, 2021, https://youtu.be/4r01-o_5bH4 )

Vita Nova (Released January 20, 2022, https://youtu.be/D6hFHuGH3RE )

Doorway of Night (Released March 4, 2022, https://youtu.be/d7IMmAnnph0 )

Everstrong (Released April 13, 2022, https://youtu.be/hytTdwQZ3zg )

Website: https://www.eyeofmelian.com/

Webstore: https://eyeofmelian.merchstore.nl/

You Tube: Eye of Melian

Instagram: @eyeofmelian

Facebook: Eye of Melian

Pinterest: @eyeofmelian

You can find their music on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp.

Source for Quenya language learning mentioned by Jude: 

Atanquesta: A NeoQuenya Primer

https://middangeard.org.uk/atanquesta/

Clever Corvids reproductive rights fundraiser: 

“Marathon For Choice”

June 4-5, 2022

At the Clever Corvids Youtube Channel: www.tinyurl.com/marathon4choice  

Benefitting Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org/

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References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Sources

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)"

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A “Annals of the Kings and Rulers”

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin

Citations 

Lea’s Tiktok account- silmarilleanne

https://www.tiktok.com/@silmarilleanne?lang=en

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Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

From the noble Mearas of the Rohirrim to the dark mounts of the Black Riders, we close out our Horsey series with some of the most notable steeds of Middle-earth

Show Notes
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Works Referenced This Episode
Hrothgar's Horses: Feral or Thoroughbred? by Jennifer Neville

“Hwær Cwom Mearh? The horse in Anglo-Saxon England” by Sarah Larratt Keefer, from the Journal of Medieval History

Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Books 1-3)
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

Part 1 of our first foray into the work that gave our podcast its name, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth! We meet the our interlocutors and dive into this fascinating exploration of death, faith, and hope in Middle-earth.

Show Notes
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Tolkien and Inspiration: A Multidisciplinary Symposium at the Morgan Library

Works Referenced This Episode
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth", published in Morgoth's Ring

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Episode 23 mixed by James Pierson (@jpierson)

Sources

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A “Gondor and the heirs of Anarion”

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letters 66, 163, 180, 244)

- Carter, Steven Brett (2012) "Faramir and the Heroic Ideal of the Twentieth Century; or, How Aragorn Died at the Somme," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 30 : No. 3 , Article 6. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol30/iss3/6

We’re back to our Lesser-trod Histories series! This month, we are looking at the History of Middle-earth Volume 4, The Shaping of Middle-earth. Jude and Stef chat about the Dagor Dagorath (a.k.a. the Last Battle, or the Second Prophecy of Mandos) from its earliest stages in the Sketch of the Mythology through to the most recent version in The War of the Jewels. We discuss why a questionable Man is involved in slaying Arda’s baddest baddie, and we discuss whether this story should have been included in the published Silmarillion. 

Citations

Histories Volume 4

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986. 

Histories Volume 10

Tolkien, J. R. R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 10. HarperCollins, London, 1993. 

Histories Volume 11

Tolkien, J. R. R. War of the Jewels. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 11. HarperCollins, London, 1994. 

Histories Volume 12

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996. 

The Silmarillion:

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (March 4, 2025)

Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

Garth, John. Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. First Mariner Books edition 2005. eISBN 978-0-544-26372-7. V2.0519. (Accessed February 15, 2025)

Upcoming events

March 25, 2025: The Carrock Northern California Smail inaugural meeting is on Zoom on March 25 (Tolkien Reading Day) from 8:00–9:00 PM Pacific time. 

Find us on Bluesky: thecarrocksmial.bsky.social or Instagram: thecarrocksmial 

Link for our Google Sign-up form: https://tinyurl.com/TheCarrockSignUpForm

Join the Carrock Discord server: https://discord.gg/8DxzAhvPVn

May 9-11, 2025: Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025

Join Jude and Stef in Kansas City, Missouri, at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. 

