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The Three Houses of the Edain

January 21, 2023

The first Elf-friends were the Men of the Three Houses of Bëor, Haleth and Hador, and they are referred to as the Edain.  Bëor King Felagund was originally believed to be one of the Valar. He would later figure he could read in the minds of Men, who had dealings with the Dark Elves and learned much of their speech. Felagund was able to converse with Bëor, speaking in his language, the language of Bëor.  Then, when Men awoke in Hildórien, the spies of Morgoth were watchful, and the ...

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The Shire: Home of the Hobbits

November 9, 2022

The Shire is home to the Hobbits, and involved the commonly known large houses and holes that were also inhabited by large families - where all Hobbits lived.  However, in Bilbo’s days, only the richest and poorest of the Hobbits lived in hobbit holes, while the others had to adopt other forms of abode. Regions (0:22) The Shire was first divided into 4 quarters, called the Farthings - North, South, East, and West - within which there are a different number of folklands. While Tooks ...

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Histories of Mirkwood in 8 Minutes

August 10, 2022

Mirkwood - or Taur-nu-fuin (S) is known as the greatest forest of Middle-earth, east of the Misty Mountains, originally called Greenwood the Great. It is also the dwelling place of Legolas and Thranduil.  This forest existed in the beginning of the days of Arda. Elves passed through it from Cuíviénen on their way to Valinor, when the Woodland Elves were present.  After the Siege of Angband, Finrod and his sons had bore the brunt most heavily, and he escaped and went south to ...

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The Complete Story of Rivendell

May 11, 2022      1 Comment

“[Elrond’s] house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness. ... Evil things did not come into the secret valley of Rivendell.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit “A Short Rest” Imladris (n.), or Rivendell, its common speech translation and the most widely used term today - is located at the edge of the Bruinen River, and the eastern edge ...

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How did the Númenóreans live?

Lands + Lifestyles of the Númenóreans

April 6, 2022      Leave a Comment

Greetings, and we will be discussing the lands and lifestyles of the Númenoreans.  Numenor was described in great detail in Unfinished Tales, as well as Nature of Middle-earth. Númenórean Lands There, we see a map of the island of Numenor. It resembled a five-pointed star, or pentangle and each “end” expending about 250 miles. They were named: Forostar (Northlands)Andustar (Westlands)Hyarnustar (Southwest-lands)Hyarrostar (Southeastlands)Orrostar (Eastlands) There was also ...

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Valinor: The Hobbits + An Overview of the Undying Lands

March 9, 2022      2 Comments

At the end of the Lord of the Rings Series, Bilbo, Frodo and Sam eventually go to Valinor, known commonly as the "Undying Lands." Tolkien also notes this as well, in letter #246, all while defending what Frodo has gone through on his journey. They all went at different times (well - sure Bilbo and Frodo went together, while Sam went after the passing of his wife Rosie). And one thing they had in common was that they had held the One Ring. But what made them go to Valinor? Today we will ...

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