https://simplecast.com Athrabeth Athrabeth is a monthly podcast that invites you down the lesser trod paths of Tolkien's Legendarium. Each episode we pick a single chapter, essay, fragment, or topic, and do a deep dive, exploring it as both fans and scholars. en-us Wed, 1 Apr 2026 07:05:00 +0000 Wed, 1 Apr 2026 07:05:11 +0000 http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrabeth https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1872de99-0a69-4e07-8534-160ad142489c/ee4fa85a-d01d-4a93-803f-9eeda9a21801/3000x3000/1535418882artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed http://podcast.athrabeth.com episodic Athrabeth is a monthly podcast that invites you down the lesser trod paths of Tolkien's Legendarium. Each episode we pick a single chapter, essay, fragment, or topic, and do a deep dive, exploring it as both fans and scholars. Jude Vais & Stef Midlock true https://feeds.simplecast.com/ucLl3QvK tolkien, lord of the rings, hobbit, silmarillion, jrr tolkien Jude Vais & Stef Midlock jude@athrabeth.com abf58b8e-230b-4e73-bfe0-45381b2dc983 Episode 93: Lesser-trod Histories 12: Morgoth’s Ring This month, Jude and Stef explore Tolkien's complex thoughts on justice, healing, and the intricacies of Elven marriage and reincarnation through an in-depth analysis of the 'Laws and Customs Among the Eldar' in the History of Middle-earth Volume 10, Morgoth’s Ring. We delve into Tolkien's writing process, the philosophical debate of the Valar and the Statute of Finwë and Míriel, and the implications for understanding Elven mortality in Arda Marred.

 

Citations

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

]]> Wed, 1 Apr 2026 07:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com This month, Jude and Stef explore Tolkien's complex thoughts on justice, healing, and the intricacies of Elven marriage and reincarnation through an in-depth analysis of the 'Laws and Customs Among the Eldar' in the History of Middle-earth Volume 10, Morgoth’s Ring. We delve into Tolkien's writing process, the philosophical debate of the Valar and the Statute of Finwë and Míriel, and the implications for understanding Elven mortality in Arda Marred.

 

Citations

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

]]> Episode 93: Lesser-trod Histories 12: Morgoth’s Ring jude vais, stef midlock 00:58:35 This month, Jude and Stef explore Tolkien's complex thoughts on justice, healing, and the intricacies of Elven marriage and reincarnation through an in-depth analysis of the 'Laws and Customs Among the Eldar' in the History of Middle-earth Volume 10, Morgoth’s Ring. We delve into Tolkien's writing process, the philosophical debate of the Valar and the Statute of Finwë and Míriel, and the implications for understanding Elven mortality in Arda Marred. This month, Jude and Stef explore Tolkien's complex thoughts on justice, healing, and the intricacies of Elven marriage and reincarnation through an in-depth analysis of the 'Laws and Customs Among the Eldar' in the History of Middle-earth Volume 10, Morgoth’s Ring. We delve into Tolkien's writing process, the philosophical debate of the Valar and the Statute of Finwë and Míriel, and the implications for understanding Elven mortality in Arda Marred. the lord of the rings, valar, histories of middle-earth, the hobbit, reincarnation, tolkien, arda healed, the silmarillion, mytholog, silmarillion, lord of the rings, the book of lost tales, justice, healing, morgoth, finwë, middle-earth, indis, míriel, the histories of middle-earth, elves, arda marred true full 93 388cf47c-bdd3-4341-8117-043d26002da9 Episode 92: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Kristine Larsen In this episode, Jude and Stef welcome Dr. Kristine Larsen as our guest host in this special lesser-trod paths episode. Kristine talks to us about Tolkien's use of caves throughout his legendarium, such as the Glittering Caves of Aglarond and Gollum's cave, while drawing parallels to real-world inspirations like Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole Caves. We chat about the significance of intention in Tolkien's writing, the impact of commercialism on the natural world, and the ongoing exploration of Tolkien's legacy in contemporary scholarship. 

 

Citations

Thank you to our guest, Dr. Kristine Larsen!

Contact Kristine: larsen@ccsu.edu

References: 

Larsen, Kristine. “Immeasurable Halls and Dreamlike Forms: Tracing the Caves of Cheddar Gorge Throughout Tolkien’s Legendarium (and Beyond).” Journal of Tolkien Research 22(2): article 15, 2025. https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol22/iss2/15/ (Accessed Feb 15, 2026)

Soon to be published: Larsen, Kristine. “‘Deep Down Here By the Dark Water Lived Old Gollum’: The 1927 Public Opening Of the Wookey Hole Show Caves And The Hobbit”.

A list of Dr. Larsen’s publications can be found here: https://www.ccsu.edu/person/kristine-larsen (Accessed March 2, 2026)

Tolkien Reading Day 2026 https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2026/ (Accessed March 2, 2026)

]]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 08:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, Kristine Larsen) http://podcast.athrabeth.com In this episode, Jude and Stef welcome Dr. Kristine Larsen as our guest host in this special lesser-trod paths episode. Kristine talks to us about Tolkien's use of caves throughout his legendarium, such as the Glittering Caves of Aglarond and Gollum's cave, while drawing parallels to real-world inspirations like Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole Caves. We chat about the significance of intention in Tolkien's writing, the impact of commercialism on the natural world, and the ongoing exploration of Tolkien's legacy in contemporary scholarship. 

 

Citations

Thank you to our guest, Dr. Kristine Larsen!

Contact Kristine: larsen@ccsu.edu

References: 

Larsen, Kristine. “Immeasurable Halls and Dreamlike Forms: Tracing the Caves of Cheddar Gorge Throughout Tolkien’s Legendarium (and Beyond).” Journal of Tolkien Research 22(2): article 15, 2025. https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol22/iss2/15/ (Accessed Feb 15, 2026)

Soon to be published: Larsen, Kristine. “‘Deep Down Here By the Dark Water Lived Old Gollum’: The 1927 Public Opening Of the Wookey Hole Show Caves And The Hobbit”.

A list of Dr. Larsen’s publications can be found here: https://www.ccsu.edu/person/kristine-larsen (Accessed March 2, 2026)

Tolkien Reading Day 2026 https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2026/ (Accessed March 2, 2026)

]]> Episode 92: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Kristine Larsen jude vais, stef midlock, Kristine Larsen 01:10:31 In this episode, Jude and Stef welcome Dr. Kristine Larsen as our guest host in this special lesser-trod paths episode. Kristine talks to us about Tolkien's use of caves throughout his legendarium, such as the Glittering Caves of Aglarond and Gollum's cave, while drawing parallels to real-world inspirations like Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole Caves. We chat about the significance of intention in Tolkien's writing, the impact of commercialism on the natural world, and the ongoing exploration of Tolkien's legacy in contemporary scholarship. In this episode, Jude and Stef welcome Dr. Kristine Larsen as our guest host in this special lesser-trod paths episode. Kristine talks to us about Tolkien's use of caves throughout his legendarium, such as the Glittering Caves of Aglarond and Gollum's cave, while drawing parallels to real-world inspirations like Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole Caves. We chat about the significance of intention in Tolkien's writing, the impact of commercialism on the natural world, and the ongoing exploration of Tolkien's legacy in contemporary scholarship. the lord of the rings, caves, the hobbit, tolkien, cheddar gorge, the silmarillion, astronomy, gollum, silmarillion, lord of the rings, caves in literature, literary analysis, aglarond, hobbit, middle-earth, fantasy literature, tolkien scholarship, wookey hole caves true full 92 72e5f6b7-6b6c-4250-8a4f-21d268b2e7ee Episode 91: Seize the date: Elvish Calendars with Wizard Way Kris This month, Jude and Stef talk with Tolkien scholar, artist and calligrapher, Wizard Way Kris, Kris Piet, about their newly published “Elvish Calendar - 2026–2027: 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Calendar of Imladris”. Kris, our favorite Resident Elf Boi, describes how the calendar developed, how elves measure time, and we talk about elvish holidays found in Tolkien’s legendarium. Kris also introduces the stunning artwork commissioned for the calendar. Despite the elves having only six seasons and six-day weeks, this beautiful calendar is synchronized to the Gregorian calendar and is available now!

 

Citations

Thank you to our guest Wizard Way Kris (Kris Piet)!

Kris’ website: https://elf-boi.com/

Kris’ Linktree: linktr.ee/WizardWayKris

Elvish Calendar 2026–2027” 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s “Calendar of Imladris” is available now! 

Purchase your 2026-2027 calendar here: https://elf-boi.com/products/pre-order-elvish-calendar-2026-2027

Artists commissioned for the calendar:

Anndr Pozyniuk: linktr.ee/AnnDR

Rami fon Verg: linktr.ee/ramifonverg

Calendar graphics designer and formatting by Kim Johnson

Lydia Croft Art: linktr.ee/LydiaCroftArt (Accessed January 26, 2026)

Paul Sarando’s “The Shire Reckoning Project”. https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/ (Accessed January 24, 2026)

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 08:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Wizard Way Kris, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com This month, Jude and Stef talk with Tolkien scholar, artist and calligrapher, Wizard Way Kris, Kris Piet, about their newly published “Elvish Calendar - 2026–2027: 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Calendar of Imladris”. Kris, our favorite Resident Elf Boi, describes how the calendar developed, how elves measure time, and we talk about elvish holidays found in Tolkien’s legendarium. Kris also introduces the stunning artwork commissioned for the calendar. Despite the elves having only six seasons and six-day weeks, this beautiful calendar is synchronized to the Gregorian calendar and is available now!

 

Citations

Thank you to our guest Wizard Way Kris (Kris Piet)!

Kris’ website: https://elf-boi.com/

Kris’ Linktree: linktr.ee/WizardWayKris

Elvish Calendar 2026–2027” 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s “Calendar of Imladris” is available now! 

Purchase your 2026-2027 calendar here: https://elf-boi.com/products/pre-order-elvish-calendar-2026-2027

Artists commissioned for the calendar:

Anndr Pozyniuk: linktr.ee/AnnDR

Rami fon Verg: linktr.ee/ramifonverg

Calendar graphics designer and formatting by Kim Johnson

Lydia Croft Art: linktr.ee/LydiaCroftArt (Accessed January 26, 2026)

Paul Sarando’s “The Shire Reckoning Project”. https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/ (Accessed January 24, 2026)

]]> Episode 91: Seize the date: Elvish Calendars with Wizard Way Kris Wizard Way Kris, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:20:45 This month, Jude and Stef talk with Tolkien scholar, artist and calligrapher, Wizard Way Kris, Kris Piet, about their newly published “Elvish Calendar - 2026–2027: 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Calendar of Imladris”. Kris, our favorite Resident Elf Boi, describes how the calendar developed, how elves measure time, and we talk about elvish holidays found in Tolkien’s legendarium. Kris also introduces the stunning artwork commissioned for the calendar. Despite the elves having only six seasons and six-day weeks, this beautiful calendar is synchronized to the Gregorian calendar and is available now! This month, Jude and Stef talk with Tolkien scholar, artist and calligrapher, Wizard Way Kris, Kris Piet, about their newly published “Elvish Calendar - 2026–2027: 14-month adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Calendar of Imladris”. Kris, our favorite Resident Elf Boi, describes how the calendar developed, how elves measure time, and we talk about elvish holidays found in Tolkien’s legendarium. Kris also introduces the stunning artwork commissioned for the calendar. Despite the elves having only six seasons and six-day weeks, this beautiful calendar is synchronized to the Gregorian calendar and is available now! wizard way kris, seasons, fan fiction, the lord of the rings, culture, community, the hobbit, identity, j.r.r. tolkien, diversity, tolkien, immortality, the silmarillion, languages, art, silmarillion, festivals, lord of the rings, art, jrr tolkien, holidays, hobbit, middle-earth, elvish calendar, timekeeping true full 91 887ab074-78de-4e33-b48e-0f43daca8e13 Episode 90: Lesser-trod Histories 11: Sauron Defeated In this episode, Jude and Stef discuss History of Middle-earth Volume 9: Sauron Defeated, the final book in the History of the Lord of the Rings. Jude introduces The Drowning of Anadûnê,  discussing the different versions of the tale of the Drowning of Númenor and the cultural traditions for which they were written. Jude also talks about the importance of adaptation and fan fiction in relation to Tolkien's works. Later, Stef presents the omitted Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings, which gives us a glimpse of Sam’s life and family after the event of the Lord of the Rings.

Citations 

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/4rZynfWv3f

Tolkien, J. R. R. Sauron Defeated. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 9. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

Tolkien, J. R.R. Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York. “Digital Edition NOVEMBER 2023 ISBN: 978-0-06-337435-5, Version 09282023, Print ISBN: 978-0-35-865298-4” (Accessed Dec 31, 2025). 

Fliss, William M, and Schaefer, Sarah C., J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript. The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, August 19-December 23, 2022. ISBN 978-0-945366-36-2. Images 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “King’s Letter”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/King%27s_Letter (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Sauron Defeated” 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron_Defeated (Accessed 10/1/25)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Vinyar Tengwar 29”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vinyar_Tengwar_29 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Reddit post, “Where can I find the unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings?” by user “mammothman64”

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/ydejtq/where_can_i_find_the_unpublished_epilogue_to_lord/ (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

-Response from “gynnis-scholasticus”

Mentioned in the episode:

Lee Knox Ostertag, 2021 (username is mollyknox)

On AO3: “Sam and Frodo Comics, Chapter 5: The Unpublished Epilogue” 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27478819/chapters/72409524 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Miriam Ellis, “The Importance of The Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings” (posted April 29, 2024)

https://www.miriamellis.com/post/the-importance-of-the-epilogue-to-the-lord-of-the-rings (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

“Tolkien’s Unpublished Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings” by In Deep Geek, published Dec 23, 2023, 

https://youtu.be/H2yRW4xmZFY?si=iZNDS8MaItSA8PFL

 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

]]> Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com In this episode, Jude and Stef discuss History of Middle-earth Volume 9: Sauron Defeated, the final book in the History of the Lord of the Rings. Jude introduces The Drowning of Anadûnê,  discussing the different versions of the tale of the Drowning of Númenor and the cultural traditions for which they were written. Jude also talks about the importance of adaptation and fan fiction in relation to Tolkien's works. Later, Stef presents the omitted Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings, which gives us a glimpse of Sam’s life and family after the event of the Lord of the Rings.