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoot-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

July 5-6, 2025: Tolkien Society: Seminar 2025 – ‘Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments’

Run by Will Sherwood, Clare Moore and Journee Cotton

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

August 2-3, 2025: The Mythopoeic Society- Online MidSummer Seminar 2025: “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy”: https://www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm (Accessed Feb 23, 2025)

September 4-7, 2025: Tolkien Society: Oxonmoot

Join Jude and Stef at St. Anne’s College, Oxford and online! 

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

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Sources

-  J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part 1

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Later Quenta Silmarillion", Part 2 The Second Phase IV "Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"

- Walls-Thumma, Dawn M. (2016) "Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3

- The Chroniclers of Arda By Måns Björkman

- Stages and Logic of the fictitious tradition of Tolkien’s Legendarium (Red Book of Westmarch)

- Amanye Tenceli 

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References

Map of Beleriand (drawn by Christopher Tolkien)

Sources

• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two. Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 5: The Lhammas”
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2", in Parma Eldalamberon XVIII (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), pp. 28-9, 81 (additional tables)
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages, Appendices, The Quendian Languages", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), pp. 127-135
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998

Citations

Amazon Studios website for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power  with press kit “assets”

https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/original-series/the-lord-of-the-rings-amazon-original-series/1

Sophia Nomvete Instagram where you can hear her singing occasionally: sophianomvete_official 

Fellowship of Fans leaks:

Twitter: @FellowshipFans

fellowshipoffans.com

James Tauber of the Digital Tolkien Project

Twitter: @DigitalTolkien and @jtauber

With contributions from Elena D, Twitter: @Anorwyn

Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B6Kuefe-GLqoicFDBrQ22KWVK0MTf-oHLX-4tpFlCsA/edit#gid=0

Nerd of the Rings

You Tube video from Feb 4, 2022 called “Rings of Power, Poster Revel Breakdown, Lord of the Rings on Prime” https://youtu.be/5xRDhjlAKiE

Twitter: @nerdoftherings1

Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

"The Sundering of the Elves" as mapped in the Silmarillion: https://i.imgur.com/uIVL8ws.png

The Tolkien Society Seminar has posted the recording from their "Tolkien and Diversity" seminar to youtube, and you can find all the links on their site here: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2021/07/recordings-of-tolkien-and-diversity-seminar-now-available/

Citations

• Letter 211
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the - Awakening of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix B: The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of the Elves"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Thingol and Melian"
• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"

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Citations

e-Books

Tolkien, J.R.R.-

–. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books

–. The Hobbit. HarperCollins e-books

–. The Unfinished Tales. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

–. The Silmarillion. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

–. The Tale of the Children of Húrin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Books

Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

Websites

Henneth-Annun Story Archive entry for Dragon-Helm of Dor-Lómin

http://www.henneth-annun.net/things_view.cfm?thid=86 (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Henneth-Annun Story Archive entry for Merry’s Silver Horn: http://www.henneth-annun.net/things_view.cfm?thid=173 (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Andúril: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Andúril (Accessed Nov 28.2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Celeborn (White Tree): http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Celeborn_(White_Tree)(Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dragon-helm_of_Dor-lómin (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Elfstone: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elfstone (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Eorl: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Glamdring http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Glamdring (Accessed Nov 30, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Galathilion: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Galathilion (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Horn of the Mark: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Horn_of_the_Mark (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Horn-call of Buckland: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Horn-call_of_Buckland(Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Hurín: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Húrin (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Mithril: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Mithril (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Narsil: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Narsil (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien gateway entry for Narya: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Narya  (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Nauglamír: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Silmaril (Accessed Nov 29 2020)

Tolkien gateway entry for Nenya: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Nenya  (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Nimloth (Tree): http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Nimloth_of_Númenor (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway Entry for Palantíri: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Palant%C3%ADri (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Ring of Barahir: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ring_of_Barahir (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien gateway entry for Silmarils: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Silmarils (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Sting: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sting (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Telperion: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Telperion (Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Thingol: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thingol (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien gateway entry for Vilya: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vilya  (Accessed Nov 29, 2020)

