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look-a-diversion · 1 year

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what she says: i'm fine

what she means: j.r.r. tolkien based luthien the fair, THE most beautiful, wonderful, brave, amazing, loved woman middle earth had supposedly ever seen and ever will see, on his wife, edith. dark-haired, gray-eyed edith, who just looked like a person. a regular person. she was a regular person, not a deathless elf maiden, but to tolkien, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. and she was, because he loved her. his love made her beautiful. he wrote to his son after she died "but the story has gone crooked, & I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos." grief is the price of love. anything that is loved is beautiful.

#j. r. r. tolkien #tolkien #edith tolkien #love #luthien tinuviel #luthien #beren and luthien

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dduane · 4 months

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“The US-based author Demetrious Polychron published what he described as the “pitch-perfect” Lord of the Rings follow-up in 2022, titled The Fellowship of the King. He planned for the book to be the first of a seven-part series inspired by the franchise.

“But the following April, Polychron attempted to sue the Tolkien estate and Amazon over the spin-off TV series The Rings of Power, which he claimed infringed the copyright in his book. A California court dismissed the case after the judge ruled that Polychron’s text was, in fact, infringing on Amazon’s prequel, released in September 2022.”

#J. R. R. Tolkien #fanfic

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sleeplessant · 6 months

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Hey Tolkien people and history buffs of Tumblr, I'm in need of your assistance. Does anybody know if there was an actual historical inspiration (or many) to the narrow, no rails, stone bridge of Khazad-dûm?

For context, I'm trying to use it as an example in my theoretical physics dissertation on the dynamics of pedestrians moving in a single line, but I've already met with some resistance from advisors with No Taste. All my google searches have conducted to analyses of the effectiveness of the Khazad-dûm scene in the book & movie, instead of an analysis of the actual "physical" bridge.

I know I could use other modern examples from construction scaffolds or bus and plane boarding/exiting schemes for single-line movement, but that's boring. Uninspired. Everyone does it. What I want is a badass illustration from The Lord of the Rings, and a JRR Tolkien quote on my very theoretical, so abstract that is basically useless, physics dissertation.

A physicist calls for aid.

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verecunda · 4 months

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Happy birthday, Professor Tolkien, you'd be absolutely appalled at the whole damn lot of us. <3

#J. R. R. Tolkien #and we'd deserve it

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 5 months

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These are equivalent.

Actually, no they're not. We actually know who wrote The Lord of the Rings.

#proof of jesus #jesus christ #bible #bible study #the bible is the claim #bilbo baggins #fictional characters #christianity #J. R. R. Tolkien #The Hobbit #The Lord of the Rings #religion #religion is a mental illness

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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year

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Illustrations from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Calendar by Michael Kaluta (1994)

#michael kaluta #art #illustration #1990s #1990s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #american art #american artist #american illustrators #calendar #fantasy #j. r. r. tolkien #lord of the rings #eowyn #witch king of angmar #classic art

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 6 months

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#nazgul #nazgûl #the lord of the rings #tlotr #b&w #black and white #dark #Black Speech #j. r. r. tolkien #tolkien #Black Riders #Dark Riders #Nine Riders #fictional characters

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telltaletypist · 1 year

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why is it called lord of the rings if there's only one??? fucking idiots.

#lord of the rings #lotr #the lord of the flies #the hobbit #j. r. r. tolkien #jrr tolkien #the lord of the rings

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madwomansapologist · 1 month

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i love thranduil. i mean you don't write 35K words about a character if you don't love him. and the book just made him shine even more for me. now, even tho i love those movies, i can see that my boy was done dirty. he's so much more than the greedy, or the precaution, the assertiveness. galadriel is brave, elrond is kind, legolas is joyful, thranduil is gentle. tolkien never fucking miss.

update: here's the fic if you're interest!