Citations 

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/4rZynfWv3f

Tolkien, J. R. R. Sauron Defeated. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 9. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

Tolkien, J. R.R. Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York. “Digital Edition NOVEMBER 2023 ISBN: 978-0-06-337435-5, Version 09282023, Print ISBN: 978-0-35-865298-4” (Accessed Dec 31, 2025). 

Fliss, William M, and Schaefer, Sarah C., J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript. The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, August 19-December 23, 2022. ISBN 978-0-945366-36-2. Images 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “King’s Letter”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/King%27s_Letter (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Sauron Defeated” 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron_Defeated (Accessed 10/1/25)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Vinyar Tengwar 29”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vinyar_Tengwar_29 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Reddit post, “Where can I find the unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings?” by user “mammothman64”

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/ydejtq/where_can_i_find_the_unpublished_epilogue_to_lord/ (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

-Response from “gynnis-scholasticus”

Mentioned in the episode:

Lee Knox Ostertag, 2021 (username is mollyknox)

On AO3: “Sam and Frodo Comics, Chapter 5: The Unpublished Epilogue” 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27478819/chapters/72409524 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

Miriam Ellis, “The Importance of The Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings” (posted April 29, 2024)

https://www.miriamellis.com/post/the-importance-of-the-epilogue-to-the-lord-of-the-rings (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

“Tolkien’s Unpublished Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings” by In Deep Geek, published Dec 23, 2023, 

https://youtu.be/H2yRW4xmZFY?si=iZNDS8MaItSA8PFL

 (Accessed Dec 31, 2025)

]]> Episode 90: Lesser-trod Histories 11: Sauron Defeated Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:07:55 In this episode, Jude and Stef discuss History of Middle-earth Volume 9: Sauron Defeated, the final book in the History of the Lord of the Rings. Jude introduces The Drowning of Anadûnê, discussing the different versions of the tale of the Drowning of Númenor and the cultural traditions for which they were written. Jude also talks about the importance of adaptation and fan fiction in relation to Tolkien's works. Later, Stef presents the omitted Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings, which gives us a glimpse of Sam’s life and family after the event of the Lord of the Rings. In this episode, Jude and Stef discuss History of Middle-earth Volume 9: Sauron Defeated, the final book in the History of the Lord of the Rings. Jude introduces The Drowning of Anadûnê, discussing the different versions of the tale of the Drowning of Númenor and the cultural traditions for which they were written. Jude also talks about the importance of adaptation and fan fiction in relation to Tolkien's works. Later, Stef presents the omitted Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings, which gives us a glimpse of Sam’s life and family after the event of the Lord of the Rings. the lord of the rings, literature, histories of middle-earth, j r r tolkien, numenor, the hobbit, canon, j.r.r. tolkien, storytelling, histories, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, adaptation, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, epilogue, samwise, lotr, hobbit, fantasy, the histories of middle-earth true full 90 b4a6162b-4739-43ef-8218-b84cd13b6306 Episode 89: Interview with Tom Racine - “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” This month, join Jude and Stef for a lively interview with cartoonist and newly minted Tolkien author, Tom Racine, about his new book, “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We talk about Tom’s love of Edward Gorey, the process of turning an viral Instagram Inktober series into a book, banishing the imposter demons, and more. A huge thank you to Tom for joining us and for his warmth and humor. 

 

Citations

Thank you to our special guest, Tom Racine! 

Follow Tom on Instagram: @tom_racine_art

Get yourself a copy of Tom’s book on bookshop.org:

“Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien”, published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/doomed-to-die-an-a-z-of-death-in-tolkien-tom-racine/fcc5ecee4168afc1?ean=9780063474420&next=t

Tom’s website:

https://www.tomracinevoice.com/

The Wizard Blues: The Adventures of Mori and Rom:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-wizard-blues-the-adventures-of-mori-and-rom/list?title_no=957997&page=1

 

]]> Wed, 3 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Tom Racine, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com This month, join Jude and Stef for a lively interview with cartoonist and newly minted Tolkien author, Tom Racine, about his new book, “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We talk about Tom’s love of Edward Gorey, the process of turning an viral Instagram Inktober series into a book, banishing the imposter demons, and more. A huge thank you to Tom for joining us and for his warmth and humor. 

 

Citations

Thank you to our special guest, Tom Racine! 

Follow Tom on Instagram: @tom_racine_art

Get yourself a copy of Tom’s book on bookshop.org:

“Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien”, published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/doomed-to-die-an-a-z-of-death-in-tolkien-tom-racine/fcc5ecee4168afc1?ean=9780063474420&next=t

Tom’s website:

https://www.tomracinevoice.com/

The Wizard Blues: The Adventures of Mori and Rom:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-wizard-blues-the-adventures-of-mori-and-rom/list?title_no=957997&page=1

 

]]> Episode 89: Interview with Tom Racine - “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” Tom Racine, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:09:33 This month, join Jude and Stef for a lively interview with cartoonist and newly minted Tolkien author, Tom Racine, about his new book, “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We talk about Tom’s love of Edward Gorey, the process of turning an viral Instagram Inktober series into a book, banishing the imposter demons, and more. A huge thank you to Tom for joining us and for his warmth and humor. This month, join Jude and Stef for a lively interview with cartoonist and newly minted Tolkien author, Tom Racine, about his new book, “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” published on November 11, 2025 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We talk about Tom’s love of Edward Gorey, the process of turning an viral Instagram Inktober series into a book, banishing the imposter demons, and more. A huge thank you to Tom for joining us and for his warmth and humor. the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, cartoonist, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, tom racine, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, doomed to die, hobbit, cartoons, book, cartoon, doomed to die book true full 89 e6171e43-789c-4b76-8fb7-49095bb73125 Episode 88: Interview with Don Marshall - "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” This month, Jude and Stef have the pleasure of interviewing Tolkien educator, influencer and now biographer Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” which will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. We chat with Don about how the book came about, the challenges and delights of the writing process, and the surprises Don found along the way. Thanks for joining us again on Athrabeth, Don! 

 

Citations: 

Thank you to our special guest Don Marshall! 

You can find links to Don’s social media below:

https://beacons.ai/donmarshall72  

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy by Don Marshall will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adam’s Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in both book and audiobook format!

Find your copy at the link below:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/J-R-R-Tolkien/Don-Marshall/Pocket-Portraits/9781668135440

]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Don Marshall, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com This month, Jude and Stef have the pleasure of interviewing Tolkien educator, influencer and now biographer Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” which will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. We chat with Don about how the book came about, the challenges and delights of the writing process, and the surprises Don found along the way. Thanks for joining us again on Athrabeth, Don! 

 

Citations: 

Thank you to our special guest Don Marshall! 

You can find links to Don’s social media below:

https://beacons.ai/donmarshall72  

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy by Don Marshall will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adam’s Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in both book and audiobook format!

Find your copy at the link below:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/J-R-R-Tolkien/Don-Marshall/Pocket-Portraits/9781668135440

]]> Episode 88: Interview with Don Marshall - "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” Don Marshall, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:01:11 This month, Jude and Stef have the pleasure of interviewing Tolkien educator, influencer and now biographer Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” which will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. We chat with Don about how the book came about, the challenges and delights of the writing process, and the surprises Don found along the way. Thanks for joining us again on Athrabeth, Don! This month, Jude and Stef have the pleasure of interviewing Tolkien educator, influencer and now biographer Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” which will be published on November 25, 2025, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. We chat with Don about how the book came about, the challenges and delights of the writing process, and the surprises Don found along the way. Thanks for joining us again on Athrabeth, Don! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, don marshall, jrr tolkien, hobbit true full 88 ff8bf292-6eb6-4c20-9fc1-196d32885329 Hobbitween 2025 With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repasts, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived! Join Theo Fleetfoot, Ozzie Oiolaire, Finellen Frostbeard, Iadar Listbalarion, Pumpkins Proudfoot, and our fearless Lore Master for another terrifying trip to Middle-earth. Happy Hobbitween! 

 

Citations

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

Thank you to our cast:

Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, Bsky @james.athrabeth.com

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, Instagram @ezpease & @greenvillearms 

Finellen Frostbeard: James Keen, Instagram @james.squatch

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, Bsky jude.athrabeth.com 

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, Bsky @stef.athrabeth.com & Instagram @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:

  • Amber Glow - Waves of TIme
  • Ben Elson - Cosmic Countdown
  • Bonnie Grace - Only the Brave
  • Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Tracker
  • Dream Cave - Question Mark
  • First Timer - Will You Marry Me (Baby, It’s Christmas)
  • Grevens Tid - Cry of the Banshee
  • Hampus Naeselius - Override
  • Hampus Naeselius - Replicants
  • Howard Harper-Barnes - Mysterious Forest
  • Jonathan Bondesson - Spanish Heat
  • Jules Gaia - Hot Pursuits
  • Lennon Hutton - The Slasher
  • Lupus Nocte - Maniamaster
  • Mattie Maguire - Racing Hearts
  • Max Anson - Conclusion
  • Rachel Sandy - Machina Soldier
  • Rachel Sandy - Shadow of Mortus
  • Robert “Robi” Svard - Formentera
  • Roy Williams - More of the Same
  • Scoobadive - Granny Dance
  • Viktor Lundberg - Nordic Mountain Reel

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

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

]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:10:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (James Keen, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Zeke Pease, max jimenez, James Kaku Pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repasts, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived! Join Theo Fleetfoot, Ozzie Oiolaire, Finellen Frostbeard, Iadar Listbalarion, Pumpkins Proudfoot, and our fearless Lore Master for another terrifying trip to Middle-earth. Happy Hobbitween! 

 

Citations

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

Thank you to our cast:

Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, Bsky @james.athrabeth.com

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, Instagram @ezpease & @greenvillearms 

Finellen Frostbeard: James Keen, Instagram @james.squatch

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, Bsky jude.athrabeth.com 

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, Bsky @stef.athrabeth.com & Instagram @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:

  • Amber Glow - Waves of TIme
  • Ben Elson - Cosmic Countdown
  • Bonnie Grace - Only the Brave
  • Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Tracker
  • Dream Cave - Question Mark
  • First Timer - Will You Marry Me (Baby, It’s Christmas)
  • Grevens Tid - Cry of the Banshee
  • Hampus Naeselius - Override
  • Hampus Naeselius - Replicants
  • Howard Harper-Barnes - Mysterious Forest
  • Jonathan Bondesson - Spanish Heat
  • Jules Gaia - Hot Pursuits
  • Lennon Hutton - The Slasher
  • Lupus Nocte - Maniamaster
  • Mattie Maguire - Racing Hearts
  • Max Anson - Conclusion
  • Rachel Sandy - Machina Soldier
  • Rachel Sandy - Shadow of Mortus
  • Robert “Robi” Svard - Formentera
  • Roy Williams - More of the Same
  • Scoobadive - Granny Dance
  • Viktor Lundberg - Nordic Mountain Reel

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

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

]]> Hobbitween 2025 James Keen, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Zeke Pease, max jimenez, James Kaku Pierson 02:09:42 With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repasts, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived! Join Theo Fleetfoot, Ozzie Oiolaire, Finellen Frostbeard, Iadar Listbalarion, Pumpkins Proudfoot, and our fearless Lore Master for another terrifying trip to Middle-earth. Happy Hobbitween! With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repasts, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived! Join Theo Fleetfoot, Ozzie Oiolaire, Finellen Frostbeard, Iadar Listbalarion, Pumpkins Proudfoot, and our fearless Lore Master for another terrifying trip to Middle-earth. Happy Hobbitween! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, rpg, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, actual play true bonus 10320fe7-d9ee-40b1-b32f-4958874e0a19 Episode 87: Live from Oxonmoot 2025: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers In episode 87, we discuss highlights from our recent trip to Oxonmoot, and present our session from Oxonmoot titled, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen. Join us as we explore what happens when characters from Tolkien’s legendarium go that extra mile to make everything around them just a little bit worse.  

 

Thank you to Sara and Kristine for joining us for this session, you are brilliant and hilarious and we are huge fans! Thank you to the Tolkien Society for having us, and thanks to their volunteer squad who made the weekend fun and safe! Thank you to our audience who joined us both in Oxford and online, and thank you to our amazing room steward, Kit Hannah! 

 

Listen to the show with accompanying slides on YouTube here!

 

Citations: 

Thank you to our guests, Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen!

Sara Brown: sara.brown@signum.org, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social

Kristine Larsen: larsen@ccsu.edu

 

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

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. 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.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Nature of Middle-earth. Edited by Carl F. Hostetter, HarperCollins, 2021. 

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

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.

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

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

]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2025 09:20:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Sara Brown, Kristine Larsen, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com In episode 87, we discuss highlights from our recent trip to Oxonmoot, and present our session from Oxonmoot titled, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen. Join us as we explore what happens when characters from Tolkien’s legendarium go that extra mile to make everything around them just a little bit worse.  

 

Thank you to Sara and Kristine for joining us for this session, you are brilliant and hilarious and we are huge fans! Thank you to the Tolkien Society for having us, and thanks to their volunteer squad who made the weekend fun and safe! Thank you to our audience who joined us both in Oxford and online, and thank you to our amazing room steward, Kit Hannah! 

 

Listen to the show with accompanying slides on YouTube here!

 

Citations: 

Thank you to our guests, Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen!

Sara Brown: sara.brown@signum.org, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social

Kristine Larsen: larsen@ccsu.edu

 

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

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. 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.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Nature of Middle-earth. Edited by Carl F. Hostetter, HarperCollins, 2021. 

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

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.