Tolkien Gateway entry for White Tree of Gondor: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/White_Tree_of_Gondor(Accessed Nov 28, 2020)

Response to Reddit post “Regarding the lineage of Nimloth” by user hazysummersky, 5 years ago 

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/3b0lz4/regarding_the_lineage_of_nimloth_tree_not_elf/

(accessed Nov 28 2020)

Citations:

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast:

Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpierson

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms 

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

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Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isendgard. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. HarperCollins, London, 1989.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The War of the Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. HarperCollins, London, 1990.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 09. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. Appendix A, B

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Angmar” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Angmar (Accessed 9/11/22)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Witch-king” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Witch-king (Accessed 9/11/22)

Happy Halloween from middle-Earth! In this episode we're exploring some of the season's traditional tropes as they appear in Tolkien's stories.

Show Notes

• A brief biography of Þráinn
• a Wikipedia article on Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
• a Translation of the Griplur of the Saga
• Stef is going to read Beren and Lúthien, if we make her. Tweet at her with the hashtag #athrastefReadsTolkien
• Jude really butchered the pronunciation of fairë. It should sound like fire-eh. the ai dipthong in quenya should always sound like the ai in "aisle" and never "mail". The final, short e should be pronounced like the e in "end".

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth. Ed. Carl F Hostetter. HarperCollinsPublishers. 2021.

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Carl F. Hostetter” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Carl_F._Hostetter

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Elvish Linguistic Fellowship” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elvish_Linguistic_Fellowship

Tolkien Society Autumn Seminar, “Translating and Illustrating Tolkien”

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-autumn-seminar/ (Accessed Sept 25, 2021)

November 6, 2021. Online and free!

Show Notes

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast

Lore Master: James Pierson, @jpierson

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms 

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

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We made it to the History of Middle-earth volume 5, “The Lost Road and Other Writings” in our Lesser-trod Histories series! This month we’re chatting about the Etymologies, a list of stems and their derivatives upon which Tolkien’s Elvish languages are built. Join us to learn about the Professor’s interest in the process of language evolution throughout history! 

Citations:

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lost Road and Other Writings. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 5. Unwin Hyman, London, 1987.

Tolkien, J. R. R. Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One. Ed. Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne, in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003

Wizard Way Kris

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WizardWayKris

Website: https://elf-boi.com/

“‘What Light Do You Dream Under?’- An Elvish Metaphor for LGBTQIA2S+”: https://elf-boi.com/blogs/elvish-freebies/what-light-do-you-dream-under-an-elvish-metaphor-for-lgbtqia2s (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Elvish language linguistic journals:

Parma Eldalamberon: http://www.eldalamberon.com/ (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Vinyar Tengwar: https://www.elvish.org/VT/ (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Elvish language linguistic websites:

Ardalambion: Of the Tongues of Arda, the invented world of J.R.R. Tolkien: https://ardalambion.net/ (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon: https://eldamo.org/ (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Parf Edhellen: https://www.elfdict.com/ (Accessed March 30, 2025)

Book mentioned by Jude:

Salo, David. A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. University of Utah Press, 2004. 

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May 9-11, 2025: Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025

Join Jude and Stef in Kansas City, Missouri, at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. 

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoot-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

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August 2-3, 2025: The Mythopoeic Society- Online MidSummer Seminar 2025: “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy”: https://www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm (Accessed Feb 23, 2025)

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This episode Jude and Stef talk to Dawn Walls-Thumma, founder of the Silmarillion Writers Guild and author of a fascinating survey on the culture and practices of the Tolkien Fanfiction community.

Dawn's Socials
Twitter: @DawnFelagund
Silmarillion Writers Guild
Dawn's Personal Page

Show Notes
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Works Referenced This Episode
Walls-Thumma, Dawn (2019) Data on Tolkien Fanfiction Culture and Practices (1st Edition)

What started as a joke about ranking of all the horses of Middle-earth as a palate cleanser for Stef after so many episodes about souls and eschatology, has turned into two of our best episodes, courtesy of Stef's unbridled enthusiasm for hoses and Tolkien! Enjoy this first in our two part series on the Horses of Middle-earth!

