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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! CitationsTolkien, 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.

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 KrisLinktree: https://linktr.ee/WizardWayKrisWebsite: 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 eventsApril 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/TheCarrockSignUpFormJoin the Carrock Discord server: https://discord.gg/8DxzAhvPVnMay 9-11, 2025: Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025Join 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 Cottonhttps://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: OxonmootJoin Jude and Stef at St. Anne's College, Oxford and online! https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

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. CitationsHistories Volume 4Tolkien, 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 10Tolkien, J. R. R. Morgoth's Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 10. HarperCollins, London, 1993. Histories Volume 11Tolkien, J. R. R. War of the Jewels. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 11. HarperCollins, London, 1994. Histories Volume 12Tolkien, 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-earthGarth, 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 eventsMarch 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/TheCarrockSignUpFormJoin the Carrock Discord server: https://discord.gg/8DxzAhvPVnMay 9-11, 2025: Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025Join 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 Cottonhttps://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: OxonmootJoin Jude and Stef at St. Anne's College, Oxford and online! https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2025/ (Accessed March 4, 2025)

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! CitationsThank you to our guest host, Dr. Sara Brown! How to find Sara:Bluesky: @aranelparmadil.bksy.socialSara'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, 2018https://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.

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: @CameronBorgQeenBluesky: cameronbourquein.bsky.socialBlog 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 BlackwelderAs 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-earthMythlore Vol. 25, No. 1, 2006Link: https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1289&context=mythlore Cameron Bourquein and Nick PolkReading, 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 CaldecottThe Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind the Lord of the Rings and The HobbitThe Crossroad Publishing Company, 2013Link: https://crossroadpublishing.com/product/the-power-of-the-ring/ John GarthIlu's Music: The Creation of Tolkien's Creation MythFrom 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. 40Walking Tree Publishers, 2019Link: http://www.walking-tree.org/books/sub-creating_arda.php#h Gwenyth HoodSauron as Gorgon and BasiliskMarshall University, 1987Link: https://mds.marshall.edu/english_faculty/30/ Jonathan S. McIntoshThe Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of FaërieAngelico Press, 2017Link: https://angelicopress.com/products/the-flame-imperishable Brian RoseberryTolkien: A Cultural PhenomenonPalgrave Macmillan, 2003Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230599987 Elizabeth A. WhittinghamThe Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earthMcFarland & Company, 2007Link: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-evolution-of-tolkiens-mythology/ The work of Mercury Natis, Tolkien ScholarLink: https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/ The work of Robin A. Reid, Tolkien ScholarLink: https://tolkienists.org/robin-anne-reid/

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: 9780063422223https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-visual-companion-chris-smith?variant=42417601511458Find 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

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.comTolkien 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-HNmvRKXokqYou Tube Videos featuring Andrew's collection: Part 1: https://youtu.be/8LMYXyxMK9I?si=pYb3hHxxdmLvKcGHPart 2: https://youtu.be/6ir_GzMZv5k?si=-0IvfM30qkgQDXYiAndrew'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 HeritageIn 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, 2024Information at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkien-as-heritage/Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025May 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/athrabethJoin the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast NetworkAthrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

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: @ShaunGunnerWebsites: shaungunner.comTolkien Society-https://www.tolkiensociety.org@TolkienSocietyChristopher Tolkien Centenary ConferenceOnline only, November 23-24, 2024Information and registration at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/christopher-tolkien-centenary-conference/Tolkien Society Hybrid Seminar 2024 – Tolkien as HeritageIn 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, 2024Information at: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkien-as-heritage/Find us on the web at https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabethJoin the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast NetworkAthrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

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! CitationsThe One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/Cast:Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpiersonTheo Fleetfoot: Max JiménezOzzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjudePumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfourTitle music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.comFeatured tracks courtesy of Epidemic Sound:Adriel Fair - All the WondersAiyo - Locked InAnna Dager, Hanna Ekström - HesitancyBasixx - Shangri-LaBinkley - Pork Chop SpecialBonnie Grace - The Fairy DanceDASHI - HiyajiruDream Cave - Epic VoyageDream Cave - The InvestigatorEden Avery - Great Eagle's LairEdgar Hopp - A Million UpheavalsEdgar Hopp - Phoenix RisingFormantX - Urban ChaseGlenwood Quartet - Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, "American" Op. 96, B. 179 I. Allegro ma non troppoHampus Naeselius - DeactivatorHampus Naeselius - Iron DomeHampus Naeselius - Team SixHara Noda - Look LookHunter Quinn - Chickasaw OutbackJohannes Bornlöf - Air on the G StringLennon Hutton - Who's at the Window?Ludvig Moulin - Forgotten CastleMagnus Ludvigsson - CoincidencesPhello - Happy FeetRuiqi Zhao - Ancient SpellsRuiqi Zhao - Behind YouAdditional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.comFind us on the web at https://www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabethJoin the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast NetworkAthrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson 

