- Jan 2025
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inst-fs-iad-prod.inscloudgate.net inst-fs-iad-prod.inscloudgate.net
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Or should we accept, as J. R. R. Tolkien wrote in 1963, that‘anything is possible in the fabulous Celtic twilight, which is not somuch a twilight of the gods as of the reason’, remembering, as thegreat Celtic scholar David Ellis Evans sternly pointed out in 1999,that Tolkien’s aside was meant specifically to make fun of certainextreme linguistic entomologies and not to be all embracing.
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- Nov 2024
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blog.ayjay.org blog.ayjay.org
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So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort. — J. R. R. Tolkien, “Concerning Hobbits”
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- Jul 2024
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- Feb 2024
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Local file Local file
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‘Jirt’, as the childrencalled Tolkien (short for J.R.R.T.)
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- Jan 2024
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johnhalbrooks.substack.com johnhalbrooks.substack.com
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Read [[John Halbrooks]] in Canonical Resolutions
h/t Dan Allosso
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- Oct 2023
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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02:55 death as a gift for men
03:40 fear of death as corruption/weakening (via Melkor): seeking long life and other ways as coping (not embracing it)
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- Sep 2022
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contragentiles.pl contragentiles.pl
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Omówienie pojęcia Opatrzności w kontekście twórczości J.R.R. Tolkiena.
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- Jan 2022
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podcasts.ox.ac.uk podcasts.ox.ac.uk
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https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/medieval-welsh
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J.R.R. Tolkien purchased a copy of John Morris-Jones's (1864-1929) A Welsh Grammar when he was at Exeter.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=A%20Welsh%20grammar%20%3A%20historical%20and%20comparative
timestamp [8:13]
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J.R.R. Tolkien indicated that Welsh fairy tales "had bright color but no sense". Perhaps this is because they served a cultural and mnemonic purpose and not necessarily a storytelling one.
1:00 minute mark
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- Oct 2018
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mikecosgrave.com mikecosgrave.com
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A good character can sustain multiple narratives and thus lead to a successful movie franchise. A good “world” can sustain multiple characters (and their stories) and thus successfully launch a transmedia franchise.
Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and their film adaptations are possibly the ultimate exemplar of the power of world-building. To a lesser extent (and aimed at a younger age group) would be C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" with various stage,T.V. film, animated and radio adaptations
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