Show Notes
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Works Referenced This Episode
Hrothgar's Horses: Feral or Thoroughbred? by Jennifer Neville
“Hwær Cwom Mearh? The horse in Anglo-Saxon England” by Sarah Larratt Keefer, from the Journal of Medieval History

Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Books 1-3)
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

Citations

Books:

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London. 1988. pp 3-81.

Websites:

Alex. Everything is Connected and Everything is Fanfiction: The Cauldron of Story Theory. The Aficionado website, February 23, 2017.

https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/everything-is-connected-and-everything-is-fanfiction-the-cauldron-of-story-theory (Accessed 8/21/22)

Jones, Josh. J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work. Open Culture website, May 2, 2018. https://www.openculture.com/2018/05/j-r-r-tolkien-expressed-a-heartfelt-loathing-for-walt-disney.html (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letters_not_published_in_%22The_Letters_of_J.R.R._Tolkien%22 (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letter to Miss L.J. Curry”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_to_Miss_J.L._Curry (Accessed 8/21/2022)

This month, in our passive aggressive love letter to Valentine's Day, we list our top 10 Burns, Broken Hearts, and Poor Romantic Choices in Tolkien's Legendarium. Celebrate with that special someone in your life by listening to us dunk on elves, men, hobbits, and one smooth talking dwarf. 

Episode Notes

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Sources

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "Text V: Sun The Trees Silmarils"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: 'The Debate of Finrod and Andreth'"

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Chapter 5 “Riddles in the Dark”

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 1 Chapter 2 The Shadow of The Past”

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 2 Chapter 1 “The Council of Elrond”  AND

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Farewell to Lórien"

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers, Books 3, Chapter 6, “The King of the Golden Hall”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A “Annals of the Kings and Rulers”

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Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R., Carpenter, H., & Tolkien, C. The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

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Shippey, Tom. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. Boston :Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

From Bosworth Toller’s Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: https://bosworthtoller.com

-Bosworth, Joseph. “an-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1886. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “brytta.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54509. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balchoth”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balchoth (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brego”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brego (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brytta”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brytta (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dol Guldur”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dol_Guldur (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dunlendings”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dunlendings (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Eorl”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Horn of the Mark”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Horn_of_the_Mark 9Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Wold”

http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Wold (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Thengel”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thengel (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of the Dwarves and Orcs”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_the_Dwarves_and_Orcs 9Accessed 4/24/2021)

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Bellis, Joanna. The dregs of trembling, the draught of salvation: the dual symbolism of the cup in medieval literature. Journal of Medieval History, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 47-61. Part of special issue “Feasts and Gifts of Food in Medieval Europe: Ritualised Constructions of Hierarchy, Identity and Community” Edited by Lars Kjær, A.J. Watson. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2010.12.003

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Lynch, James. The Literary Banquet and the Eucharistic Feast: Tradition in Tolkien

Mythlore Vol. 5, No. 2(18) (Autumn, 1978), pp. 13-14 (2 pages)

Mythlore: A Journal of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature; 1978 Aug.; 5(2 [18]): 13-14.  [Journal Detail] Mythopoeic Society.

Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26808183  

(Accessed October 14, 2021)

Magennis, Hugh. The Cup as Symbol and Metaphor in Old English Literature. Speculum , Jul., 1985, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), pp. 517-536

Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America

Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2848173

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Pollington, Stephen. The mead-hall community. Journal of Medieval History, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 19-33. Part of special issue “Feasts and Gifts of Food in Medieval Europe: Ritualised Constructions of Hierarchy, Identity and Community” Edited by Lars Kjær, A.J. Watson.

