Reader Comments
rpadilla
A really moving image. Is seems that Tolkien?s was inspired in his own love story to create one of the best love stories ever. This one will never die, as long as his readers keep remembering it, either as JRR and Mary or as Beren and Luthien. Until death do us apart? I don?t think so.
Rating: 5
Mon September 4, 2000 5:01 PM PDT
galadrialoflorien
Ok, on the grave it says 1889-1971, but on the hompage it says he died in 1973. Which one is it?
ps I didnt mean to sound uncaring or ne thing i just want to know. I think its important.
Tue September 5, 2000 3:14 PM PDT
galadrialoflorien
Ok, on the grave it says 1889-1971, but on the hompage it says he died in 1973. Which one is it?
ps I didnt mean to sound uncaring or ne thing i just want to know. I think its important.
Tue September 5, 2000 3:14 PM PDT
mithril
Well, it's a nice picture, but what's soo interesting about it? If there's a picture such as this one, I'd like info along with it as well, such as where is this grave. Besides, it isn't art. It's only a picture. Shouldn't be part of the art gallery... I'd prefer it being in some other category. Why not make a new category in this website?? Sounds like a good idea.
Rating: 2
Tue September 5, 2000 6:11 PM PDT
mithril
Well, it's a nice picture, but what's soo interesting about it? If there's a picture such as this one, I'd like info along with it as well, such as where is this grave. Besides, it isn't art. It's only a picture. Shouldn't be part of the art gallery... I'd prefer it being in some other category. Why not make a new category in this website?? Sounds like a good idea.
Rating: 2
Tue September 5, 2000 6:11 PM PDT
LuthienT
In response to Galadrialoflorien, it was JRR's wife who died in 1971 and not Tolkien. He survived his wife's death by 2 years.
I think this is a wonderfully poignant picture showing the way Tolkien felt about his wife - Luthien and Beren, the eternal love story goes on!
Rating: 4
Wed September 6, 2000 5:13 AM PDT
LuthienT
In response to Galadrialoflorien, it was JRR's wife who died in 1971 and not Tolkien. He survived his wife's death by 2 years.
I think this is a wonderfully poignant picture showing the way Tolkien felt about his wife - Luthien and Beren, the eternal love story goes on!
Rating: 4
Wed September 6, 2000 5:13 AM PDT
ScrollBearer
This picture brought tears to my eyes - I can't look at it without shedding a tear. It makes me regret never having met him; he was truly brilliant.
Rating: 5
Sat October 28, 2000 12:40 PM PDT
ScrollBearer
This picture brought tears to my eyes - I can't look at it without shedding a tear. It makes me regret never having met him; he was truly brilliant.
Rating: 5
Sat October 28, 2000 12:40 PM PDT
mr_baggins111
"In life or in death, your love shall lead us yonder."
-Kim Robinson
Rating: 5
Mon January 15, 2001 1:03 AM PDT
mr_baggins111
"In life or in death, your love shall lead us yonder."
-Kim Robinson
Rating: 5
Mon January 15, 2001 1:03 AM PDT
RobertPlant
Rating: 5
Tue May 22, 2001 12:48 AM PDT
RobertPlant
Rating: 5
Tue May 22, 2001 12:48 AM PDT
RWeiss
No comment; vote only
Sun June 10, 2001 4:49 PM PDT
RWeiss
No comment; vote only
Sun June 10, 2001 4:49 PM PDT
RWeiss
for those who can't go overseas to see the real thing,
I'll change my vote. At first I thought "exploitation"; but
perhaps I was wrong.
Rating: 5
Wed June 13, 2001 4:59 AM PDT
RWeiss
for those who can't go overseas to see the real thing,
I'll change my vote. At first I thought "exploitation"; but
perhaps I was wrong.
Rating: 5
Wed June 13, 2001 4:59 AM PDT
Inwë
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Rating: 5
Mon September 3, 2001 8:57 AM PDT
Inwë
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Rating: 5
Mon September 3, 2001 8:57 AM PDT
Prince_Xizor
Paying my respects, I cannot rate such an image of devotion.
Those who gave a 0 rating, go to Hell. I shall be glad to send you on your way as well.
Sat September 22, 2001 2:54 PM PDT
Prince_Xizor
Paying my respects, I cannot rate such an image of devotion.