We are bummed that Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is over. Join us for one last AthraChat for episode 8, “Shadow and Flame.” Beware of spoilers and sexy Sauron. Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

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, 2024https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/christopher-tolkien-centenary-conference/ (Accessed Oct 1, 2024) Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord! Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

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. 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.

Take the plunge with us in our new AthraChat episode as we discuss Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 6, “Where Is He?” We're taking a deep dive and making a splash! Water you waiting for? Beware of spoilers in the Abyss!Citations Tolkien Gateway entry for “Secret Fire” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Secret_Fire (Accessed Sept 21, 2024)Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

Citations Lea's Tiktok account- silmarilleannehttps://www.tiktok.com/@silmarilleanne?lang=enFind us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the Athrabeth discord: https://discord.gg/4rZynfWv3fAthrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

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.

Citations: Francesco Nepitello on Twitter: @FNepitelloThe 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)

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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!

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985. Kindle edition, eISBN: 978-0-358-61268-1, Version 07182023KO v1.0421 (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Lays of Beleriand”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lays_of_Beleriand (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51: Thursday, August 29 - Sunday, September 1.Website: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/

Citations: 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 Twohttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Book_of_Lost_Tales:_Part_Two (Accessed June 29, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for The Tale of Eärendelhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Tale_of_E%C3%A4rendel (Accessed June 29, 2024)Join the Athrabeth Discord!https://discord.gg/x5UVB7M3Summer learning opportunities:Saturday July 6: Tolkien Society Summer Seminar - Tolkien's Romantic Resonanceshttps://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 @claremoore94Thursday August 29- Sunday Sept. 1: Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 29, 2024) 

CitationsTolkien, 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 2024https://nyctolkienconference.wordpress.com (Accessed June 4, 2024)Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2024https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)

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)

Citations: Thank you to Fornad for joining us this month on Athrabeth! Check out these ArdaCraft links: ArdaCraft's linktree: https://linktr.ee/ardacraftArdaCraft homepage: https://ardacraft.me/How to join ArdaCraft: https://ardacraft.me/join/Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qcYBkCmAKZPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArdacraftYou Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArdaCraftMCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardacraft/TikTok: https://tr.ee/gM2mTG1JeSTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArdaCraft_Bluesky: https://staging.bsky.app/profile/ardacraft.bsky.socialOfficial Server List: https://findmcserver.com/server/ardacraftPlanet 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 

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

Citations: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)

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 websitehttps://www.tims-tolkien-tempel.de/Poem “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas DoughertyFrom his book The Second O of Sorrow.https://www.boaeditions.org/blogs/main/poem-of-the-week-august-27-2018Jude mentioned the artist ElmenelWebsite: https://www.parmaeldalieva.com/Patreon: www.patreon.com/Elmenel

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 Presshttps://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20PowerTom's blog: Alas, not mehttps://alasnotme.blogspot.com/Tom's YouTube channel: @tomhillman9519https://www.youtube.com/@tomhillman9519Tom's social media:Twitter: @alas_not_meBsky: @alas-not-me.bsky.socialInstagram: @alas_not_me You also find him on Facebook! The book Tom mentioned is: “Pagan Saints in Middle-earth” by Claudio A. TestiOur pal Dr. Luke Shelton can be found on Twitter @LukeBShelton

Citations: The Book of Lost Tales, part 1Tolkien, 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 4Tolkien, 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 HobbitTolkien, 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 RingsTolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)The SilmarillionTolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Back Doorhttps://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 Nighthttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Door_of_Night (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Fen Hollenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fen_Hollen (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Paths of the Deadhttps://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

Citations:The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/Cast:Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpiersonTheo Fleetfoot: Max JiménezOzzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjudePumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfourTitle music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.comAdditional 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

Citations (episode notes)Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!Jordan's website: https://jordanrannells.com/Kickstarter: An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of EäKickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIpEnds 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/shopJoin Jordan's Discord: https://discord.gg/kWqw8SXtjJordan's Social Media:YouTube: @alongexpectedsoundscape514Instagram: @jordanellisrannellsTwitter: @LOTRSoundscapeJordan's Music of Middle-earth podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-of-middle-earth/id1498646998A Long-Expected Soundscape Full Sample on YouTube:https://youtu.be/1Mjxw_x6Th0?si=AjnOV3Ql6SGRJS4a  Sample tracks heard in today's episode:Sample 1: TreebeardSample 2: Black GateSample 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/, @BretDevereauxThank you again, Jordan! 