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(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales

https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Race-Cultural-History-Fairies/dp/0230272843

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Tolkien Community

The Alliance of Arda

• https://allianceofarda.org/
• https://twitter.com/allianceofarda

Oxonmoot Online

• https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-online/

Citations

Michael Martinez, "What is the Literal Translation of Úlairi?" dated 15 August 2014, middle-earth.xenite.org

H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letters 26, 211, 214)

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, book 1 ch 3

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Treason of isengard

Shippey, Tom (2005) [1982]. The Road to Middle-Earth (Third ed.). HarperCollins. pp 242-243

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabeth"

Citations:

Berridge, Elizabeth. “Recent Fiction”. The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 2 December, 1983, Page 21. 

Accessed through Newspapers.com on January 27, 2024.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

TolkienBooks.net “An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography”

https://tolkienbooks.net/php/home-contents.php#i (Accessed 2/6/24)

In this very special AthraChat, Jude and Stef sit down to discuss the new film, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, directed by Kenji Kamiyama. We ruminate on giant turkey legs, things that go crunch in the water, and general punching. Beware of spoilers! 

Citations:

Smith, Chris. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Visual Companion. William Morrow. ISBN: 9780063422223

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-visual-companion-chris-smith?variant=42417601511458

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Sources

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letter 214)

- http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1176-beyond-birthdays-letter-214.php (accessed 8/25/2020)

- “Hobbits and Museums” by Sandra Bishop
Source: Culna, Volume 2002, Issue 57, Dec 2002, p. 03 - 04
© Publisher: National Museum
Persistent Link : https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA10162275\_536 (Accessed August 28, 2020)

- The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien.

Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

Citations

Forchhammer, T. (2015). On Tolkien’s Notes on “Fate and Free Will”. Retrieved 2021, from http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/on-tolkiens-notes-on-fate-and-free-will/

Tolkien, J. (2009). Notes and Documents, Fate and Free Will (C. F. Hostetter, Ed.). Tolkien Studies, 6, 183-188.

Flieger, V. (2009). The Music and the Task: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth. Tolkien Studies, 6, 151-182.

Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). Morgoth’s Ring. London: HarperCollins, 1994.

Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). The Silmarillion. Houghton Mifflin Company

Book mentioned by jude: Flame Imperishable by Jonathan S. McIntosh

Episode Notes

Citations

Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

Rutledge, A. A. (2012). “Justice is not Healing”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Pauline Constructs in “Finwë and Míriel”. Tolkien Studies, 9, 59-73.

episode produced by James Pierson.

We conclude our discussion of Appendix A of the Lord of the Rings with the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen. We talk about what Aragorn is up to in the 30 years preceding the Hobbit, his tragic lineage, and his complicated relationship with the Lord of the Last Homely House.

Linguistic Notes

• etymology of the word linnod

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References, Notes and Useful Links

• Brackmann, Rebecca. “‘Dwarves Are Not Heroes’: Antisemitism and The Dwarves in J.R.R. Tolkien's Writing.” Mythlore, vol. 28, no. 3, 10 Apr. 2010. 109/110 Spring/Summer.
  • https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=mythlore
• Tolkien reciting namarie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6de_SbVUVfA
• Tolkien singing namarie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkuHrD_xlJY
• Hostetter, Carl F. “Elvish as she is spoke” http://www.elvish.org/articles/EASIS.pdf
• http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie_elvish.htm
• Convenient condensed writeups of the various Tolkien languages covered
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Valarin - like the Glitter of Swords.” Ardalambion, folk.uib.no/hnohf/valarin.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Various Mannish Tongues - the sadness of Mortal Men?” Ardalambion, folk.uib.no/hnohf/mannish.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Quenya - the Ancient Tongue” Ardalambion, folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Sindarin - the Noble Tongue” Ardalambion, folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Adûnaic - the vernacular of Númenor” Ardalambion,folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)
  • Fauskanger, Helge K. “Orkish and the Black Speech - base language for base purposes” Ardalambion, folk.uib.no/hnohf/orkish.htm (accessed 8 September 2019)

