#jrrtolkien — Public Fediverse posts
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Why Didn’t Sauron Create An Army Of Morgûl-Blade Slaves?
ANSWER: I have been asked about this a few times over the years, although not very often. It’s one of those questions that kind of pops into your mind when you’re reading the story for the nth time. Or maybe you’re reading a blog like this one and someone mentions an item or something and suddenly your mind starts wandering.
I received […]
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Sharing for my fellow #Tolkien folks!
“To many in the Tolkien fandom, #audiobooks are a vital way to explore #JRRTolkien’s and Christopher Tolkien's work. To date… Christopher Tolkien's ‘The History of Middle-earth’ as a complete set with consistent and separate narration for Christopher and J.R.R's voices remains undone.
“Let's show HarperCollins that we have the interest and support to make these audiobooks happen. Share with your friends and communities!” #petition #MiddleEarth #fantasy
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Q: Why Were J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works So Revolutionary?
ANSWER: I think people sometimes give J.R.R. Tolkien credit for inventing things he didn’t invent. Tolkien did not invent Elves, Dwarves, dragons, magic swords, enchanted rings, heroic quests, ancient kingdoms, or supernatural enemies. Other writers had created imaginary worlds before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were published, and […]
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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Q: What Was Sauron’s True Name?
ANSWER: Sauron’s “true” name must be one of the most popular topics among Tolkien fans who dive deep into the minutiae of the books. When Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were discussing the Orcs whom Boromir had killed, they pondered what the “S” rune on their helms might represent. Aragorn dismissed the idea that it could represent “Sauron” because “he does not […]
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Q: What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used ‘Swart’ And ‘Swarthy’ To Describe Elves And Men?
ANSWER: I have deferred answering this question because of my recent post about Andy Serkis. I received this question in September 2025 and as I process my queue of visitor-submitted questions it was coming up when Andy made waves in the news. I hope enough time has passed that people won’t mind my […]
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Q: Why Didn’t The Elves Destroy The Three Rings?
ANSWER: People have asked many questions about the Rings of Power. I received the following question about the Elven rings in July 2025:
… why did the Elves keep the Three Rings all those years, instead of destroying them? They had access to Mount Doom for at least the first millennia of the 3rd Age. The Keepers wanted to keep the power […]
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Tolkien avec nous !
Dans le podcast Actusf, disponible sur toutes les plateformes (Deezer, Spotify), retrouvez toutes nos émissions sur Tolkien.
Il y en a cinq pour approfondir notre connaissance de l'auteur du Seigneur des Anneaux !
Mettez un peu d'elfique dans vos oreilles !
#tolkien #jrrtolkien #lotr #seigneurdesanneaux #anneauxdepouvoir #ringofpower #aragorn #galadriel #hobbit #gollum #sauron
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Tolkien avec nous !
Dans le podcast Actusf, disponible sur toutes les plateformes (Deezer, Spotify), retrouvez toutes nos émissions sur Tolkien.
Il y en a cinq pour approfondir notre connaissance de l'auteur du Seigneur des Anneaux !
Mettez un peu d'elfique dans vos oreilles !
#tolkien #jrrtolkien #lotr #seigneurdesanneaux #anneauxdepouvoir #ringofpower #aragorn #galadriel #hobbit #gollum #sauron
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Tolkien avec nous !
Dans le podcast Actusf, disponible sur toutes les plateformes (Deezer, Spotify), retrouvez toutes nos émissions sur Tolkien.
Il y en a cinq pour approfondir notre connaissance de l'auteur du Seigneur des Anneaux !
Mettez un peu d'elfique dans vos oreilles !
#tolkien #jrrtolkien #lotr #seigneurdesanneaux #anneauxdepouvoir #ringofpower #aragorn #galadriel #hobbit #gollum #sauron
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Q: When Does A Tolkien Question Stop Being About Tolkien?
ANSWER: Through the years I receive occasional thoughtful opinions or responses to recent posts on this blog, where long-time readers feel I may have strayed beyond their expectations or – in some cases – comfort zones. Those two areas are not the same (in my eyes). There may be other, unseen boundaries I occasionally cross. Years ago, […]
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Q: Why Were Arnor And Gondor Separate After Isildur Died?
ANSWER: I received the following question from a reader in November 2025:
Why were Armor and Gondor sundered after Isildur’s death, if long-range communications with the Palàntiri was a thing?
