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Tolkien's Silmarillion | Of Beren and Luthien Part 1 | # 26
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Tolkien's Silmarillion | Intro to Beren and Luthien | #25
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Rings of Power’s Galadriel is WRONG! Haleth is a TRUE strong woman. #lordoftherings #ringsofpower
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We have CS Lewis to thank for The Lord of the Rings! #lordoftherings #tolkien
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Thank CS Lewis for The Lord of the Rings!
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The Rings of Power is WRONG About Strong Women!
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Tolkien's Silmarillion | The Ruin of Beleriand | Episode 24
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Scholar Claims Tolkien's Dwarves are ANTI-JEWISH
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The Rings of Power's STUPID Change to Tolkien's Volcano
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Tolkien’s Greatest Joy | Of Beren and Luthien Intro | Episode 25
Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures...
Sauron’s Great Entrance | The Ruin of Beleriand | Episode 24
Sauron makes his big entrance into Middle-earth in this chapter, and does some serious damage to the elves and men. But Morgoth still seems to underestimate his foes.
There is a Tempest in Him | The Fall of Fingolfin | Episode 23
We delve into the first half of Chapter 18, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and Fall of Fingolfin", taking a long look at this valiant elf's hopeless assault on Morgoth... an elf who ACTUALLY HAS A TEMPEST IN HIM, and not the dust devil in The Rings of Power's Galadriel.
Middle-earth’s Actual Strong Woman | Of the Coming of Men, Part 2 | Episode 22
Who is the REAL "strong" woman in Tolkien's Middle-earth? Why do men fear elves? Death really weirds-out the elves... and why we measure our lives in milestones, and elves do not!
Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien
This poem, titled "Noel", was written by J.R.R. Tolkien before The Hobbit was published, and only just discovered in 2013 in a 1936 copy of The Annual of Our Lady's School (a school magazine).
Unfriends, When Elves met Men | Of the Coming of Men, Part 1 | Episode 21
Do elves regard men as enemies? Foes? Invaders? How did the elves treat men the first time they met them? Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they look at how the Noldor (surprisingly) treated men VERY differently than the Sindar!
Tolkien’s Disney Princess!? | Of Maeglin | Episode 20
Is Aredhel really a Disney princess!? What about this Dark Elf, Eöl -- even though, as we find out, his name is not the first time Tolkien uses the capital "D" Dark Elf title!
He’s an Angry Elf | Of the Noldor | Episode 19
As Turgon builds the city of Gondolin in secret, the bitter seeds of distrust between the Noldor and the Sindar find fertile ground. Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan in this discussion of Chapter 15!
This Map is HELL | Of Beleriand | Episode 18
Location and placement were incredibly important to Tolkien--so important that an entire chapter of The Silmarillion is dedicated to who is where! Let's decipher it together...
Doomsday and Dragons| Return of the Noldor, Part 2 | Episode 17
Tolkien sets out the pieces of Middle-earth's chess board, putting the characters in their proper places before the doomsday of Fëanor's unspoken realization bears down on all the players... and we get our first glimpse of a Middle-earth dragon!
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