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Showing posts with label Finrod. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Finrod. Show all posts

23 June 2017

Sand of Pearls in Elvenland, or, Boethius on the Shore

The Shores of Valinor -- copyright Ted Nasmith Being a lifelong lover of the Sea and the shore, I have always found Tolkien's...

04 March 2017

'She died' -- The Choice of Lúthien and the Destiny of the Elves (FR 1.xi.191-93)

In one of the most disappointing scenes in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's film, The Fellowship of the Ring , Strider and t...

11 February 2016

"We will burn like heathen kings before ever a ship sailed hither from the West." (RK 5.iv.825)

In my recent Abraham, Wilfred, and John at The Pyre of Denethor ( RK 6.vii.850-57) we saw how Tolkien and Owen each used Genesis 22 t...

06 December 2014

The Black Rider, the Fox, and the Elves

Just over the top of the hill they came on the patch of fir-wood. Leaving the road they went into the deep resin-scented darkness of the ...

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