Those who gave a 0 rating, go to Hell. I shall be glad to send you on your way as well.
Sat September 22, 2001 2:54 PM PDT
arcturus55
Sun September 30, 2001 6:57 AM PDT
arcturus55
Sun September 30, 2001 6:57 AM PDT
Ashka_Legolas
I would just want to respect him.. Thanks for all the wonderful stories!
Sat January 12, 2002 5:26 AM PDT
Ashka_Legolas
I would just want to respect him.. Thanks for all the wonderful stories!
Sat January 12, 2002 5:26 AM PDT
Elvenstone
seriously, im crying now. I wish he hadnt died. He is the most brilliant author in the history of all litature. I love him. Its the most beautiful grave Iv ever seen. I want mine just like it, but with "Elvenlor" written on it, because thats "friend" in Elven,
May he rest in peace.
Rating: 5
Sat February 9, 2002 12:04 AM PDT
Elvenstone
seriously, im crying now. I wish he hadnt died. He is the most brilliant author in the history of all litature. I love him. Its the most beautiful grave Iv ever seen. I want mine just like it, but with "Elvenlor" written on it, because thats "friend" in Elven,
May he rest in peace.
Rating: 5
Sat February 9, 2002 12:04 AM PDT
Marigold
This is a very touching picture. It is very sad to think about how he won't be able to see his book put to life on the big screen, but I am sure he'd be proud of everyone who put this together.
Rating: 5
Sat February 16, 2002 4:06 PM PDT
Marigold
This is a very touching picture. It is very sad to think about how he won't be able to see his book put to life on the big screen, but I am sure he'd be proud of everyone who put this together.
Rating: 5
Sat February 16, 2002 4:06 PM PDT
irma
tolkien is the best writer ever!!and RESPECT is all that I can say....
Rating: 5
Tue February 19, 2002 1:26 PM PDT
irma
tolkien is the best writer ever!!and RESPECT is all that I can say....
Rating: 5
Tue February 19, 2002 1:26 PM PDT
Istari_girl
One inspired shall hopefully inspire another. Thank you.
Rating: 5
Sat February 23, 2002 9:29 PM PDT
Istari_girl
One inspired shall hopefully inspire another. Thank you.
Rating: 5
Sat February 23, 2002 9:29 PM PDT
Elfs_beautiful_Queen
I think Tolkien was a genius, he had this incredible way of making people feel happy or sad or deeply moved, he was a great man, and yeah he deserves that his work was recognized and admired by many persons such as you guys, maby he left this world, but Im sure he will never leave out thoughts or hearts.
Rating: 5
Wed March 6, 2002 2:34 PM PDT
Elfs_beautiful_Queen
I think Tolkien was a genius, he had this incredible way of making people feel happy or sad or deeply moved, he was a great man, and yeah he deserves that his work was recognized and admired by many persons such as you guys, maby he left this world, but Im sure he will never leave out thoughts or hearts.
Rating: 5
Wed March 6, 2002 2:34 PM PDT
Valene_Greenleaf
I want to go place flowers their for Tolkien and his wife! He really was a visionary!
Rating: 5
Sat March 9, 2002 3:11 PM PDT
Valene_Greenleaf
I want to go place flowers their for Tolkien and his wife! He really was a visionary!
Rating: 5
Sat March 9, 2002 3:11 PM PDT
Mandiz
yes I wish that, so he could see his masterpiece be film.....but he cant......
Why most the great master be dead???
Tell me that someone....
Rating: 5
Sun April 14, 2002 8:07 AM PDT
Mandiz
yes I wish that, so he could see his masterpiece be film.....but he cant......
Why most the great master be dead???
Tell me that someone....
Rating: 5
Sun April 14, 2002 8:07 AM PDT
luthienelflover
I pay my respects over the internet because I will never get to go there in real life. *Bows head for a moment of silence* Just lovely. Notice the Beren and Luthien. Just beautiful, and touching.
Rating: 5
Thu August 8, 2002 9:34 AM PDT
luthienelflover
I pay my respects over the internet because I will never get to go there in real life. *Bows head for a moment of silence* Just lovely. Notice the Beren and Luthien. Just beautiful, and touching.
Rating: 5
Thu August 8, 2002 9:34 AM PDT
evenstar1
quiet..........
Rating: 5
Mon September 2, 2002 2:44 PM PDT
evenstar1
quiet..........
