Alas, not me

The difficulty many of us face in understanding Tom Bombadil arises from the fact that he is part of nature and we all too often think of o...

Here's just a wee bit from right near the very end  of the conclusion of my book, To Rule the Fate of Many: Truth, Lies, Pity, and the R...

Recently  I suggested that 'Saruman' is Tolkien's rendering into Old English of the Ancient Greek σοφιστής. Last night I discove...

Every now and then I see a connection that has been staring me in the face for a long time, one of those connections that seems unbelievably...

Then suddenly, as before under the eaves of the Emyn Muil, Sam saw these two rivals with other  vision. A crouching shape, scarcely ...

As many are aware, Tolkien derived the name 'Saruman' from Old English. The entry in Bosworth- Toller for searu starts wit...

Radagast's Cunning © Lucas Graciano   At the Council of Elrond Gandalf describes Radagast as 'a master of shapes and changes of...

© Jeff Murray As Merry tells his comrades of the storming of Isengard by the Ents, he doubts the accuracy of Saruman's previous re...

In the 'Riming Poem' in the Exeter Book ( Thorpe, p. 354, ll. 57-62 ) appear the following verses: Searo hƿít solaþ sumur hát có...