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

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

]]> Episode 87: Live from Oxonmoot 2025: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers Sara Brown, Kristine Larsen, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:16:43 In episode 87, we discuss highlights from our recent trip to Oxonmoot, and present our session from Oxonmoot titled, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen. Join us as we explore what happens when characters from Tolkien’s legendarium go that extra mile to make everything around them just a little bit worse. Thank you to Sara and Kristine for joining us for this session, you are brilliant and hilarious and we are huge fans! Thank you to the Tolkien Society for having us, and thanks to their volunteer squad who made the weekend fun and safe! Thank you to our audience who joined us both in Oxford and online, and thank you to our amazing room steward, Kit Hannah! In episode 87, we discuss highlights from our recent trip to Oxonmoot, and present our session from Oxonmoot titled, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen. Join us as we explore what happens when characters from Tolkien’s legendarium go that extra mile to make everything around them just a little bit worse. Thank you to Sara and Kristine for joining us for this session, you are brilliant and hilarious and we are huge fans! Thank you to the Tolkien Society for having us, and thanks to their volunteer squad who made the weekend fun and safe! Thank you to our audience who joined us both in Oxford and online, and thank you to our amazing room steward, Kit Hannah! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, oxonmoot, j.r.r. tolkien, live, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, the tolkien society, hobbit true full 87 90f7e70a-fc2d-4075-ae46-c2804712f42f Episode 86: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Luke Shelton When you first read the Lord of the Rings, which character did you most relate to? Has that changed as you’ve gotten older? This month, we are joined by Dr. Luke Shelton, who leads us down his lesser-trod path, exploring reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism. Thanks for joining us, Luke, for this fascinating and emotional discussion!

Citations: 

Thank you to our guest host, Dr. Luke Shelton! 

How to find Luke:

Instagram: @lukebshelton

Bsky: @lukebshelton.bsky.social

Luke’s website: https://luke-shelton.com/ (Accessed June 27, 2025)

Show Notes from Luke:

Luke’s work:

Luke’s dissertation is free online here: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/81312/

The title is “‘Small Hands Do Them Because They Must’: Examining the Reception of The Lord of the Rings among Young Readers”

Luke’s most recent publication: “Towards an Ethos of Discussing In-Corporeal Gender in Fantasy Literature: Part I—A 'Feminine' Eldil and a 'Masculine' Vala”: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/vol2024/iss1/7/?utm_source=dc.swosu.edu%2Fmythpro%2Fvol2024%2Fiss1%2F7&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages

In prior scholarship, Luke talked about:

Dawn Walls-Thumma’s “Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3/

Robin Reid’s “J.R.R. Tolkien, Culture Warrior: The Alt-Right's Crusade against the Tolkien Society's 2021 Summer Seminar on ‘Tolkien and Diversity’”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol16/iss2/4/

Maria Alberto’s “‘The effort to translate’: Fan Film Culture and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/2/

Megan Abrahamson’s “J.R.R. Tolkien, Fanfiction, and ‘The Freedom of the Reader’”: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/5/

Ernest Mathjis, editor of Watching The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s World Audiences

For gaming, Luke mentioned:

Alicia Fox-Lenz and a forthcoming volume she edited which will be about Tolkien and Gaming, title unknown at this time.

Tim Bolton: Luke mentioned that he occasionally writes pieces about gaming for Amon Hen (not something that is easy to link to, unfortunately), it looks like he also has a blog which is more consistent: https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/search?q=gaming+in+middle-earth

]]> Wed, 3 Sep 2025 07:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Dr. Luke Shelton, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com When you first read the Lord of the Rings, which character did you most relate to? Has that changed as you’ve gotten older? This month, we are joined by Dr. Luke Shelton, who leads us down his lesser-trod path, exploring reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism. Thanks for joining us, Luke, for this fascinating and emotional discussion!

Citations: 

Thank you to our guest host, Dr. Luke Shelton! 

How to find Luke:

Instagram: @lukebshelton

Bsky: @lukebshelton.bsky.social

Luke’s website: https://luke-shelton.com/ (Accessed June 27, 2025)

Show Notes from Luke:

Luke’s work:

Luke’s dissertation is free online here: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/81312/

The title is “‘Small Hands Do Them Because They Must’: Examining the Reception of The Lord of the Rings among Young Readers”

Luke’s most recent publication: “Towards an Ethos of Discussing In-Corporeal Gender in Fantasy Literature: Part I—A 'Feminine' Eldil and a 'Masculine' Vala”: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/vol2024/iss1/7/?utm_source=dc.swosu.edu%2Fmythpro%2Fvol2024%2Fiss1%2F7&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages

In prior scholarship, Luke talked about:

Dawn Walls-Thumma’s “Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3/

Robin Reid’s “J.R.R. Tolkien, Culture Warrior: The Alt-Right's Crusade against the Tolkien Society's 2021 Summer Seminar on ‘Tolkien and Diversity’”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol16/iss2/4/

Maria Alberto’s “‘The effort to translate’: Fan Film Culture and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien”: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/2/

Megan Abrahamson’s “J.R.R. Tolkien, Fanfiction, and ‘The Freedom of the Reader’”: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/5/

Ernest Mathjis, editor of Watching The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s World Audiences

For gaming, Luke mentioned:

Alicia Fox-Lenz and a forthcoming volume she edited which will be about Tolkien and Gaming, title unknown at this time.

Tim Bolton: Luke mentioned that he occasionally writes pieces about gaming for Amon Hen (not something that is easy to link to, unfortunately), it looks like he also has a blog which is more consistent: https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/search?q=gaming+in+middle-earth

]]> Episode 86: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Luke Shelton Dr. Luke Shelton, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:26:51 When you first read the Lord of the Rings, which character did you most relate to? Has that changed as you’ve gotten older? This month, we are joined by Dr. Luke Shelton, who leads us down his lesser-trod path, exploring reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism. Thanks for joining us, Luke, for this fascinating and emotional discussion! When you first read the Lord of the Rings, which character did you most relate to? Has that changed as you’ve gotten older? This month, we are joined by Dr. Luke Shelton, who leads us down his lesser-trod path, exploring reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism. Thanks for joining us, Luke, for this fascinating and emotional discussion! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit true full 86 a62001fe-8cf6-48f5-91cd-0062cd99332b Episode 85: Lesser-Trod Histories 11: The War of the Ring In this next installment of The History of Middle-earth, Jude and Stef chat about volume 8: The War of the Ring. Stef talks about Part 2, Chapter 5, “Faramir”, and Jude focuses Part 3, Chapter 9, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”. We discuss Tolkien’s writing process, the character development of Faramir, Eowyn, and the Witch King, and the progression of thematic elements of Rohan and Gondor. 

 

Citations:

Brown, Sara. (2025, Aug 2). ““Her hair was held a marvel unmatched”: The Significance of Long, Blonde Hair in Tolkien’s Imagination” [Paper presentation], Mythopoeic Society OMS 4 - Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy”, online. https://www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm

Tolkien, J. R. R. 

The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three.

 Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. Unwin Hyman, London, 1990.

]]> Wed, 6 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com In this next installment of The History of Middle-earth, Jude and Stef chat about volume 8: The War of the Ring. Stef talks about Part 2, Chapter 5, “Faramir”, and Jude focuses Part 3, Chapter 9, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”. We discuss Tolkien’s writing process, the character development of Faramir, Eowyn, and the Witch King, and the progression of thematic elements of Rohan and Gondor. 

 

Citations:

Brown, Sara. (2025, Aug 2). ““Her hair was held a marvel unmatched”: The Significance of Long, Blonde Hair in Tolkien’s Imagination” [Paper presentation], Mythopoeic Society OMS 4 - Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy”, online. https://www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm

Tolkien, J. R. R. 

The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three.

 Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. Unwin Hyman, London, 1990.

]]> Episode 85: Lesser-Trod Histories 11: The War of the Ring Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:53:38 In this next installment of The History of Middle-earth, Jude and Stef chat about volume 8: The War of the Ring. Stef talks about Part 2, Chapter 5, “Faramir”, and Jude focuses Part 3, Chapter 9, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”. We discuss Tolkien’s writing process, the character development of Faramir, Eowyn, and the Witch King, and the progression of thematic elements of Rohan and Gondor. In this next installment of The History of Middle-earth, Jude and Stef chat about volume 8: The War of the Ring. Stef talks about Part 2, Chapter 5, “Faramir”, and Jude focuses Part 3, Chapter 9, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”. We discuss Tolkien’s writing process, the character development of Faramir, Eowyn, and the Witch King, and the progression of thematic elements of Rohan and Gondor. the lord of the rings, the return of the king, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, lotr, hobbit, faramir, eowyn true full 85 94bedc2b-015a-43e6-ba40-7deb0cb222bb Episode 84: Lesser-Trod Histories 10: The Treason of Isengard Continuing on with the Lesser-Trod Histories series, this month, Jude and Stef look at two chapters from Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth: The Treason of Isengard- Chapter 12: Lothlórien and Chapter 13: Galadriel. We chuckle about some fun tidbits that Tolkien toyed with, and discuss the evolution of the Three Elven Rings and their association with Sauron. You won’t believe who almost took the place of the Balrog in Khazad-dûm! 

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. Unwin Hyman, London, 1989.

 

Reddit posts that Stef found helpful: 

“Sampling The History of LotR: The Treason of Isengard, Pt. 1/2" by Curundil on r/tolkienfans

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/1k2xlkf/sampling_the_history_of_lotr_the_treason_of/ (Accessed June 26, 2025)

 

“Sampling The History of LotR: The Treason of Isengard, Pt. 2/2" by Curundil on r/tolkienfans

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/1lgim3v/sampling_the_history_of_lotr_the_treason_of/ (Accessed June 26, 2025)

 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Treason of Isengard”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Treason_of_Isengard

 (Accessed June 26, 2025)

]]> Wed, 2 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Continuing on with the Lesser-Trod Histories series, this month, Jude and Stef look at two chapters from Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth: The Treason of Isengard- Chapter 12: Lothlórien and Chapter 13: Galadriel. We chuckle about some fun tidbits that Tolkien toyed with, and discuss the evolution of the Three Elven Rings and their association with Sauron. You won’t believe who almost took the place of the Balrog in Khazad-dûm! 

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. Unwin Hyman, London, 1989.

 

Reddit posts that Stef found helpful: 

“Sampling The History of LotR: The Treason of Isengard, Pt. 1/2" by Curundil on r/tolkienfans

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/1k2xlkf/sampling_the_history_of_lotr_the_treason_of/ (Accessed June 26, 2025)

 

“Sampling The History of LotR: The Treason of Isengard, Pt. 2/2" by Curundil on r/tolkienfans

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/1lgim3v/sampling_the_history_of_lotr_the_treason_of/ (Accessed June 26, 2025)

 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Treason of Isengard”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Treason_of_Isengard

 (Accessed June 26, 2025)

]]> Episode 84: Lesser-Trod Histories 10: The Treason of Isengard Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:53:37 Continuing on with the Lesser-Trod Histories series, this month, Jude and Stef look at two chapters from Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth: The Treason of Isengard- Chapter 12: Lothlórien and Chapter 13: Galadriel. We chuckle about some fun tidbits that Tolkien toyed with, and discuss the evolution of the Three Elven Rings and their association with Sauron. You won’t believe who almost took the place of the Balrog in Khazad-dûm! Continuing on with the Lesser-Trod Histories series, this month, Jude and Stef look at two chapters from Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth: The Treason of Isengard- Chapter 12: Lothlórien and Chapter 13: Galadriel. We chuckle about some fun tidbits that Tolkien toyed with, and discuss the evolution of the Three Elven Rings and their association with Sauron. You won’t believe who almost took the place of the Balrog in Khazad-dûm! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, lothlorien, tolkien, the silmarillion, galadriel, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, the histories of middle-earth true full 84 6528e1c4-5477-4a98-8236-cb2de506a058 Episode 83: Live from Westmoot 2025: “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” with Knewbettadobetta Join Jude and Stef and our special guest Knewbettadobetta for our first-ever live show, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from Westmoot 2025! We put three of Arda’s wettest noodle’s on blast! 

Thank you Westmoot for having us, and thank you Knewbetta for joining us!

 

Citations: 

 

Thank you to our special guest, Knewbettadobetta! 

Knewbetta’s Linktree

https://linktr.ee/Knewbettadobetta

 

Knewbetta’s plugs:

Voices of Arda- linktr.ee/voicesofarda  

Kali- linktr.ee/KaliCosplay

Belmont- linktr.ee/be1mont   

Kaia- linktr.ee/kaiakay  

Andie- “Tolkien with Friends” podcast, linktr.ee/tolkienwithfriends   

David the Ñoldo- linktr.ee/davidthengoldo  

TJ Nee- “Tolkien on Tap” podcast, linktr.ee/the_neej  

 

Thank you to Westmoot and the Tolkien Society for having us! 

http://westmoot.org/

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/  

 

General citations for all three presentations:

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed 5/8/2025)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 5/8/2025)

 

Stef’s Aladarion citations:

Brown, Sara. "The Tale of 'Aldarion and Erendis': Not Just a Medieval Love Story," Journal of Tolkien Research Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 6. (2023) https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss1/6 (Accessed 4/30/2025). 

Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa. "World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in "Aldarion and Erendis". Tolkien Studies 2 (2005): 75-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tks.2005.0020. (Accessed 5/5/2025). 

This is the amazing article that Stef mentioned at the start of her presentation that puts Aladarion in a new light: 

Queripel, Rory M. "The Mariner (and his wife): Queering Aldarion's (A)sexuality." 

Journal of Tolkien Research

 Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 12 (2023). 

https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss2/12

 (Accessed 5/5/2025). 

]]> Wed, 4 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Knewbettadobetta, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Join Jude and Stef and our special guest Knewbettadobetta for our first-ever live show, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from Westmoot 2025! We put three of Arda’s wettest noodle’s on blast! 

Thank you Westmoot for having us, and thank you Knewbetta for joining us!

 

Citations: 

 

Thank you to our special guest, Knewbettadobetta! 

Knewbetta’s Linktree

https://linktr.ee/Knewbettadobetta

 

Knewbetta’s plugs:

Voices of Arda- linktr.ee/voicesofarda  

Kali- linktr.ee/KaliCosplay

Belmont- linktr.ee/be1mont   

Kaia- linktr.ee/kaiakay  

Andie- “Tolkien with Friends” podcast, linktr.ee/tolkienwithfriends   

David the Ñoldo- linktr.ee/davidthengoldo  

TJ Nee- “Tolkien on Tap” podcast, linktr.ee/the_neej  

 

Thank you to Westmoot and the Tolkien Society for having us! 

http://westmoot.org/

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/  

 

General citations for all three presentations:

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed 5/8/2025)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 5/8/2025)

 

Stef’s Aladarion citations:

Brown, Sara. "The Tale of 'Aldarion and Erendis': Not Just a Medieval Love Story," Journal of Tolkien Research Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 6. (2023) https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss1/6 (Accessed 4/30/2025). 

Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa. "World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in "Aldarion and Erendis". Tolkien Studies 2 (2005): 75-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tks.2005.0020. (Accessed 5/5/2025). 

This is the amazing article that Stef mentioned at the start of her presentation that puts Aladarion in a new light: 

Queripel, Rory M. "The Mariner (and his wife): Queering Aldarion's (A)sexuality." 

Journal of Tolkien Research

 Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 12 (2023). 

https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss2/12

 (Accessed 5/5/2025). 

]]> Episode 83: Live from Westmoot 2025: “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” with Knewbettadobetta Knewbettadobetta, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:18:27 Join Jude and Stef and our special guest Knewbettadobetta for our first-ever live show, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from Westmoot 2025! We put three of Arda’s wettest noodle’s on blast! Thank you Westmoot for having us, and thank you Knewbetta for joining us! Join Jude and Stef and our special guest Knewbettadobetta for our first-ever live show, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from Westmoot 2025! We put three of Arda’s wettest noodle’s on blast! Thank you Westmoot for having us, and thank you Knewbetta for joining us! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, westmoot 2025, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, the book of lost tales, westmoot, knewbettadobetta, jrr tolkien, the tolkien society true full 83 07c67a2b-d14c-40a7-8f5b-328eead09caf Episode 82: Lesser-trod Histories 9 - The Return of the Shadow: We love a party How did Tolkien start writing his epic tale, “The Lord of the Rings”? Join Jude and Stef as they discuss the humble beginnings of the book that became the Fellowship of the Ring in this month’s episode about volume six of the History of Middle-earth, The Return of the Shadow. 

We chat specifically about the Foreword by Christopher Tolkien, and dig deep into the first chapter, The Long-Expected Party!

 

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 6. Unwin Hyman, London, 1988.

]]> Wed, 7 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com How did Tolkien start writing his epic tale, “The Lord of the Rings”? Join Jude and Stef as they discuss the humble beginnings of the book that became the Fellowship of the Ring in this month’s episode about volume six of the History of Middle-earth, The Return of the Shadow. 

We chat specifically about the Foreword by Christopher Tolkien, and dig deep into the first chapter, The Long-Expected Party!

 

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 6. Unwin Hyman, London, 1988.

]]> Episode 82: Lesser-trod Histories 9 - The Return of the Shadow: We love a party Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:53:05 How did Tolkien start writing his epic tale, “The Lord of the Rings”? Join Jude and Stef as they discuss the humble beginnings of the book that became the Fellowship of the Ring in this month’s episode about volume six of the History of Middle-earth, The Return of the Shadow. We chat specifically about the Foreword by Christopher Tolkien, and dig deep into the first chapter, The Long-Expected Party! How did Tolkien start writing his epic tale, “The Lord of the Rings”? Join Jude and Stef as they discuss the humble beginnings of the book that became the Fellowship of the Ring in this month’s episode about volume six of the History of Middle-earth, The Return of the Shadow. We chat specifically about the Foreword by Christopher Tolkien, and dig deep into the first chapter, The Long-Expected Party! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, westmoot, jrr tolkien, the tolkien society, the histories of middle-earth true full 82 c219501a-6e02-457a-8232-b4ea42624d1c Episode 81: Lesser-trod Histories 8 - The Lost Road and Other Writings 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. 

 

Upcoming events

April 22, 2025: The Carrock Northern California Smail second meeting is on Zoom on April 22, 2025 (Earth 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)

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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. 

 

Upcoming events

April 22, 2025: The Carrock Northern California Smail second meeting is on Zoom on April 22, 2025 (Earth 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)

]]> Episode 81: Lesser-trod Histories 8 - The Lost Road and Other Writings Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:57:14 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! 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! the lord of the rings, histories of middle-earth, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, the histories of middle-earth true full 81 a86cb396-c927-4801-b279-88ce48de5662 Episode 80: Lesser-trod Histories 7 - The Shaping of Middle-earth 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)

]]> Wed, 5 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 80: Lesser-trod Histories 7 - The Shaping of Middle-earth Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:58:05 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. 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. true full 80 80e8c816-2609-499a-8edf-b15517a45bc8 Episode 79: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Sara Brown 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.

]]> Wed, 5 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Dr. Sara Brown, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.

]]> Episode 79: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Sara Brown Dr. Sara Brown, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:28:07 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! 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! the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit true full 79 72476a7f-b936-4c4e-a566-38390d06a4cf Episode 78: Lesser-trod Paths with Cameron Bourquein 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/

]]> Wed, 1 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Cameron Bourquein, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

]]> Episode 78: Lesser-trod Paths with Cameron Bourquein Cameron Bourquein, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:36:14 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. 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. the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, lord of the rings, the book of lost tales, sauron, jrr tolkien, hobbit, the histories of middle-earth true full 78 ce0ad815-d8ec-4cee-9ef9-bbad8805e0a2 AthraChats: War of the Rohirrim 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

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.

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]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

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

]]> AthraChats: War of the Rohirrim Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:39:29 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! 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! the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, war of the rohirrim true bonus 197ad5bd-80df-4fa7-8378-82f81d981fde Episode 77: Interview with Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson 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

Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

]]> Wed, 4 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Andrew "Trotter" Ferguson, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!

Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

]]> Episode 77: Interview with Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson Andrew "Trotter" Ferguson, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:16:01 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! 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! the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, the lord of the ring, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit true full 77 660b2f5e-26dc-41c4-9fa5-bf568389185b Episode 76: Interview with Shaun Gunner 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

]]> Wed, 6 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Shaun Gunner, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

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]]> Episode 76: Interview with Shaun Gunner Shaun Gunner, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:10:36 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. 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. the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, the rings of power, tolkien, the silmarillion, tolkiensocietyseminar, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, the tolkien society, lord of the ring true full 76 63afbd17-3a84-4b50-be59-570a07488890 Hobbitween 2024 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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]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Zeke Pease, Max Jimenez, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, James Kaku Pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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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]]> Hobbitween 2024 Zeke Pease, Max Jimenez, Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, James Kaku Pierson 01:53:30 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! 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! the lord of the rings, the hobbit, rpg, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, ttrpg, actual play, rpgs, lord of the ring true bonus 1a39315b-6e6a-4e67-93a1-fb57d5c4bbd6 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 8 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. 

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]]> Mon, 7 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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. 

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]]> AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 8 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:42:53 the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, the rings of power, rop, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, lotr, hobbit true bonus 856888fb-18b1-4173-9a17-ee970f916150 Episode 75: Sauron’s Magic 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)

 

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]]> Wed, 2 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

 

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]]> Episode 75: Sauron’s Magic Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 00:52:00 the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, middle-earth true full 75 faa63200-038c-4424-b956-ae4b0c7841c1 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 7 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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]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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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]]> AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 7 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:33:51 the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, the rings of power, rop, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, lotr, hobbit true bonus 2e49d1ae-1d2b-403f-9f97-c86bd9552d81 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 6 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)

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]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

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]]> AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 6 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:42:58 the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, lotr, hobbit true bonus a1b41998-d664-4cff-b475-e2e2fd86f3c6 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 5 Citations 

Lea’s Tiktok account- silmarilleanne

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

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]]> Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Citations 

Lea’s Tiktok account- silmarilleanne

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

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]]> AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 5 Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:42:28 Join Jude and Stef for another informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 5, “Halls of Stone.” Beware of spoilers and strange voices in the deep. Join Jude and Stef for another informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 5, “Halls of Stone.” Beware of spoilers and strange voices in the deep. true bonus cd9f0546-6565-45b5-b635-97785eb55c87 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 4 Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 4 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:29:58 Join Jude and Stef for a fun, informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4. Beware of spoilers and a tree or mud that may swallow you. Join Jude and Stef for a fun, informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4. Beware of spoilers and a tree or mud that may swallow you. the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, the rings of power, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, hobbit true bonus dd410667-e4e8-420d-8dfd-e0df7327b659 Episode 74: The One Ring RPG and Interview with Francesco Nepitello 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)

]]> Wed, 4 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Francesco Nepitello, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Kaku Pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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 74: The One Ring RPG and Interview with Francesco Nepitello Francesco Nepitello, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Kaku Pierson 01:55:10 This month we had the pleasure of talking with the designer & writer of The One Ring RPG, Francesco Nepitello! Join us for our interview with Francesco, plus an intro to the Free League Publishing game with Producer James & a sneak peek into our new podcast AthraPlay! This month we had the pleasure of talking with the designer & writer of The One Ring RPG, Francesco Nepitello! Join us for our interview with Francesco, plus an intro to the Free League Publishing game with Producer James & a sneak peek into our new podcast AthraPlay! the lord of the rings, the one ring rpg, the hobbit, rpg, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, role playing game, jrr tolkien, hobbit, the one ring, lord of the ring true full 74 ec0336a7-8a33-4028-a7ed-6107d158223e AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episodes 2 & 3 Find Athrabeth on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/

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]]> AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episodes 2 & 3 Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 00:42:16 Jude and Stef continue their discussion of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season 2, episodes 2 & 3! Listen for elf genealogy, gross spiders, and which characters are "butts". Contains spoilers for episodes 1, 2, & 3! Jude and Stef continue their discussion of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season 2, episodes 2 & 3! Listen for elf genealogy, gross spiders, and which characters are "butts". Contains spoilers for episodes 1, 2, & 3! the lord of the rings, j.r.r. tolkien, the rings of power, rop, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, lotr true bonus 6cefc3e2-c5b8-4ec8-bab5-77302b8f42e1 AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 1 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 1 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:26:32 Jude and Stef discuss the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season two! Beware spoilers for episode 1 of season 2, as well as spicy opinions about Elrond, elven set-design, and which version of Sauron is sexiest! Jude and Stef discuss the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season two! Beware spoilers for episode 1 of season 2, as well as spicy opinions about Elrond, elven set-design, and which version of Sauron is sexiest! the lord of the rings, j.r.r. tolkien, rop, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, lotr true bonus 55ef34b3-9a6a-4f5b-8982-3428be12fd05 Episode 73: Lesser-trod Histories 6 - The Lays of Beleriand 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/

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

]]> Episode 73: Lesser-trod Histories 6 - The Lays of Beleriand Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:57:58 This month, Jude and Stef take a dive into The History of Middle-earth Volume 3: The Lays of Beleriand. Jude proudly and pleasingly presents “Fragment of an alliterative Lay of Eärendel” and Stef does her best with the Cantos of “The Lay of Leithian.” Join us for painfully peaking microphones, comely Cantos, and resplendent rhymes. This month, Jude and Stef take a dive into The History of Middle-earth Volume 3: The Lays of Beleriand. Jude proudly and pleasingly presents “Fragment of an alliterative Lay of Eärendel” and Stef does her best with the Cantos of “The Lay of Leithian.” Join us for painfully peaking microphones, comely Cantos, and resplendent rhymes. the lord of the rings, the hobbit, middle earth, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, middle-earth true full 73 4be933c9-610b-48b1-bdf9-a1fc59b82718 Episode 72: Lesser-trod Histories 5 - The Tale of Eärendel 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)

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https://discord.gg/x5UVB7M3

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) 

]]> Wed, 3 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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!

https://discord.gg/x5UVB7M3

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) 

]]> Episode 72: Lesser-trod Histories 5 - The Tale of Eärendel Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:49:35 What do Athrabeth and Ed McMahon have in common this month? We’re on a star search! Our Lesser-trod Histories series continues in episode 72 with a discussion of The Tale of Eärendel from the Book of Lost Tales: Part 2. A big thank you to Tolkien scholar and author John Garth for his excellent book Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth from which we drew heavily for this episode. What do Athrabeth and Ed McMahon have in common this month? We’re on a star search! Our Lesser-trod Histories series continues in episode 72 with a discussion of The Tale of Eärendel from the Book of Lost Tales: Part 2. A big thank you to Tolkien scholar and author John Garth for his excellent book Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth from which we drew heavily for this episode. the lord of the rings, the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, jrr tolkien, middle-earth, the histories of middle-earth true full 72 f320e248-c63a-42a5-83ed-ea270aef5a5e Episode 71: Lesser-trod Histories 4 - Ælfwine 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)

]]> Wed, 5 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 71: Lesser-trod Histories 4 - Ælfwine Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:56:25 Come sail away, COME SAIL AWAY, come sail away with us(!) to Episode 71 of Athrabeth, as we continue our Lesser-trod Histories series with a discussion of the framing device mariners, Eriol and Ælfwine, of the Book of Lost Tales, parts 1 and 2. Come sail away, COME SAIL AWAY, come sail away with us(!) to Episode 71 of Athrabeth, as we continue our Lesser-trod Histories series with a discussion of the framing device mariners, Eriol and Ælfwine, of the Book of Lost Tales, parts 1 and 2. the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, middle earth, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion, j. r. r. tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, hobbit, middle-earth true full 71 64ad82da-8571-4684-8b42-4f87b8bf8196 Episode 70: Lesser-trod Histories 3 - The Music of the Ainur 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)

]]> Wed, 1 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 70: Lesser-trod Histories 3 - The Music of the Ainur Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:50:37 Our Lesser-trod Histories series continues in episode 70 with a discussion of The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1, Chapter 2 “The Music of the Ainur”. We compare similarities and differences between the version of this story in The Book of Lost Tales and the final version that became the Ainulindalë in the Silmarillion. Anyway, here’s Wonderwall. Our Lesser-trod Histories series continues in episode 70 with a discussion of The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1, Chapter 2 “The Music of the Ainur”. We compare similarities and differences between the version of this story in The Book of Lost Tales and the final version that became the Ainulindalë in the Silmarillion. Anyway, here’s Wonderwall. the lord of the rings, j r r tolkien, the hobbit, ainur, tolkien, the silmarillion, silmarillion true full 70 3cd52b48-6122-43d9-8715-04a3f73dfa2d Episode 69: A Lesser-Trod Interview with Fornad of ArdaCraft 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 

]]> Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Fornad) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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 

]]> Episode 69: A Lesser-Trod Interview with Fornad of ArdaCraft Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Fornad 01:11:21 This month, Jude and Stef chat with Fornad, the founder and administrator of ArdaCraft - the biggest recreation of Middle-earth in Minecraft (and anywhere). Fornad tells us about how the project began from a love for Tolkien’s works, how it has developed and grown over the years, and he wows us with the incredible detail and love that has gone into the project. The work that Fornad and his volunteers have put into this world is mesmerizing, and it was a treat to chat with him. This month, Jude and Stef chat with Fornad, the founder and administrator of ArdaCraft - the biggest recreation of Middle-earth in Minecraft (and anywhere). Fornad tells us about how the project began from a love for Tolkien’s works, how it has developed and grown over the years, and he wows us with the incredible detail and love that has gone into the project. The work that Fornad and his volunteers have put into this world is mesmerizing, and it was a treat to chat with him. j r r tolkien, the hobbit, minecraft, j.r.r. tolkien, the silmarillion, ardacraft, lord of the rings, middle-earth true full 69 1ee8d166-ed27-4add-98dc-cea7db43116a Episode 68: Lesser-trod Histories 2 - The Cottage of Lost Play 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.