Rating: 5
Mon September 2, 2002 2:44 PM PDT
Galadriel_bluestar
I will never be able to visit the actual grave site... so i need to write this here....
Thank you professor Tolkien for all the tales you have told, i am gratefull for every tear i ever cried and every laugh i ever had reading your books. Thank you for a world to which i can escape to when all lights go out. Thank you for sparking an interest in myth and lore in my hearth ever since i was a child. You have made me who I am today, and in me you awoke the deep, "elven" sadness that sleeps in all our hearts. From you I learned pity and great wisdom, and that is a gift beyond value. I shall not be sad because of your death, I shall rejoice because you once lived. I am too young to have ever met you, but i feel I will one day, no 'not in Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again. Then in the willow-meads of Tasarinan we may meet in the Spring. Farewell!'
Tue September 3, 2002 6:38 AM PDT
Galadriel_bluestar
I will never be able to visit the actual grave site... so i need to write this here....
Thank you professor Tolkien for all the tales you have told, i am gratefull for every tear i ever cried and every laugh i ever had reading your books. Thank you for a world to which i can escape to when all lights go out. Thank you for sparking an interest in myth and lore in my hearth ever since i was a child. You have made me who I am today, and in me you awoke the deep, "elven" sadness that sleeps in all our hearts. From you I learned pity and great wisdom, and that is a gift beyond value. I shall not be sad because of your death, I shall rejoice because you once lived. I am too young to have ever met you, but i feel I will one day, no 'not in Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again. Then in the willow-meads of Tasarinan we may meet in the Spring. Farewell!'
Tue September 3, 2002 6:38 AM PDT
lov*Frodo*Olorin*
Tolkien was a great man!
My respects for Tolkien Oh God Bless him!
Rating: 5
Tue October 8, 2002 5:19 PM PDT
lov*Frodo*Olorin*
Tolkien was a great man!
My respects for Tolkien Oh God Bless him!
Rating: 5
Tue October 8, 2002 5:19 PM PDT
lov*Frodo*Olorin*
Tolkien was a great man!
My respects for Tolkien Oh God Bless him!
Rating: 5
Tue October 8, 2002 5:20 PM PDT
lov*Frodo*Olorin*
Tolkien was a great man!
My respects for Tolkien Oh God Bless him!
Rating: 5
Tue October 8, 2002 5:20 PM PDT
~*Arwen*~
sad really Born January 5, died September 6, age 61 i think
, long live the king! ^_^ i salute you
Rating: 4
Sat October 12, 2002 5:36 PM PDT
~*Arwen*~
sad really Born January 5, died September 6, age 61 i think
, long live the king! ^_^ i salute you
Rating: 4
Sat October 12, 2002 5:36 PM PDT
Preacherdude
Heaven is where this man is. Maybee most of us will get to meat him up there.
Rating: 5
Tue November 5, 2002 5:06 PM PDT
Preacherdude
Heaven is where this man is. Maybee most of us will get to meat him up there.
Rating: 5
Tue November 5, 2002 5:06 PM PDT
ahimsa
...thank you. It is a very appropriate addition to this site, and a sweet token of respect for Mr. Tolkien. Rest well, dear one, in love and peace. We honor the divinity that you have lived and shared.
Rating: 5
Sun February 23, 2003 7:10 PM PDT
ahimsa
...thank you. It is a very appropriate addition to this site, and a sweet token of respect for Mr. Tolkien. Rest well, dear one, in love and peace. We honor the divinity that you have lived and shared.
Rating: 5
Sun February 23, 2003 7:10 PM PDT
wargsdroolalot
it's so sad.
*sniff*
but it's cool(?) to see the grave of the big man himself.
it's still really sad. 
Rating: 5
Mon March 24, 2003 4:43 PM PDT
wargsdroolalot
it's so sad.
*sniff*
but it's cool(?) to see the grave of the big man himself.
it's still really sad.
Rating: 5
Mon March 24, 2003 4:43 PM PDT
I_luV_legolas!!!
just think im a lotr freak because of this man GOD BLESS HIM!
Rating: 5
Thu April 3, 2003 6:24 PM PDT
I_luV_legolas!!!
just think im a lotr freak because of this man GOD BLESS HIM!