CitationsThe 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. 43-44Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek websitehttps://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. 31-37Tolkien, 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 Podcastshttps://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

CitationsThe 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. 43-44Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek websitehttps://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. 31-37Tolkien, 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 Podcastshttps://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

CitationsThe 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 Thranduilhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thranduil (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Oropherhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher (Accessed June 20, 2023)Google Image Search for “Sexy Lee Pace Thranduil”https://images.google.com/ (Accessed June 20, 2023)

CitationsTolkien, 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 Maiarhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Maiar (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Ossëhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oss%C3%AB (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Uinenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Uinen (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: Númenor, the Mighty and Frail- Sunday July 2, 2023https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/Clare Moore's Twitter name: @claremoore914

Clare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914YouTube 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 FictionOpen 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 HeroesFrom 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 HurinFrom 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 MythologyFound 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)

CitationsRateliff, 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.

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/CitationsJ.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 CompagnieJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished TalesJ.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the KingVerlyn Flieger, Splintered Light (Revised Edition), 19. "Filled with Clear Light", pp. 160-1J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 131, (undated, written late 1951), p. 149J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part OneJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part TwoJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earthJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other WritingsJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the JewelsJ.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

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. 21-41https://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 Fëanorhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/F%C3%ABanor (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Kinslaying at Alqualondëhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Kinslaying_at_Alqualond%C3%AB (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Second Kinslayinghttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Second_Kinslaying (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Third Kinslayinghttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Third_Kinslaying (Accessd Jan 2, 2023)

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: @wizardwaykrisYou Tube: Wizard Way Kris https://www.youtube.com/c/wizardwaykris Twitter: @WizardWayKrisInstagram: @wizardwaykris“You all are welcome here” merch: https://www.donmarshall72sstore.com/  Dawn Walls-Thumma's website: http://dawnfelagund.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, 2022Exhibition website: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/tolkien.phpDr. Sarah C. SchaeferAssistant Professor, Modern Art, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeFind Sarah on Twitter: @sarahcschaeferWebsite: 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. FlissArchivist, 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/TolkienMarquetteCheck 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.phpExhibition 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/

CitationsJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part TwoJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earthJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other WritingsJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's RingJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Taleshttps://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Race-Cultural-History-Fairies/dp/0230272843

Show NotesThe One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/CastLore Master: James Pierson, @jpiersonTheo Fleetfoot: Max JiménezOzzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjudePumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfourTitle music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.comAdditional 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

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.

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!

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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.

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.

CitationsBooks: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)

CitationsReis, 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 artwork by Angie Yvarra. Find Angie at inherentvicesquad.comArchive of Our Own website: https://archiveofourown.org/CitationsCastell, 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.helpLinksArielle Nissenblatt can be found on Twitter at @arithisandthatPodvoices Website: https://www.podvoices.helpAdditional links:abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resourcesshoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortiondonations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by statesecure.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 volunteersdontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the rulingplancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinetprochoice.org - abortion access hotlinenatalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test stripsplannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth controlchoice.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

Citations:Eye of Melian is:Robin La Joy: LyricsMartijn Westerholt: SongwriterMikko P. Mustonen: Orchestral arrangementsJohanna Kurkela: VocalistTheir 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 MelianInstagram: @eyeofmelianFacebook: Eye of MelianPinterest: @eyeofmelianYou can find their music on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp.Source for Quenya language learning mentioned by Jude: Atanquesta: A NeoQuenya Primerhttps://middangeard.org.uk/atanquesta/Clever Corvids reproductive rights fundraiser: “Marathon For Choice”June 4-5, 2022At the Clever Corvids Youtube Channel: www.tinyurl.com/marathon4choice  Benefitting Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org/