]]> Wed, 6 Mar 2024 08:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.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.

]]> Episode 68: Lesser-trod Histories 2 - The Cottage of Lost Play Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:46:56 “And so here we builded of good magic this Cottage of Lost Play: and here old tales, old songs, and elfin music are treasured and rehearsed.” Lesser-trod Histories continues with the Cottage of Lost Play in the Book of Lost Tales, Part 1! Jude and Stef discuss the nascent legendarium and meet friends familiar and foreign in this second episode of our new series! Join us for big gongs, little ghosts, and gnarly gnomes! “And so here we builded of good magic this Cottage of Lost Play: and here old tales, old songs, and elfin music are treasured and rehearsed.” Lesser-trod Histories continues with the Cottage of Lost Play in the Book of Lost Tales, Part 1! Jude and Stef discuss the nascent legendarium and meet friends familiar and foreign in this second episode of our new series! Join us for big gongs, little ghosts, and gnarly gnomes! the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, the book of lost tales, jrr tolkien true full 68 cd888363-66f4-47c7-9831-5009d000934d Episode 67: Lesser-trod Histories 1 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)

]]> Wed, 7 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 67: Lesser-trod Histories 1 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:54:17 This month Athrabeth is proud to announce a new, ongoing series: Lesser-trod Histories! We’ll be exploring the 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth, picking topics and writings that we find intriguing or fun! Enjoy our first episode on Christopher Tolkien’s Foreward to The Book of Lost Tales: Part 1! This month Athrabeth is proud to announce a new, ongoing series: Lesser-trod Histories! We’ll be exploring the 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth, picking topics and writings that we find intriguing or fun! Enjoy our first episode on Christopher Tolkien’s Foreward to The Book of Lost Tales: Part 1! j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, the book of lost tales true full 67 f2438c6f-2447-4c6c-8f89-651f8554310e Episode 66: Tolkien and New Media - Live from Oxonmoot 50 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

]]> Wed, 3 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Marcel R. Bülles, Mercury Natis, S.R. Westvik) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 66: Tolkien and New Media - Live from Oxonmoot 50 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Marcel R. Bülles, Mercury Natis, S.R. Westvik 01:59:18 Join us this month for the long-awaited audio from the panel titled “Tolkien and New Media '' presented at the Tolkien Socieity’s Oxonmoot 50, on September 2, 2023. Panelists include Marcel R. Bülles, Mercury Natis, S.R. Westvik, and Athrabeth’s own Jude Vais, with Stef Midlock as the moderator. Thank you to the panelists and the Tolkien Society for making this possible! Stick around after the panel for Jude and Stef’s discussion of their experience attending Oxonmoot 50. Join us this month for the long-awaited audio from the panel titled “Tolkien and New Media '' presented at the Tolkien Socieity’s Oxonmoot 50, on September 2, 2023. Panelists include Marcel R. Bülles, Mercury Natis, S.R. Westvik, and Athrabeth’s own Jude Vais, with Stef Midlock as the moderator. Thank you to the panelists and the Tolkien Society for making this possible! Stick around after the panel for Jude and Stef’s discussion of their experience attending Oxonmoot 50. oxonmoot, j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, the tolkien society true full 66 81f1621f-041e-4017-abe6-38050f24bbd9 Episode 65: Interview with Thomas P. Hillman 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

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Thomas P Hillman) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 65: Interview with Thomas P. Hillman Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Thomas P Hillman 01:08:16 Join Jude and Stef in episode 65 for an in-depth interview with Tolkien scholar and author Thomas P. Hillman. Tom’s new book titled, “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023, by Kent State University Press. Thank you to Tom for joining us for this lively discussion! Join Jude and Stef in episode 65 for an in-depth interview with Tolkien scholar and author Thomas P. Hillman. Tom’s new book titled, “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023, by Kent State University Press. Thank you to Tom for joining us for this lively discussion! j r r tolkien, the hobbit, tolkien, lord of the rings, rings of power, thomas p hillman true full 65 5f1b8232-5d63-42af-ab33-759dc73ba13f Episode 64: A-door-able Doors 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

]]> Wed, 1 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 64: A-door-able Doors Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:09:57 Join us this month for a discussion of Tolkien’s doors, exploring various door themes from literature with examples of each theme. First we’ll look at doors as boundaries between physical places, with examples of the Doors of Durin and the Door of Night. Next, we’ll talk about doors as places of transition between states of being, with examples of Bag End’s Green Door and the Closed Door. Finally, we’ll discuss doors as keepers of secrets, including the overly-hilarious Back Door and the mysterious Door under Dwimorberg. We hope to deepen your un-door-standing of Tolkien’s doors! Join us this month for a discussion of Tolkien’s doors, exploring various door themes from literature with examples of each theme. First we’ll look at doors as boundaries between physical places, with examples of the Doors of Durin and the Door of Night. Next, we’ll talk about doors as places of transition between states of being, with examples of Bag End’s Green Door and the Closed Door. Finally, we’ll discuss doors as keepers of secrets, including the overly-hilarious Back Door and the mysterious Door under Dwimorberg. We hope to deepen your un-door-standing of Tolkien’s doors! j r r tolkien, the hobbit, tolkien, lord of the rings true full 64 b72061bc-e0f2-4f21-ab45-f681ac1d5861 Hobbitween 2023 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

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! 

https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Kaku Pierson, Zeke Pease, Max Jimenez) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! 

https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Hobbitween 2023 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Kaku Pierson, Zeke Pease, Max Jimenez 02:30:46 It's the most wonderful time of the year, yet again: Hobbitween! Celebrate the season with another bonus actual play RPG episode! It's the most wonderful time of the year, yet again: Hobbitween! Celebrate the season with another bonus actual play RPG episode! j r r tolkien, the hobbit, rpg, tolkien, lord of the rings, actual play true bonus 48687270-b75d-4b1c-8d15-9bd4e855035a Episode 63: Interview with Jordan Rannells Citations (episode notes)

Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!

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

Kickstarter: 

An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä

Kickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIp

Ends in the morning on Friday, October 13!

Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long Expected Soundscape on Jordan’s webshop: https://jordanrannells.com/shop

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

Jordan’s Social Media:

YouTube: @alongexpectedsoundscape514

Instagram: @jordanellisrannells

Twitter: @LOTRSoundscape

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:

https://youtu.be/1Mjxw_x6Th0?si=AjnOV3Ql6SGRJS4a  

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! 

]]> Wed, 4 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, Jordan Rannells) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Citations (episode notes)

Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!

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

Kickstarter: 

An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä

Kickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIp

Ends in the morning on Friday, October 13!

Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long Expected Soundscape on Jordan’s webshop: https://jordanrannells.com/shop

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

Jordan’s Social Media:

YouTube: @alongexpectedsoundscape514

Instagram: @jordanellisrannells

Twitter: @LOTRSoundscape

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:

https://youtu.be/1Mjxw_x6Th0?si=AjnOV3Ql6SGRJS4a  

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! 

]]> Episode 63: Interview with Jordan Rannells Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, Jordan Rannells 01:11:49 This month, Jude and Stef interview composer and sound engineer Jordan Rannells about his Tolkien soundscapes. He has already published “A Long-Expected Soundscape” that is comprised of over 60 hours of music and 3D sound design to accompany Andy Serkis’ audiobook narration of The Lord of the Rings. Jordan’s newest project, “An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä” is currently kickstarting, so make sure to back it before October 13! Thank you, Jordan, for joining us! This month, Jude and Stef interview composer and sound engineer Jordan Rannells about his Tolkien soundscapes. He has already published “A Long-Expected Soundscape” that is comprised of over 60 hours of music and 3D sound design to accompany Andy Serkis’ audiobook narration of The Lord of the Rings. Jordan’s newest project, “An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä” is currently kickstarting, so make sure to back it before October 13! Thank you, Jordan, for joining us! j r r tolkien, the hobbit, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, middle-earth true full 63 2adfe6a9-9c7a-4df0-9d6a-9cb736792b9c Episode 62: Bodacious Balrogs pt 2 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)

]]> Wed, 6 Sep 2023 07:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 62: Bodacious Balrogs pt 2 Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:52:14 Join Jude and Stef for part 2 of their discussion about Tolkien’s Balrogs! We’ll cover Balrogs in the wider legendarium including the Fall of Gondolin, The Book of Lost Tales, and more. Balrogs: Come for the wings, stay for the heat! Join Jude and Stef for part 2 of their discussion about Tolkien’s Balrogs! We’ll cover Balrogs in the wider legendarium including the Fall of Gondolin, The Book of Lost Tales, and more. Balrogs: Come for the wings, stay for the heat! balrogs, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, balrog, jrr tolkien, middle-earth true full 62 02b06008-4adf-46c0-afd3-962c88442d27 Episode 61: Bodacious Balrogs pt 1 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)

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 61: Bodacious Balrogs pt 1 Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:46:42 Durin's Bane, more like Damn Shame we don't know more about these fiery fear bois! But we know enough for TWO WHOLE episodes about Balrogs! Strap in for part 1! Durin's Bane, more like Damn Shame we don't know more about these fiery fear bois! But we know enough for TWO WHOLE episodes about Balrogs! Strap in for part 1! true full 61 6e1cacde-7320-4d00-94ee-bb9801e83088 Episode 60: Who's your party elf dad 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)

]]> Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 60: Who's your party elf dad jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock 01:00:34 Who's your party elf dad with a dope cave mansion? THINGOL! Wait no? Thranduil?! Untangle the history of the elven host with the most (problematic dwarf history)! Who's your party elf dad with a dope cave mansion? THINGOL! Wait no? Thranduil?! Untangle the history of the elven host with the most (problematic dwarf history)! the hobbit, thranduil, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, lee pace, party elf dad, jrr tolkien true full 60 2b139c26-8d98-4918-a8a8-b242bed16377 Episode 59: Ossë and Uinen 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

]]> Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (the musical stylings of sea gulls everywhere, james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 59: Ossë and Uinen the musical stylings of sea gulls everywhere, james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock 00:55:11 If a sea god made sea gulls for YOUR delight would you linger on the shores of Aman for him? This month we take a deep dive, wink, into Ossë and Uinen! If a sea god made sea gulls for YOUR delight would you linger on the shores of Aman for him? This month we take a deep dive, wink, into Ossë and Uinen! seagulls, tolkien, osse, lord of the rings, lotr, uinen true full 59 18c66477-8fe1-4fcb-ae28-cbaae13c0fe9 Episode 58: Lesser-trod Paths with Clare Moore 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)

]]> Wed, 3 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (clare moore, stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 58: Lesser-trod Paths with Clare Moore clare moore, stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson 01:51:26 This month, we welcome guest host Clare Moore as she presents Tolkien’s representations of disability and impairment through the lens of disability studies in “Lesser-trod Paths with Clare Moore.” This month, we welcome guest host Clare Moore as she presents Tolkien’s representations of disability and impairment through the lens of disability studies in “Lesser-trod Paths with Clare Moore.” disability, tolkien, the silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien true full 58 373641a1-63d2-4072-a264-6cc139d63196 Episode 57: Fairy Fan Fiction 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.

]]> Wed, 5 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.

]]> Episode 57: Fairy Fan Fiction stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson 00:50:45 Jude finally defends his oft repeated assertion that the Hobbit is "fairy tale fan fiction"! Stef is a good sport and does her best to make this episode fun and not pedantic! We mutually agree that Lee "Party Elf Dad" Pace is the best part of the Hobbit movies. Jude finally defends his oft repeated assertion that the Hobbit is "fairy tale fan fiction"! Stef is a good sport and does her best to make this episode fun and not pedantic! We mutually agree that Lee "Party Elf Dad" Pace is the best part of the Hobbit movies. the hobbit, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, lotr true full 57 416d1a2c-11d2-40ed-a39f-37351dad77e1 Episode 56: Bandaids Can't Fix Arda 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
]]> Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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
]]> Episode 56: Bandaids Can't Fix Arda jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson 00:54:13 Jude is back on his theological soapbox this month, as we dive into a discussion of Arda Marred and Arda Healed. Jude is back on his theological soapbox this month, as we dive into a discussion of Arda Marred and Arda Healed. middle earth, tolkien, the silmarillion, athrabeth true full 56 edfdb10f-29b8-4a7e-9cdd-57b538b6238e Episode 55: The (THREE?!) Kinslayings 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)

]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 55: The (THREE?!) Kinslayings Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:14:53 We do lots of shipping on this podcast but we DON'T ship Fëanor and the swan boats of the Teleri! For this festive Valentine's episode we discuss the many kinslayings of the Sons of Fëanor! We do lots of shipping on this podcast but we DON'T ship Fëanor and the swan boats of the Teleri! For this festive Valentine's episode we discuss the many kinslayings of the Sons of Fëanor! feanor, the silmarillion, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, feanor sucks true full 55 1d8a6b93-9acc-4270-a45f-2c8763849d15 Episode 54: Lesser-trod Paths with Wizard Way Kris 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/

]]> Wed, 4 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Pierson, Kris Piet) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