Sources

• J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Qenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 22
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 22
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Grammar", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 28-34
• J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 12
• Letter 176. In H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien.New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin
• Gilson and Wynne, ‘The Growth of Grammar in the Elven Tongues’ 1992
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Citations: 

Francesco Nepitello on Twitter: @FNepitello

The One Ring by Free League Publishing: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-one-ring/  (Accessed August 27, 2024)

War of the Ring strategy game by Ares Games: 

https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line

 (Accessed August 27, 2024)

Episode Notes

Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"

2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, pp. 71, 141 160

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "ANÁR" and "RÎ"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Index: Star-names", p. 435

Kristine Larsen, "A Definitive Identification of Tolkien’s `Borgil': An Astronomical and Literary Approach" in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2 (pp. 161–170), West Virginia University Press, 2005

3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 5-31

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 255

J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 43

J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 24

https://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_astro.html

Sources

• Tolkien, J.R.R. ""Words of Joy": Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya. (Part One)" Ed. Patrick Wynne, Arden R. Smith, and Carl F. Hostetter. Vinyar Tengwar 43 (2002): 5­38. Print.
• Tolkien, J.R.R. ""Words of Joy": Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya. (Part Two)" Ed. Patrick Wynne, Arden R. Smith, and Carl F. Hostetter. Vinyar Tengwar 44 (2002): 5­20. Print.
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• Letter 142. In H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien.New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin

Episode Mentions

Vinyar Tengwar Homepage
Elven Linguistic Fellowship
Vinyar Tengwar Issue 43

In celebration of Tolkien Week, we're pleased to release our second episode two weeks early! In this, the first of two episodes about Appendix A of the Lord of the Rings, we discuss the first section "The Numenorean Kings", and how the appendix opens up the Lord of the Rings to the wider legendarium like the Silmarillion.

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (amazon link)
Tolkien’s Creation of the Impression of Depth (abstract)
Purchase Tolkien Studies here
Quenya pronunciation
Notes on Adûnaic

Find Athrabeth on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/

Join the Athrabeth discord: https://discord.gg/DH2WJP452a

Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: 

From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/

Clark, David. Kin-slaying in the "Poetic Edda": The End of the World? Viking and Medieval Scandinavia Vol. 3 (2007), pp. 21-41

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45019134 (Accessed January 2, 2023)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.

Tolkien Gateway entry for Fëanor

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/F%C3%ABanor (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Kinslaying at Alqualondë

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Kinslaying_at_Alqualond%C3%AB (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Second Kinslaying

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Second_Kinslaying (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)

Tolkien Gateway entry for Third Kinslaying

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Third_Kinslaying

 (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Palantíri", Note 2

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings",

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

Citations:

Thank you to the panelists of the “Tolkien and New Media” panel at Oxonmoot 50, September 2, 2023:

Marcel R. Bülles, a.k.a. The Tolkienist: Tolkien scholar and founder of the German Tolkien Society. @The_Tolkienist, @thetolkienist.com, https://thetolkienist.com/

Mercury Natis, Queer historian and Tolkien scholar. @Mercuryreads, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/

S.R. Westvik, Tolkien scholar, writer and researcher. @srwestvik, @srwestvik.bsky.social, https://srwestvik.com/

Tolkien Experience Podcast episode 18 with Luke Shelton and Maria Alberto: 

https://luke-shelton.com/2020/08/28/tep-18-maria-alberto/

Tim Scholz : Tim’s Tolkien Tempel website

https://www.tims-tolkien-tempel.de/

Poem “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas Dougherty

From his book The Second O of Sorrow.

https://www.boaeditions.org/blogs/main/poem-of-the-week-august-27-2018

Jude mentioned the artist Elmenel

Website: https://www.parmaeldalieva.com/

Patreon: 

www.patreon.com/Elmenel

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. 