#critical hit after critical hit #the hobbit #tolkien #reading the hobbit #j. r. r. tolkien #thranduil oropherion #thranduil #legolas greenleaf #legolas #galadriel #elrond #chapter fourteen

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floridianfireflyfaith · 4 months

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#Merry Christmas?? wasn't expecting to finish this today lol #my tribute to the stories of my two fave dear Inklings 💖#they've helped so much during the loss of my sister #the chronicles of narnia #the lord of the rings #lord of the rings #narnia #the inklings #c. s. lewis #j. r. r. tolkien #c s lewis #j r r tolkien #;Faith's GIFs #lotredit #narniaedit

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claer · 1 year

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#the third thing #tolkien #jirt #j. r. r. tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #edith tolkien #middle earth #luthien #beren #beren and luthien #mine #the tale of tinuviel #luthien tinuviel

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everywindintheriver · 10 months

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A little while ago, I mentioned maybe sharing the voice memoes for the Lay of Leithian parts I’ve finished so far.

Well...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sHieEwLNry5meL-MVWfAku0xPDyeaCzT?usp=sharing

There’s about 3 hours of music. These are -very- rough little recordings- just my voice and my guitar on my phone, but I thought that people might be interested in them, since it will be a while before they are in a different, more polished form, if they ever are.

Included are:

Canto 1: Concerning Elu Thingol and Doriath

Canto 2: Concerning Barahir the Bold, the treachery of Gorlim, his death, and Beren Erchamion's vow for revenge

Canto 3: Concerning the meeting of Beren and Lúthien Tinúviel

Canto 4: Concerning Beren's capture and the bride-price of Lúthien as laid down by Thingol: a Silmaril

Canto 9: Concerning Huan's battle with Thû, the destruction of Wizard's Isle, and the freeing of Beren

As well as large parts of Cantos 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Would really love to hear what people think- I’ve been working on this since 2020 in a vacuum with almost no feedback, ha

(This feels like a very blink-and-you’ll-miss-it way to share a couple of hours of music, but it’s just been a very long time since I’ve posted anything- the past year, I’ve been really shut down and haven’t been able to perform or share anything. I’ve been able to work on a little, but I just need to get something out and to have it heard by people who might care about it, even if it’s not in a polished, final form. <3 )

#The Silmarillion #silmarillion #beren #luthien #finrod #lord of the rings #middle earth #adele mcallister #J. R. R. Tolkien #tolkien #maybe will delete later #meep #please let me know if there's any trouble accessing them

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philosophors · 6 months

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// Art: “Cliffs In A Storm” by Edward Moran

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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queer-ragnelle · 5 months

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—The Return of The King: Appendix A by J. R. R. Tolkien

—Assassin’s Fate: Lies and Truths by Robin Hobb

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yoga-onion · 9 months

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Legends and myths about trees

Ent, Treebeard of Fangorn forest - Tree Guardians in literature

Ents are a species of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth who closely resemble trees. Their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for "giant".

The Ents appear in The Lord of the Rings as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring. At then, there are no young Ents (Entings) because the Entwives (female Ents) were lost. Akin to Ents are Huorns, whom Treebeard describes as a transitional form of trees which become animated or, conversely, as Ents who grow more "treelike" over time.

The Old Forest, Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, was a terrifying ancient forest beyond the eastern borders of the Shire.

Treebeard, called by Gandalf the oldest living Ent and the oldest living thing that walks in Middle-earth, is described as being around 14 feet (4 m) tall:

A large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. Whether it was clad in stuff like green and grey bark, or whether that was its hide, was difficult to say. At any rate the arms, at a short distance from the trunk, were not wrinkled, but covered with a brown smooth skin. The large feet had seven toes each. The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. But at the moment the hobbits noted little but the eyes. These deep eyes were now surveying them, slow and solemn, but very penetrating.

Tolkien called the collection of such writings a legendarium (legend space, legend system).

During most of his own life conservationism was not yet on the political agenda, and Tolkien himself did not directly express conservationist views—except in some private letters, in which he tells about his fondness for forests and sadness at tree-felling. In later years, a number of authors of biographies or literary analyses of Tolkien conclude that during his writing of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien gained increased interest in the value of wild and untamed nature, and in protecting what wild nature was left in the industrialised world.