]]> Episode 54: Lesser-trod Paths with Wizard Way Kris Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, James Pierson, Kris Piet 02:15:31 Jude and Stef welcome Kris Piet, a.k.a. Wizard Way Kris, to be our first guest host on a new series we’re calling, “Lesser-trod Paths.” In this series, we invite a guest to come on Athrabeth and tell us about their Tolkienian interests. Join us in this episode for a discussion of Tolkien’s languages, Elven sexuality, and the Rings of Power. Jude and Stef welcome Kris Piet, a.k.a. Wizard Way Kris, to be our first guest host on a new series we’re calling, “Lesser-trod Paths.” In this series, we invite a guest to come on Athrabeth and tell us about their Tolkienian interests. Join us in this episode for a discussion of Tolkien’s languages, Elven sexuality, and the Rings of Power. wizard way kris, tolkien, tengwar, elvish, lord of the rings, sindarin, jrr tolkien, rings of power true full 54 f6238eea-ce16-468e-be1f-ba1d8c48a5ff Episode 53: Interview with Dr. Sarah Schaefer and Dr. William Fliss, co-curators of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript 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/

]]> Wed, 7 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

]]> Episode 53: Interview with Dr. Sarah Schaefer and Dr. William Fliss, co-curators of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock 01:11:39 This month we have the particular pleasure of interviewing 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! The exhibition runs until December 23rd, so if you have the chance go visit and tell 'em Athrabeth sent you! This month we have the particular pleasure of interviewing 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! The exhibition runs until December 23rd, so if you have the chance go visit and tell 'em Athrabeth sent you! tolkien, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, marquette university true full 53 c89d2776-9d37-47a0-b86a-0a648a9fe2bd Episode 52: Orc Daddy 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

]]> Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 52: Orc Daddy jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock 00:47:51 What are all these Orcs making way for? Why, its Athrabeth's new episoden orc-course! Ever wanted to know about how Orcs came to be? So did Tolkien! Find out what all the confusion was orc-bout! What are all these Orcs making way for? Why, its Athrabeth's new episoden orc-course! Ever wanted to know about how Orcs came to be? So did Tolkien! Find out what all the confusion was orc-bout! jrr tolkien, rings of power, adar, orcs true full 52 c00bfcd0-1b0c-4f95-8c48-a56ab457622a Hobbitween 2022 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

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

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (max jimenez, james pierson, stef midlock, zeke pease, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

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

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

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Hobbitween 2022 max jimenez, james pierson, stef midlock, zeke pease, jude vais 02:42:21 Holy smashing pumpkins Athrafans (and we don’t mean bald grunge rockers) it’s Hobbitween 3! Whether you're in it for the Himbo Elf, gourd enthusiasm, or dubious property speculation, there's something for everyhobbit! Holy smashing pumpkins Athrafans (and we don’t mean bald grunge rockers) it’s Hobbitween 3! Whether you're in it for the Himbo Elf, gourd enthusiasm, or dubious property speculation, there's something for everyhobbit! the one ring rpg, tolkien, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, ttrpg, the one ring, actual play true bonus 78010a05-4411-48a9-a57d-3ca21f0a7ed7 Athrachats: Rings of Power 7 and 8 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrachats: Rings of Power 7 and 8 jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock 00:39:16 Jude and Stef athrachat about the last two episodes of Season 1 of Rings of Power, including Sexy Saurons, Sexy ProtoNazguls, and Sexy Dusty Elronds. And whether Eärien is gonna be evil. Jude and Stef athrachat about the last two episodes of Season 1 of Rings of Power, including Sexy Saurons, Sexy ProtoNazguls, and Sexy Dusty Elronds. And whether Eärien is gonna be evil. rop, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power true bonus c7a041c5-f912-4d28-a22f-7d92ef55edc9 Athrachats: Rings of Power 5 and 6 Thu, 6 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrachats: Rings of Power 5 and 6 stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson 00:33:08 Stef and Jude enthusiastically blow their proverbial stacks, not unlike a certain mountain, as they discuss the latest two episodes of Amazon's The Rings of Power episodes 5 and 6! Stef and Jude enthusiastically blow their proverbial stacks, not unlike a certain mountain, as they discuss the latest two episodes of Amazon's The Rings of Power episodes 5 and 6! tolkien, lord of the rings, rings of power true bonus b963e5b3-499c-4be8-9ec9-ae80e63c6e08 Episode 51: Which King? THE WITCH-KING 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)

]]> Wed, 5 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 51: Which King? THE WITCH-KING james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 00:49:21 These days everyone loves a short king, but around here we stan the Witch-king! Learn a little something about Sauron's co-star from Angmar in Athrabeth Episode 51! These days everyone loves a short king, but around here we stan the Witch-king! Learn a little something about Sauron's co-star from Angmar in Athrabeth Episode 51! tolkien, witch king, angmar, lord of the rings, rings of power true full 51 26fc2eb3-e922-42ed-a80f-9bd4e6563dbb Athrachats: Rings of Power 3 and 4 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrachats: Rings of Power 3 and 4 james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 00:33:13 We're MAEGLIN a big deal out of some theories about the new elf in the newest episodes of Rings of Power. We also talk about singing dwarves and boring Númenor. We're MAEGLIN a big deal out of some theories about the new elf in the newest episodes of Rings of Power. We also talk about singing dwarves and boring Númenor. tolkien, lord of the rings, athrabeth, rings of power, lotr true bonus d7922358-7be6-40bc-94b4-59fb76baafe0 Athrachats: Rings of Power 1 and 2 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:38:42 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrachats: Rings of Power 1 and 2 james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 00:20:53 Just in time for Episode 3, Stef and Jude sat down to give you all their "hot" takes. Mostly it's a lot of Jude being thirsty about Finrod and speculating about The Stranger. Just in time for Episode 3, Stef and Jude sat down to give you all their "hot" takes. Mostly it's a lot of Jude being thirsty about Finrod and speculating about The Stranger. lotr on prime, tolkien, lord of the rings, rings of power, lotr true bonus c4419ac0-68ae-4b26-aee8-a2bcc785eedb Episode 50: Art or Cash 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)

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, james pierson, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 50: Art or Cash stef midlock, james pierson, jude vais 00:58:23 Art, cash or grass, no one interprets Tolkien for free! Join us for our 50th(!) Athrabeth episode as we flash back to our first ep with a discussion of On Fairy Stories and adaptation! Art, cash or grass, no one interprets Tolkien for free! Join us for our 50th(!) Athrabeth episode as we flash back to our first ep with a discussion of On Fairy Stories and adaptation! tolkien, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, rings of power true full 50 064a4aff-1670-491c-bd7a-62505a458924 Episode 49: Oath No You Didn't! 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

]]> Wed, 3 Aug 2022 07:05:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, James Pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 49: Oath No You Didn't! Stef Midlock, Jude Vais, James Pierson 01:20:04 This month, Jude and Stef outline the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to oath-taking in Tolkien’s Legendarium. Join us in Athrabeth episode 49 for a discussion of these “provisional self-curses”. This month, Jude and Stef outline the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to oath-taking in Tolkien’s Legendarium. Join us in Athrabeth episode 49 for a discussion of these “provisional self-curses”. feanor, tolkien, silmarillion, athrabeth, oaths, jrr tolkien true full 49 7894417a-91c7-4cab-a55c-2a82d3cd2462 Episode 48: (Stef’s Shorts #2): The cats of Queen Berúthiel 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)

Podvoices.help

Links

Arielle Nissenblatt can be found on Twitter at @arithisandthat

Podvoices Website: https://www.podvoices.help

Additional links:

abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resources

shoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortion

donations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by state

secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)

usow.org/repro/volunteer - list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers

dontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the ruling

plancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet

prochoice.org - abortion access hotline

natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips

plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control

choice.crd.co - collection of these above links and more, managed by @starplanes (DM them on twitter to add more)

guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022

]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

Podvoices.help

Links

Arielle Nissenblatt can be found on Twitter at @arithisandthat

Podvoices Website: https://www.podvoices.help

Additional links:

abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resources

shoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortion

donations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by state

secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)

usow.org/repro/volunteer - list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers

dontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the ruling

plancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet

prochoice.org - abortion access hotline

natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips

plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control

choice.crd.co - collection of these above links and more, managed by @starplanes (DM them on twitter to add more)

guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022

]]> Episode 48: (Stef’s Shorts #2): The cats of Queen Berúthiel Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:29:31 This month, discover all the dark secrets of Gondor with the cats of Queen Berúthiel in our intro to this tid bitty goth girlfriend This month, discover all the dark secrets of Gondor with the cats of Queen Berúthiel in our intro to this tid bitty goth girlfriend true full 48 925c3613-79c0-4666-8ca3-275db7259162 Episode 47: Interview with Robin La Joy from Eye of Melian 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/

]]> Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (robin la joy, james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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/

]]> Episode 47: Interview with Robin La Joy from Eye of Melian robin la joy, james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 00:57:21 Special guest Robin La Joy, lyricist from Eye of Melian, joins Jude and Stef this month to discuss this exciting new band and writing music inspired by Tolkien. Special guest Robin La Joy, lyricist from Eye of Melian, joins Jude and Stef this month to discuss this exciting new band and writing music inspired by Tolkien. eye of melian, tolkien, athrabeth, jrr tolkien true full 47 20f59242-3567-4f8d-94fa-c22067f5e087 Episode 46: This is so Wizard! 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)

]]> Wed, 4 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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)

]]> Episode 46: This is so Wizard! james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock 01:06:07 Now THIS is podcasting! Stef and Jude dive into the bushy-eyebrowed world of Tolkien's wizards! How many names does Gandalf have? What’s up with the Blue Wizards? Was Saruman always a butt? (Yes.) These questions and more on this month's Athrabeth! Now THIS is podcasting! Stef and Jude dive into the bushy-eyebrowed world of Tolkien's wizards! How many names does Gandalf have? What’s up with the Blue Wizards? Was Saruman always a butt? (Yes.) These questions and more on this month's Athrabeth! gandalf, tolkien, lord of the rings, wizards, jrr tolkien, lotr true full 46 ee70e634-6f91-45e7-aaf0-7bff61e75f4b Episode 45: Lindon 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

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 45: Lindon jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson 00:52:11 We're just SIX MONTHS out from the #RingsOfPower premier, so how about a primer on Lindon, the kingdom 'round the sea so nice they put harbors in it thrice! We're just SIX MONTHS out from the #RingsOfPower premier, so how about a primer on Lindon, the kingdom 'round the sea so nice they put harbors in it thrice! tolkien, lotronprime, jrr tolkien, rings of power true full 45 440c14bd-6001-4644-8aee-676a6c3a7055 Episode 44: Cuiviénen 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.
]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.
]]> Episode 44: Cuiviénen stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson 00:56:30 What does counting, watersports, and elf sex have in common? The birthplace of the elves of course! This month we're talking about the mythical mare of Cuiviénen, the Waters of Awakening whence all elf kind began, and the little but frankly buck wild things we know about it! What does counting, watersports, and elf sex have in common? The birthplace of the elves of course! This month we're talking about the mythical mare of Cuiviénen, the Waters of Awakening whence all elf kind began, and the little but frankly buck wild things we know about it! lotr on prime, tolkien, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, rings of power, cuivienen true full 44 45773b96-6ab6-4e49-990d-38e4b65d408f Rings of Power: Teaser Trailer Reaction Mon, 14 Feb 2022 03:49:40 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Rings of Power: Teaser Trailer Reaction jude vais, stef midlock 00:23:26 Stef and Jude sat down about 15 minutes after watching the new #RingsOfPower teaser to give their hot takes, including which character might be wearing a mankini and who has Fuck Elf hair. Stef and Jude sat down about 15 minutes after watching the new #RingsOfPower teaser to give their hot takes, including which character might be wearing a mankini and who has Fuck Elf hair. amazon prime, tolkien, lord of the rings, lotronprime, rings of power, hobbit true bonus aff9dbaf-caf1-4620-9ca1-12f7235facc7 Rings of Power: POSTER MADNESS 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

]]> Wed, 9 Feb 2022 01:57:25 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Rings of Power: POSTER MADNESS Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:56:18 In the special episode, we discuss theories and predictions for the Amazon Rings of Power posters. In the special episode, we discuss theories and predictions for the Amazon Rings of Power posters. true bonus 298806ba-17a1-4b91-be75-5bd0e931ba40 Episode 43: Interview with Don Marshall 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

]]> Wed, 2 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, don marshall) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 43: Interview with Don Marshall jude vais, stef midlock, don marshall 01:22:48 Joining us this month for a chat is TikTok’s Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy, Don Marshall! We talk Tolkienian social media, vanquishing trolls, yeeting Isildur, and more! Thank you for joining us @donmarshall72 for Athrabeth episode 43! Joining us this month for a chat is TikTok’s Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy, Don Marshall! We talk Tolkienian social media, vanquishing trolls, yeeting Isildur, and more! Thank you for joining us @donmarshall72 for Athrabeth episode 43! yeetisildur, tik tok, tolkien, don marshall, athrabeth, donmarshall72, yeet isildur true full 43 f4a0f206-ea66-4977-8ad1-137f1eae9c66 Stef’s Shorts 1: Bear with Us 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)

]]> Wed, 5 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.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)

]]> Stef’s Shorts 1: Bear with Us Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:28:29 We’re altering our format a bit this month, so please bear with us! In this condensed episode, Stef chats about bears in #Tolkien’s Legend-bear-ium and beyond! Join her for the first installment of ‘Stef’s Shorts’! Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson We’re altering our format a bit this month, so please bear with us! In this condensed episode, Stef chats about bears in #Tolkien’s Legend-bear-ium and beyond! Join her for the first installment of ‘Stef’s Shorts’! Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson true bonus c48364fe-21dc-4ddc-9961-e73036577961 Episode 41: Part of the Rings Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

Citations

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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2010.12.010

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit

 

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

]]> Wed, 1 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

Citations

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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2010.12.010

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit

 

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

]]> Episode 41: Part of the Rings james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock 00:54:14 Party like its Monday, Foreyule 1st Shire Reckoning! This month, Stef brings the Hobbit Heat with an episode all about the parties, feast, fêtes and celebrations of the Lord of the Rings, and the inspiration Tolkien drew from the anglo-saxon literature he was, by all accounts, a leading expert in. Beerhalls, Birthday Parties, and Parting Gifts, we cover it all on his seasonally themed episode! Party like its Monday, Foreyule 1st Shire Reckoning! This month, Stef brings the Hobbit Heat with an episode all about the parties, feast, fêtes and celebrations of the Lord of the Rings, and the inspiration Tolkien drew from the anglo-saxon literature he was, by all accounts, a leading expert in. Beerhalls, Birthday Parties, and Parting Gifts, we cover it all on his seasonally themed episode! tolkien, lord of the rings, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, lotr, hobbits true full 41 4e27c5f6-a6e7-4132-b619-692199a6eca8 Episode 40: Finrod, more like FINErod 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”

]]> Wed, 3 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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”

]]> Episode 40: Finrod, more like FINErod stef midlock, jude vais 01:03:38 Jude is HYPED about the possibility of his FAVORITE of the house of Finwe in the upcoming LOTR tv show, so he made Stef listen to him rave about Finrod for an hour. Jude is HYPED about the possibility of his FAVORITE of the house of Finwe in the upcoming LOTR tv show, so he made Stef listen to him rave about Finrod for an hour. tolkien, amazon, silmarillion, lotr, finrod true full 40 7c2f2775-98e2-4876-afaa-50102a8e9f93 Hobbitween 2021 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  

Support Zeke and check out the The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson, zeke pease) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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  

Support Zeke and check out the The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

]]> Hobbitween 2021 jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson, zeke pease 03:25:28 Pumpkins, Himbos and Destination Vacations, oh MY! Its the return of Hobbitween! With all thanks to our editor and loremaster James, we bring you an even spookier episode than last year! Pumpkins, Himbos and Destination Vacations, oh MY! Its the return of Hobbitween! With all thanks to our editor and loremaster James, we bring you an even spookier episode than last year! tolkien, jrr tolkien, himbos, the one ring, rpgs false bonus bd58715c-b534-4482-bd9b-73e266d1ea4f Episode 39: NoMe doubt about it, this book rocks! 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!

