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Showing posts with label The Lay of Leithian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Lay of Leithian. Show all posts
16 December 2024

LĂșthien Unbound?

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In his introduction to the Lay of Leithian  in The Lays of Beleriand , Christopher Tolkien writes:  My father never explained the name Leith...
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04 March 2017

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

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In one of the most disappointing scenes in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's film, The Fellowship of the Ring , Strider and t...
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06 June 2016

In the Dead Marshes We Hear No Larks at Morning

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Paul Nash, We Are Making A New World, Imperial War Museum Since at least the twelfth century larks at morning have featured in Engli...
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31 January 2016

Words Which They Only Partly Understood -- The First Hymn to Elbereth (FR 1.iii.79)

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‘Listen! They are coming this way,’ said Frodo. ‘We have only to wait.’   The singing drew nearer. One clear voice rose now above the...
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