Takahashi, Dean. A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview. Venture Beat website.  https://venturebeat.com/games/a-new-generation-of-j-r-r-tolkien-games-is-coming-lee-guinchard-exclusive-interview/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)

New York Tolkien Conference 2024

https://nyctolkienconference.wordpress.com (Accessed June 4, 2024)

Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2024

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/

 (Accessed June 4, 2024)

Adventures in Middle-earth role playing game by Cubicle 7: https://www.cubicle7games.com/adventures-in-middle-earth/

Cast:
Lore Master: James Pierson
Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jimenez
Fortinbras Knoakes: Jude Vais
Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock

Title music: “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com

Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com

Sources:

Rateliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit. E-book ed., HarperCollinsPublishers. Apple Books.

Swank, Kris, The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters, Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9. 2013
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9  (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Tolkien, J. R. R., Letters from Father Christmas. edited by Baillie Tolkien. E-book ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books.

Tolkien, J. R. R., The Fellowship of the Ring. E-book ed., HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books.

Tolkien, J. R. R., The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. E-book ed., HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books.

Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth, edited by Carl F. Hostetter. E-book ed., HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. Apple Books.

Tolkien, John and Priscilla Tolkien, The Tolkien Family Album. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1992. 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Beorn”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beorn

(Accessed Dec 20, 2021)

Thanks to our guests, Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer and Dr. William M. Fliss, the co-curator’s of “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. 

Exhibition dates: August 19 – December 23, 2022

Exhibition website: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/tolkien.php

Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer

Assistant Professor, Modern Art, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Find Sarah on Twitter: @sarahcschaefer

Website: https://www.sarahcschaefer.com/

Check out her book!: “Gustave Doré and the Modern Biblical Imagination” published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gustave-dor-and-the-modern-biblical-imagination-9780190075811?cc=us&lang=en&

Dr. William M. Fliss

Archivist, Special Collections and University Archives, Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University, Milwaukee 

Curator of the J. R. R. Tolkien collection at Marquette’s Raynor Memorial Library: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/tolkien.php  

Connect with Bill on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TolkienMarquette

Check out The J.R.R. Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection and schedule your interview with Bill!: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/JRRT/fandomoh.php

Exhibition catalog: 

“J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” 

https://shophaggerty.com/product/j-r-r-tolkien-the-art-of-the-manuscript-catalog-softcover-second-edition/

Join Athrabeth's Discord!

Sources

Tolkien, J.R.R., Letters from Father Christmas, edited by Baillie Tolkien, “eISBN 978-0-547-95190-4 v2.1216” (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).

Fimi, Dimitra, “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole” December 21, 2017, from the website called “The Conversation”- http://theconversation.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-christmas-letters-to-his-children-bring-echoes-of-middle-earth-to-the-north-pole-89464 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Swank, Kris (2013) "The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Carpenter, Humphrey “The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien” published by Allen & Unwin, London. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Tolkien Gateway website, entry for “Arktik” http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Arktik (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).

Ratecliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit, Harper Collins Publishers, EPub Edition © OCTOBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007369669. (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

Lord of the Rhymes: https://youtu.be/2f86R_Z0_xI

This isn’t fine…. 

We just dropped a new AthraChat in which Jude and Stef discuss just how Celebrimboned everyone is in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 7, “Doomed to Die.” Beware of spoilers and aerial horse acrobatics. 

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Episode 20 was produced by James Pierson. He can be found on Twitter @jpierson

References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Do you Enjoy table top role playing games? Check out Descent into Midnight! Their Kickstarter ends March 15.
Website: http://www.descentintomidnight.com
Twitter: @DiMRPG 

From their website: “Descent into Midnight is a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop roleplaying game where the players take on the role of alien psionic creatures who are defending their home from an otherworldly corruption.”

Sources

• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Notion Club Papers. Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth Volume 9), edited by Christopher Tolkien, Harper Collins, London, 1992.
• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lost Road. The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth Volume 5), edited by Christopher Tolkien, Harper Collins, re-issue edition 2002.Flieger, Verlyn. “’The Lost Road’ and ‘The Notion Club Papers’: Myth, History, and Time-travel.” A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Stuart D. Lee, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014, pp. 161-172.