]]> Wed, 6 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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!

]]> Episode 39: NoMe doubt about it, this book rocks! stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson 01:12:23 This month we're celebrating the release of the new Tolkien book, The Nature of Middle-earth, edited by Carl F. Hostetter. We discuss how it came to be, our favorite parts, and Jude's new Tolkien Tattoo! This month we're celebrating the release of the new Tolkien book, The Nature of Middle-earth, edited by Carl F. Hostetter. We discuss how it came to be, our favorite parts, and Jude's new Tolkien Tattoo! middle earth, tolkien, jrr tolkien, nature of middle earth true full 39 03c8ba01-a5a4-48a0-8b8d-2b0af1b79b84 Episode 38: Review: A24's The Green Knight 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 

]]> Wed, 8 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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 

]]> Episode 38: Review: A24's The Green Knight james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 01:09:35 What about SECOND Green Knight episodes you say? In case you hadn't heard, we were struck in the head with the flying apple of audio malfunction! So this week you get TWO EPISODES! Its the elevensies of Tolkien and Tolkien adjacent podcasting over here. Please enjoy, at long last, our discussion of The Green Knight! We'll be back next month with more Hot Tolkien Takes! What about SECOND Green Knight episodes you say? In case you hadn't heard, we were struck in the head with the flying apple of audio malfunction! So this week you get TWO EPISODES! Its the elevensies of Tolkien and Tolkien adjacent podcasting over here. Please enjoy, at long last, our discussion of The Green Knight! We'll be back next month with more Hot Tolkien Takes! tolkien, a24, dev patel, the green knight true full 38 39ef0110-9075-4e46-8d03-e6b0cda68612 Episode 22 Redux: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight  

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)

]]> Wed, 1 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com  

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)

]]> Episode 22 Redux: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:07:05 "Do not meddle in the affairs of podcasters, for they are subtle and quick to anger, especially when they somehow lose an entire episode of audio." - Tolkien, Probably. HEY so this is a VERY SPECIAL episode, in so much as its a remaster of our first discussion of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, episode 22. I say FIRST because this was supposed to be a discussion of the recent A24 film, but orc got Stef's audio! so we have to rerecord it! Our wonderful editor James stepped into to remaster this old episode for you to keep you entertained until we can get that put together for you, hopefully next week. Enjoy! "Do not meddle in the affairs of podcasters, for they are subtle and quick to anger, especially when they somehow lose an entire episode of audio." - Tolkien, Probably. HEY so this is a VERY SPECIAL episode, in so much as its a remaster of our first discussion of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, episode 22. I say FIRST because this was supposed to be a discussion of the recent A24 film, but orc got Stef's audio! so we have to rerecord it! Our wonderful editor James stepped into to remaster this old episode for you to keep you entertained until we can get that put together for you, hopefully next week. Enjoy! true bonus b52c1414-ec6e-477a-869c-3fd9d1e6c7b1 Episode 37: The Sundering of the Elves 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"
]]> Wed, 4 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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"
]]> Episode 37: The Sundering of the Elves james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 01:00:53 This month we're doing a bit of Back to Basics by taking a deep dive into the Sundering of the Elves, with a bonus explainer on all the various Years and Ages, so we can put it all into context. Ever wondered when the heck the Years of the Lamps was? What a Laiquendi is? Look (listen?) no further! This month we're doing a bit of Back to Basics by taking a deep dive into the Sundering of the Elves, with a bonus explainer on all the various Years and Ages, so we can put it all into context. Ever wondered when the heck the Years of the Lamps was? What a Laiquendi is? Look (listen?) no further! tolkien, the silmarillion, sundering of the elves, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, elf bullshit, elves true full 37 86c73af2-c4a8-41cd-91fa-c664922e19b1 Episode 36: Tolkien and Diversity Recap 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

]]> Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 36: Tolkien and Diversity Recap jude vais, stef midlock, james pierson 01:06:32 This month, we present something a little bit different! Jude and Stef attended the Tolkien Society Seminar last weekend, and we're very proud to present to you our recap of the events. It was a tremendously enriching seminar and we're pleased to have the opportunity to highlight all of the seminar's contributors. This month, we present something a little bit different! Jude and Stef attended the Tolkien Society Seminar last weekend, and we're very proud to present to you our recap of the events. It was a tremendously enriching seminar and we're pleased to have the opportunity to highlight all of the seminar's contributors. tolkien, tolkiensocietyseminar, jrr tolkien, the tolkien society true full 36 e16e7cd2-f83a-48d9-ab51-a39af99f5dae Episode 35: Stars Unveiled 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

]]> Wed, 2 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 35: Stars Unveiled Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:02:46 In this month's episode we discuss the stars, constellations and other stellar phenomena that light the night sky of middle-Earth. We ask the important questions like did elves make telescopes and how many space puns can Stef make before Jude hangs up the zoom call! In this month's episode we discuss the stars, constellations and other stellar phenomena that light the night sky of middle-Earth. We ask the important questions like did elves make telescopes and how many space puns can Stef make before Jude hangs up the zoom call! true full 35 c4701d88-00be-49dd-9ca7-232d6de41ca5 Episode 34: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 2 Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

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.

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.

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)

]]> Wed, 5 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

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.

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.

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)

]]> Episode 34: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 2 james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock 01:16:08 If you thought Jude was out of horse puns, you're in for a surprise! We're back with the HORSEtory of Rohan Part 2, The Three Lines of the Kings! I dont wanna STIRRUP trouble but i think this is such a good episode its going to get us a COLT following! If you thought Jude was out of horse puns, you're in for a surprise! We're back with the HORSEtory of Rohan Part 2, The Three Lines of the Kings! I dont wanna STIRRUP trouble but i think this is such a good episode its going to get us a COLT following! true full 34 747dac39-46a3-4546-b92d-69a4f99d1d19 Episode 33: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 1 Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

Citations

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

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Citations

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 33: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 1 stef midlock, jude vais 01:14:16 It’s a lovely day in the NEIGHborhood for a Rohan episode! Stef gets on her soapbox about the horsetory of her favorite nation in Middle-earth! Join us for Part 1! It’s a lovely day in the NEIGHborhood for a Rohan episode! Stef gets on her soapbox about the horsetory of her favorite nation in Middle-earth! Join us for Part 1! rohan, tolkien, jrr tolkien true full 33 d2fee70d-3e9f-45e4-b2c9-df97fce14f5b Episode 32: Fate and Free Will 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

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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 32: Fate and Free Will Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:11:22 Stef and Jude dip their toes into the heady, philosophical waters of Fate and Free will, considering Tolkien's own views on the subject and their own views on who, if anyone, in Middle-earth has free will. Stef and Jude dip their toes into the heady, philosophical waters of Fate and Free will, considering Tolkien's own views on the subject and their own views on who, if anyone, in Middle-earth has free will. tolkien, free will, silmarillion, jrr tolkien, fate true full 32 d3337145-80c8-4194-ae5b-75221d35fdd0 Episode 31: The Compassion of the Valar 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.

]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.

]]> Episode 31: The Compassion of the Valar stef midlock, jude vais 00:49:26 In this episode we discuss the origins and nature of the Valar and how their individual natures necessarily informs their thought and worldviews in much deeper ways than the Children. In this episode we discuss the origins and nature of the Valar and how their individual natures necessarily informs their thought and worldviews in much deeper ways than the Children. valar, nienna, tolkien, silmarillion, jrr tolkien, manwe true full 31 2e4a8562-082c-4742-8712-7df4bc2c8c23 Episode 30: Endurance in Hope - Nienna 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.

]]> Wed, 6 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.

]]> Episode 30: Endurance in Hope - Nienna Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:48:00 As we bid farewell to 2020 and reflect on the trials and losses of the year, we open the new year with a discussion of Nienna, the valar of Grief and Sorrow, so we might "learn pity, and endurance in hope”. As we bid farewell to 2020 and reflect on the trials and losses of the year, we open the new year with a discussion of Nienna, the valar of Grief and Sorrow, so we might "learn pity, and endurance in hope”. true full 30 b6712df7-03b9-4ba6-8d50-6efcbbd79a9a Episode 29: Heirlooms, Gifts and Swipes of Middle-earth Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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)

]]> Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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)

]]> Episode 29: Heirlooms, Gifts and Swipes of Middle-earth Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:33:29 What gift are you hoping for this holiday season? Hear about some grievous gifts, ancient heirlooms and atrocious artifacts, and enjoy Stef's musical stylings! What gift are you hoping for this holiday season? Hear about some grievous gifts, ancient heirlooms and atrocious artifacts, and enjoy Stef's musical stylings! true full 29 aa78a867-e999-4a17-bb08-db9ff8a887fb Episode 28: Framing Devices Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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 

 

 

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (some barritone lemmings, jude vais, pígug midlock, stef midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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 

 

 

]]> Episode 28: Framing Devices some barritone lemmings, jude vais, pígug midlock, stef midlock 01:07:13 We found this podcast episode in Sindarin but we translated it into english for you all of you! This month's episode of Athrabeth is all about framing devices (and whether lemmings are baritones)! We found this podcast episode in Sindarin but we translated it into english for you all of you! This month's episode of Athrabeth is all about framing devices (and whether lemmings are baritones)! tolkien, jrr tolkien, lemmings, framing devices true full 28 f44b5746-0608-46dd-8111-c7b50a28faf3 Hobbitween 2020 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

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (max jimenez, james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Hobbitween 2020 max jimenez, james pierson, stef midlock, jude vais 02:28:34 Surprise! What better way to celebrate Hobbitween than with a bonus episode of Athrabeth! Join us for a Tolkien-inspired tabletop role playing game adventure. Surprise! What better way to celebrate Hobbitween than with a bonus episode of Athrabeth! Join us for a Tolkien-inspired tabletop role playing game adventure. adventures in middle earth, rpg, tolkien, 5e, jrr tolkien, ttrpg true bonus ca35bd0f-521f-4599-80c6-0b65e447936b Episode 27: Put a Ringwraith on it Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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"

 

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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"

 

]]> Episode 27: Put a Ringwraith on it Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:13:12 It’s Halloween in Middle-earth, and we’re partying with the Nine! Learn about your favorite ring and robe enthusiasts, the Nazgûl, as well as our thoughts on the Muppet Family Christmas and the sex lives of nature spirits! It’s Halloween in Middle-earth, and we’re partying with the Nine! Learn about your favorite ring and robe enthusiasts, the Nazgûl, as well as our thoughts on the Muppet Family Christmas and the sex lives of nature spirits! true full 27 d0162b37-58c2-4635-ae31-4ffd5e0348d4 Episode 26: Two Year Hobbitversery! Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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.

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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.

]]> Episode 26: Two Year Hobbitversery! Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 00:49:33 WHOA! two years of Athrabeth! We reflect on 26 episodes behind us, and the future head of us, and then since we're not the only ones with birthdays in September, we're talking about Hobbit birthday traditions! Its a special Anniversary Athrabeth! WHOA! two years of Athrabeth! We reflect on 26 episodes behind us, and the future head of us, and then since we're not the only ones with birthdays in September, we're talking about Hobbit birthday traditions! Its a special Anniversary Athrabeth! tolkien, athrabeth, jrr tolkien, hobbits true full 26 26edabba-3ecc-44ee-80aa-4ab94c639a16 Episode 25: Games of Middle-earth 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

 

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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

 

]]> Episode 25: Games of Middle-earth Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:10:57 Grab a controller or a handful of dice! This month we're talking about the history of Tolkien and Gaming. From Middle-earth's influence on D&D to card games and video games, we're talking not just where Tolkien's work has been interpreted but how these various mediums have handled it compared to the broader fantasy genre he had such a huge influence on. Grab a controller or a handful of dice! This month we're talking about the history of Tolkien and Gaming. From Middle-earth's influence on D&D to card games and video games, we're talking not just where Tolkien's work has been interpreted but how these various mediums have handled it compared to the broader fantasy genre he had such a huge influence on. true full 25 40e8a5ca-8876-4fb7-9c08-61810b09b614 Episode 24: Dunking on Fëanor Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

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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

]]> Episode 24: Dunking on Fëanor Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 00:57:37 The day has finally come. After snarking at him in almost every one of our previous 23 episodes, its now time to give Fëanor the spotlight he so richly deserves! It time for an entire episode of Dunking on Fëanor! The day has finally come. After snarking at him in almost every one of our previous 23 episodes, its now time to give Fëanor the spotlight he so richly deserves! It time for an entire episode of Dunking on Fëanor! feanor, tolkien, silmarillion, jrr tolkien, morgoth's ring, noldor true full 24 a3f789ec-9c29-42e6-a8c9-2bfa044bbd6d Episode 23: Faramir, more like FINEamir Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

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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

]]> Episode 23: Faramir, more like FINEamir Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:46:24 This month, we're discussing the noblest man in Gondor who didn't have an epic destiny or a broken sword to blame for it, Faramir. We discuss what makes his juxtaposition between his more famous brother and the more famous noble Man of the West, Aragorn, so interesting, and why that makes him such a fascinating character. This month, we're discussing the noblest man in Gondor who didn't have an epic destiny or a broken sword to blame for it, Faramir. We discuss what makes his juxtaposition between his more famous brother and the more famous noble Man of the West, Aragorn, so interesting, and why that makes him such a fascinating character. true full 23 79264f2e-12f0-420f-b166-79eb7794b875 Episode 22: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Join Athrabeth's Discord!

