Alas, not me

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

In the Ainulindalë  Melkor chooses to follow his own will rather than the design of Ilúvatar and to usurp the act of creation ( S  16-17). I...

Recently I have been reading Johm F. Whitmire Jr.'s interesting article, "An Archaeology of Hope and Despair in the Tale of Aragorn...

According to the Prologue  to The Lord of the Rings,  the sea is a symbol of death to hobbits ( FR Pr. 07). We tend to imagine mythical expl...

The Lay of the Children of Húrin  exists in two versions, neither of which tells the whole story its title promises. The second version is m...