Rating: 5
Thu April 3, 2003 6:24 PM PDT
Avariawen
How sad that this person is not in our world anymore,
the world would be a much better place if he was still around
thank you Mr. Tolkien for all you have done!!!!
Rating: 5
Tue June 24, 2003 2:53 AM PDT
Avariawen
How sad that this person is not in our world anymore,
the world would be a much better place if he was still around
thank you Mr. Tolkien for all you have done!!!!
Rating: 5
Tue June 24, 2003 2:53 AM PDT
DurinsBane
truly touching
Beren and Luthien
I wish i couldve met him but im only a youngster
Rating: 5
Sun June 29, 2003 1:20 PM PDT
DurinsBane
truly touching
Beren and Luthien
I wish i couldve met him but im only a youngster
Rating: 5
Sun June 29, 2003 1:20 PM PDT
WonderBroad
I've stood in this very spot (in 1992), paying my respects to my favorite writer. It was an awe-inspiring experience. He's in a little out-of-the-way graveyard outside of Oxford. He was not allowed to be buried in one of the Oxford University graveyards because he was Catholic, not Church of England. Pathetic religious bigotry still in effect as late as 1973!
But somehow, in this small cemetery, resting among foreigners (many of them other Catholics), this seems so right. It is a quiet, reflective, unassuming place. I am glad and grateful to have been able to visit his grave--simply for what it did for me. I'll never forget it.
Sat August 16, 2003 9:10 AM PDT
WonderBroad
I've stood in this very spot (in 1992), paying my respects to my favorite writer. It was an awe-inspiring experience. He's in a little out-of-the-way graveyard outside of Oxford. He was not allowed to be buried in one of the Oxford University graveyards because he was Catholic, not Church of England. Pathetic religious bigotry still in effect as late as 1973!
But somehow, in this small cemetery, resting among foreigners (many of them other Catholics), this seems so right. It is a quiet, reflective, unassuming place. I am glad and grateful to have been able to visit his grave--simply for what it did for me. I'll never forget it.
Sat August 16, 2003 9:10 AM PDT
Legolorn
Now I feel like crying!! *snif* *snif*
Rating: 4
Wed October 1, 2003 9:31 AM PDT
Ashes_Smashes
I turely respect him for giving me a different perspective on life, through his books. And has also inspired me to write my own book.
Rating: 5
Wed December 3, 2003 12:32 PM PDT
mithril
... I don't know what I was thinking. I must have been cranky that day. Anyway what I said in my previous comment on this picture was rude and I'm sorry for it. Anyway wish I could remove my "3" rating.
Although I do still think this picture should be located someplace else instead of in the arts category.
Wed January 7, 2004 10:59 PM PDT
LothlorienGandalf216
If Tolkien lived to see us start forums,sites,clubs and movies,I think he would FREAK!!!( In a good way though.)
Rating: 5
Wed February 11, 2004 7:59 PM PDT
*~Linsul~*~Songbreeze~*
o y did he have to die?
Rating: 5
Thu April 1, 2004 9:42 PM PDT
horsemaster-of-rohan
where is the horse and the rider?where is the horn that was blown?......
Fri June 4, 2004 12:12 AM PDT
The-unknown-rider
this piture still weights my heart heavy...
Rating: 5
Tue February 8, 2005 12:12 AM PDT
FrodoTook
From a letter written by JRRT to his son Christopher dated 11 July 1972
I have at last got busy about Mommy's grave....The inscription I should like IS:
EDITH MARY TOLKIEN
1889-1971
LUTHIEN
: brief and jejune, except for Luthien, which says more for me then a multitude of words: for she was ( and knew she was ) my Luthien.
From "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"
Letter #340
Still a very moving thought and image to me...it always will be. It feels good to know others feel the same way.
Rating: 5
Fri March 18, 2005 8:10 PM PDT
the lady of luthien
Tolkien was a great man, he will live on through the wonderful epic he created. this is really moving image to me.
Rating: 5
Wed June 7, 2006 2:07 AM PDT
LuthienNienna
Thus passes the Lord of Middle-earth...
rpadilla
A really moving image. Is seems that Tolkien?s was inspired in his own love story to create one of the best love stories ever. This one will never die, as long as his readers keep remembering it, either as JRR and Mary or as Beren and Luthien. Until death do us apart? I don?t think so.
Rating: 5
Mon September 4, 2000 5:01 PM PDT