Episode 22 art is by Amanda MacFarlane
Instagram:@theanimatedlife
Twitter: @theanimatedlife
Check out her Patreon and Etsy store for more Tolkien goodness!

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)

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Episode 22 art is by Amanda MacFarlane
Instagram:@theanimatedlife
Twitter: @theanimatedlife
Check out her Patreon and Etsy store for more Tolkien goodness!

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)

]]> Episode 22: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight stef midlock, jude vais 01:17:22 Join us this month for some courtly conversation and curious commentary about Tolkien’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And as always, amusing alliterations are appreciated! Join us this month for some courtly conversation and curious commentary about Tolkien’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And as always, amusing alliterations are appreciated! tolkien, gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, jrr tolkien, king arthur true full 22 9b1e1ede-156e-447e-a992-221b8f7a58be Episode 21: Elven Kings and Social Hierarchy Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

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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

]]> Episode 21: Elven Kings and Social Hierarchy stef midlock, jude vais 01:04:10 In this episode, based on an essay Jude never finished for Mythgard, we talk about his theory that elves have a natural predisposition towards hierarchy different from Men's, and how that is exemplified by their Kings. In this episode, based on an essay Jude never finished for Mythgard, we talk about his theory that elves have a natural predisposition towards hierarchy different from Men's, and how that is exemplified by their Kings. j.r.r. tolkien, tolkien, silmarillion, jrr tolkien, elves true full 21 ff19f323-c3d8-461c-842a-cd96a7658351 Episode 20: Dreams of Myth and Past Join Athrabeth's Discord!


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.
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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.
]]> Episode 20: Dreams of Myth and Past stef midlock, jude vais 00:43:58 We're traveling through time and dreams into the origins of Númenor as we discuss Tolkien's famous bargain with CS Lewis and his time travel stories of The Lost Road and The Notion Club Papers. We're traveling through time and dreams into the origins of Númenor as we discuss Tolkien's famous bargain with CS Lewis and his time travel stories of The Lost Road and The Notion Club Papers. notion club papers, cs lewis, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien true full 20 c4420322-477e-4bc0-934c-57f3139da235 Episode 19: Burns and Broken Hearts 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

Check out our buddies Rich, Richard and Taylor's upcoming Kickstarter Descent Into Midnight!

@DiMRPG

https://descentintomidnight.com/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rkreutzlandry/descent-into-midnight

Here's a website you should check out after you listen to the episode: www.hairinpeoplesmouths.com

Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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'"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Coming of Túrin into Brethil"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "Túrin in Nargothrond"

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Of Maeglin”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Akallabêth: Of the Rings of Power And the Third Age”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Book 4, Chapter 10, “The Choice of Master Samwise”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Book 6, Chapter 1, “The Tower of Cirith Ungol”.

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 1 Chapter 1 “A Long-Expected Party”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 1, Chapter 7 “In the House of Tom Bombadil”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 2 “The Passing of the Grey Company”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 4, “The Siege of Gondor”

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”

]]> Wed, 5 Feb 2020 14:00:09 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais, Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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'"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Coming of Túrin into Brethil"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "Túrin in Nargothrond"

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Of Maeglin”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Akallabêth: Of the Rings of Power And the Third Age”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Book 4, Chapter 10, “The Choice of Master Samwise”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Book 6, Chapter 1, “The Tower of Cirith Ungol”.

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 1 Chapter 1 “A Long-Expected Party”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Book 1, Chapter 7 “In the House of Tom Bombadil”

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

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 2 “The Passing of the Grey Company”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 4, “The Siege of Gondor”

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”

]]> Episode 19: Burns and Broken Hearts Jude Vais, Stef Midlock 01:27:28 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. 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. the hobbit, tolkien, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, lotr true full 19 f755bbfe-3144-4342-b144-55fd7468aade Episode 18: Father Christmas Letters Part 2: Growing Up 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

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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)

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

]]> Episode 18: Father Christmas Letters Part 2: Growing Up Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:56:22 In this second part of our Father Christmas Letters series, we look at how Tolkien slipped his languages into his Letters, and how the grim events of the real world were portrayed in them. In this second part of our Father Christmas Letters series, we look at how Tolkien slipped his languages into his Letters, and how the grim events of the real world were portrayed in them. true full 18 0413917e-5343-4d5a-9da6-0236aea93218 Episode 17: Father Christmas Letters Part 1: Middle-Earth Connections 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)

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

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

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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

]]> Episode 17: Father Christmas Letters Part 1: Middle-Earth Connections Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:08:55 What do Father Christmas and Gandalf have in common? Stef and Jude dig into Tolkien's Father Christmas Letters in this two part series, beginning with exploring the connections between the letters and Middle-earth. What do Father Christmas and Gandalf have in common? Stef and Jude dig into Tolkien's Father Christmas Letters in this two part series, beginning with exploring the connections between the letters and Middle-earth. true full 17 ae09149b-5381-49d2-b4a1-670cf682f6dd Episode 16: Tolkien's Languages: Part 2: The Tree of Tongues Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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
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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
]]> Episode 16: Tolkien's Languages: Part 2: The Tree of Tongues Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:06:14 In part two of our overview of Tolkien's Languages, Jude and Stef invite you into the Tree of Tongues, which is less gross than it sounds, to explore the many branches of elvish, mannish and even a bit of Entish! In part two of our overview of Tolkien's Languages, Jude and Stef invite you into the Tree of Tongues, which is less gross than it sounds, to explore the many branches of elvish, mannish and even a bit of Entish! the hobbit, tolkien, silmarillion, lord of the rings, sindarin, jrr tolkien, lotr, hobbit, quenya true full 16 daaa5b48-0186-4c8c-b03e-fbae7b7e8a71 Episode 15: Tolkien's Languages: Part 1 Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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.
  • 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
  • Gilson, Christopher, “Narqelion and the Early Lexicons. Some Notes on the First Elvish Poem”, in Vinyar Tengwar 40 (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), p. 6
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lost Road and Other Writings. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 5. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Print. History of Middle­ earth.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. Sauron Defeated. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 9. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Print. History of Middle­ earth.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. War of the Jewels. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 10. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 301­66. Print. History of Middle ­earth.
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. “Appendices” in The Lord of the Rings. Allen & Unwin.
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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.
  • 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
  • Gilson, Christopher, “Narqelion and the Early Lexicons. Some Notes on the First Elvish Poem”, in Vinyar Tengwar 40 (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), p. 6
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lost Road and Other Writings. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 5. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Print. History of Middle­ earth.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. Sauron Defeated. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 9. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Print. History of Middle­ earth.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. War of the Jewels. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Vol. 10. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 301­66. Print. History of Middle ­earth.
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. “Appendices” in The Lord of the Rings. Allen & Unwin.
]]> Episode 15: Tolkien's Languages: Part 1 Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:14:13 á tula! ómalvar hlarër! On this episode of Athrabeth, Jude and Stef dive into the many languages of Middle-earth, and attempt a very brief summary of some of his language creation efforts. á tula! ómalvar hlarër! On this episode of Athrabeth, Jude and Stef dive into the many languages of Middle-earth, and attempt a very brief summary of some of his language creation efforts. tolkien, silmarillion, elvish, lord of the rings, sindarin, jrr tolkien, quenya true full 15 e541b879-d72a-45f9-9048-414327b248b6 Episode 14: Quenya Catholic Prayers 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.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. "The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon." Ed. Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne, and Arden R. Smith. Parma Eldalamberon 12 (1998)
  • Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War : the threshold of Middle-earth. London: HarperCollins, 2003.
  • 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

]]> Wed, 4 Sep 2019 13:00:03 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. "The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon." Ed. Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne, and Arden R. Smith. Parma Eldalamberon 12 (1998)
  • Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War : the threshold of Middle-earth. London: HarperCollins, 2003.
  • 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

]]> Episode 14: Quenya Catholic Prayers Stef Midlock, Jude Vais 01:02:04 Join us for a lively discussion of Tolkien’s “‘Words of Joy’: Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya”, published in “Vinyar Tengwar” number 43 (January 2002) brought to you by the great folks at elvish.org! Join us for a lively discussion of Tolkien’s “‘Words of Joy’: Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya”, published in “Vinyar Tengwar” number 43 (January 2002) brought to you by the great folks at elvish.org! tolkien, catholicism, elvish, jrr tolkien, quenya true full 14 c37de159-89ea-4e1a-af2c-16809d0cc7bc Episode 13: Tolkien Fanfiction Culture 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
Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2019 13:00:02 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Stef Midlock, Dawn Walls-Thumma, Jude Vais) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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
Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

]]> Episode 13: Tolkien Fanfiction Culture Stef Midlock, Dawn Walls-Thumma, Jude Vais 01:34:58 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. 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. the lord of the rings, the hobbit, tolkien, silmarillion, jrr tolkien, fanfiction, lotr true full 13 6ebe0bc1-f8a1-465c-a42f-798bc118bb82 Episode 12: A Tale of Two Tolkien Biographies Jude and Stef review the new Tolkien biopic, as well John Garth's "Tolkien and the Great War". Some beefs are had.

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Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth

Karukoski, Dome (Director) (2019) Tolkien

]]> Wed, 3 Jul 2019 13:00:19 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com Jude and Stef review the new Tolkien biopic, as well John Garth's "Tolkien and the Great War". Some beefs are had.

Show Notes
Join Athrabeth's Discord!

Works Referenced This Episode

Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth

Karukoski, Dome (Director) (2019) Tolkien

]]> Episode 12: A Tale of Two Tolkien Biographies Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:51:16 Jude and Stef review the new Tolkien biopic, as well John Garth's "Tolkien and the Great War". Some beefs are had. Jude and Stef review the new Tolkien biopic, as well John Garth's "Tolkien and the Great War". Some beefs are had. tolkien, horses, silmarillion, lord of the rings, lotr ×, jrr tolkien true full 12 a2a7a444-f44e-4b60-ad4e-fe65c1e759bb Episode 11: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 2 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

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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

]]> Wed, 5 Jun 2019 13:00:01 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 11: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 2 Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:49:40 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 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 tolkien, horses, silmarillion, lord of the rings, jrr tolkien, lotr true full 11 c3bcf7d3-d83a-4339-bbd3-fec25fdc3a2a Episode 10: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 1 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

]]> Wed, 1 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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
Join Athrabeth's Discord!

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

]]> Episode 10: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 1 Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:57:23 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! 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! tolkien, horses, silmarillion, lord of the rings, lotr true full 10 64c57acf-3d19-4c2a-89d8-248f28ddc345 Episode 9: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 2: grief and partings 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

]]> Wed, 3 Apr 2019 12:58:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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
Join Athrabeth's Discord!
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

]]> Episode 9: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 2: grief and partings Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:04:15 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! 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! tolkien, silmarillion, lord of the rings, lotr false full 9 a362127a-dd3d-4bc5-aa05-56a3766d8276 Episode 8: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 1: death, faith and hope 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
Join Athrabeth's new Discord!
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

]]> Wed, 6 Mar 2019 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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
Join Athrabeth's new Discord!
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

]]> Episode 8: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 1: death, faith and hope Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:47:31 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. 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. tolkien, silmarillion, lord of the rings, lotr true full 8 29ed646c-16dd-40e0-99d4-cdccac6f32aa Episode 7: Thought Transmission and Elven Resurrection 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

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.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

]]> Episode 7: Thought Transmission and Elven Resurrection Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:13:18 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! 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! tolkien, silmarillion, lord of the rings, lotr true full 7 2b1c21cc-80a9-4a8e-a475-f534a6915f11 Episode 6: Hröa and Fëa 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

]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2019 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 6: Hröa and Fëa Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:09:35 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. 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. false full 6 245254e9-80ea-48db-a0f4-28d9ec450763 Episode 5: The Fallibility of Makers 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

]]> Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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 5: The Fallibility of Makers Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:23:00 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. Content Warning: In this episode there is a brief discuss of sexual assault from 58:54 to 1:03:16 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. Content Warning: In this episode there is a brief discuss of sexual assault from 58:54 to 1:03:16 true full 5 bacc8e29-8fbf-44c3-be61-f7ee3503c85e Episode 4: Halloween Special: Vampires, Werewolves and Wraiths OH MY 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".
]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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".
]]> Episode 4: Halloween Special: Vampires, Werewolves and Wraiths OH MY Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 01:12:06 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. 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. true full 4 d3e7fb34-cf4f-43da-b534-c1bd9241156b Episode 3: LotR Appendix A part 2: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 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

]]> Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 3: LotR Appendix A part 2: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:59:27 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. 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. false full 3 e9b8118e-5c61-49d6-93ea-5f978cff13b5 Episode 2: LotR Appendix A part 1: The Numenorean Kings 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

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:30:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com 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

]]> Episode 2: LotR Appendix A part 1: The Numenorean Kings Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:52:43 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. 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. true full 2 http://podcast.athrabeth.com/?p=140 Episode 1: On Fairy Stories In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important.

Where can you read OFS?
The Monsters and the Critics
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories edited by Verlyn Flieger

Show Notes:

Verlyn Flieger’s introduction to On Fairy Stories

Bibliography of Verlyn Flieger

Mythgard Institute

History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff

]]> Wed, 5 Sep 2018 06:00:00 +0000 jude@athrabeth.com (Jude Vais & Stef Midlock) http://podcast.athrabeth.com In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important.

Where can you read OFS?
The Monsters and the Critics
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories edited by Verlyn Flieger

Show Notes:

Verlyn Flieger’s introduction to On Fairy Stories

Bibliography of Verlyn Flieger

Mythgard Institute

History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff

]]> Episode 1: On Fairy Stories Jude Vais & Stef Midlock 00:48:22 In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important. Where can […] In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important. Where can […] true full 1