Nearly 100 years after Tolkien's time, the destruction of forests, trees and nature continues unabated. Moreover, because of the historical background, I could not believe my eyes when I saw several WWI war photography in his biography. The clothing, background and even the tactics are almost identical to the ongoing war photos. The only difference appears to be in black and white or colour.

It is obvious that human society has made little progress in more than 100 years. In the face of the whole universe, a century is probably just a fraction of a second. Alternatively, there is a good chance that what we think of as evolution may actually be degeneration.

After all, it may just be a bunch of half-monkeys who are conceited and not knowing their places. We should realise this and learn from other creatures who do not go against nature. Don't get caught up in what you can see, but don't forget that there are things you can't see.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

エント、ファンゴルンの森の木の髭〜文学における樹木の守護者

エントは、J・R・R・トールキンのファンタジー世界 "中つ国 "に登場する樹木によく似た生き物で、彼らのリーダーはファンゴルンの森の木の髭である。彼らの名前は古代の英語で "巨人 "を意味する言葉に由来する。

エントは『指輪物語』に森の古代の羊飼いとして登場し、指輪戦争では中つ国の自由民の味方となる。指輪戦争当時、エント女たちが行方不明になったため、若いエントたちは存在しない。エントたちに似ているのはヒューンで、木の髭は、樹木が生気を帯びるようになる過渡的な形態、あるいは逆に、時が経つにつれて「樹木らしく」成長するエントたちと表現している。

トールキンの架空の中つ国の世界である古い森は、シャイアの東の国境を越えた恐ろしい古代の森だった。

ガンダルフに "最古のエント "と呼ばれ、中つ国を歩く最古の生物とされる木の髭は、身長約14フィート (4メートル):

トロールに近い大きな人間のような姿で、少なくとも14フィートの高さがあり、非常に頑丈で、頭が高く、首がほとんどない。緑や灰色の樹皮のようなものをまとっているのか、それともそれが皮なのかはわからない。いずれにせよ、幹から少し離れたところにある腕にはしわはなく、茶色の滑らかな皮膚で覆われていた。大きな足には7本の指があった。長い顔の下部は、根元は小枝のようにふさふさで、両端は細く苔むした灰色のひげで覆われていた。しかし、そのときホビットたちが注目したのは目だけだった。その深い瞳は、ゆっくりと、荘厳に、しかし非常に鋭く、ホビットたちを観察していた。

トールキンはこのような書き物の総体を『レジェンダリウム (伝説空間、伝説体系) 』と呼んでいた。

トールキン自身は、自然保護主義的な考えを直接表明することはなかったが、いくつかの私的な手紙の中で、森林を愛し、伐採を悲しむ気持ちを語っている。後年、トールキンの伝記や文学分析の著者の多くが、『指輪物語』の執筆中に、トールキンは野生の手つかずの自然の価値や、工業化された世界に残された野生の自然を保護することへの関心を高めたと結論づけている。

トールキンが生きた時代からおよそ100年近くすぎた現在でも、森や樹木、自然破壊は延々と続いている。さらに、その時代背景から、いくつかの第一次大戦中の戦争写真を彼の伝記の中に目にして、思わず目を疑った。服装、背景、戦術すら現在進行中の戦争写真とほぼ同一だ。白黒かカラーの違いだけに見える。

100年以上経っても、人間社会はほとんど進歩していないことがわかる。森羅万象を前には、100年という単位などほんの一瞬なのだろう。あるいは、進化したつもりが、実は退化している可能性も十分にある。

所詮は、半分猿の身の程しらずな人間たちが得意になっているだけなのかもしれない。それに早く気づいて自然に逆らわない他の生物を見習うべきだ。自分の視界に見えるものだけにとらわれず、目に見えないものの存在を忘れずに。

#trees #tree legend #tree myth #literature #j. r. r. tolkien #ent #treebeard #huorns #Everything #nature #art #tree guardians #legendary space #2675 Tolkien #legendarium

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nihillist-blog · 3 months

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