Technically, the realm of Elendil persisted until Third Age year 861, when Amlaith and his two (unnamed) brothers divided Arnor into three […]
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I haven't had much time to research answers to the questions that readers submit to the Middle-earth Blog this year. So to help me lighten the load, I've started a new series called Middle-earth Trivia (it requires less research). This is this first post in the series: "Little Known Details About Tolkien Elves"
#middleearth #fantasy #jrrtolkien #lotr #silmarillion #thehobbit
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/little-known-details-about-tolkien-elves/
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The Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday offered a glimpse at the upcoming "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" Directed by original Gollum star Andy Serkis, the return to Middle-earth has a Dec. 17, 2027 release date. #thehuntforgollum #andyserkis #lordoftherings #warnerbros #newline #jrrtolkien
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The Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday offered a glimpse at the upcoming "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" Directed by original Gollum star Andy Serkis, the return to Middle-earth has a Dec. 17, 2027 release date. #thehuntforgollum #andyserkis #lordoftherings #warnerbros #newline #jrrtolkien
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/04/warner-bros-teases-dec-2027s-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-at-cinemacon/ -
The Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday offered a glimpse at the upcoming "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" Directed by original Gollum star Andy Serkis, the return to Middle-earth has a Dec. 17, 2027 release date. #thehuntforgollum #andyserkis #lordoftherings #warnerbros #newline #jrrtolkien
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A couple of years ago I painted a #Mairon to practice composition, and it bothered me that I gave him black hair for sake of creating a striking image, even if I imagine him with fire hair (literally XD)
So here I come with another version of the one and only #Sauron - I hope you like it 💙
#DarkLord #LOTR #Silmarillion #Maia #JRRTolkien #blood
You can find this work here:
- RedBubble - https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179990460?ref=studio-promote
- TeePublic - https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/90476592-the-lesser-evil
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Ny poddmacka ute nu! 📣
Kulturkanon, ful bil, reklam och bullfest. Detta och mer smockar vi in i veckans avsnitt som du icke får missa. Hörs!Där poddar bor eller på https://tddbpodd.se/427
#podcast #improv #gbgftw #wikistats #fredagsmys #göteborgshumor #skitidet #tadetvackert #TddBpodd #humor #50plus #djclabbe #subarubrat #repmånad #thecallout #kulturkanon #bullfest #siggefurst #köttbullar #anslagstavlan #plaststol #fulbil #jrrtolkien #synnöve
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Tutkijat välillä korostavat ikäänkuin menneisyyden piirteenä, että entisaikojen käännökset, esim. Jöns Budden Naantalissa tekemät ihmetarina-ruotsinnokset, tehtiin muokaten ja soveltaen (Budde mm. lisäili rippi-isän asemaa korostavia virkkeitä). Mutta missä määrin tämä on menneisyyden erityispiirre?
Aamun Svenska Dagbladet valaisee Tolkienin ruotsinnoksia - Ohlmarkin varhaiskäännöstä kehui Schulmanin raivovaari ja Kristiina-biograafi Sven Stolpe, että "genialisk", mutta siellä nazgulin tappoikin Merri ja Samin setä tuli hulluksi.
Myönnän, etten ollut ruotsinnosta lukenut niin hyvin - toisin kuin ranskannoksen, jota tavatessani tajusin aikoinaan, että suomennoksesta puuttui pari palaa. Itse asiassa Kersti Juvan omista muisteluista ilmenee, että suomennosprosessissakin on tapahtunut yhtä ja toista (ei niin vakavaa), osittain kielen ja kulttuurin eroistakin johtuen. Nyt Ruotsissa haaveillaan jo kolmannesta käännöksestä.
Muita moderneja pohtiakseni, Saarikoski kuulemma käänsi jopa kielistä, joita ei osannut, ja sekä hänen muinaisantiikkisista että ruispelto-modernisiteeteistaan muistelen lukeneeni, että ne ovat enemmän Saarikoskea kuin alkuperäistekstiä. Vastaavia luonnehdintoja esitetään aina välillä eri käännöksistä.
Jossain taisi juuri olla uutinen tyttökirjasuomennosten omavaltaisuuksista - ja ruotsinkielisessä Pikku naisten jatko-osassa Beth March ei edes kuole. Jokin aika sitten luin että kun aasialaista kirjallisuutta osin on käännetty englannin kautta, tarinasta on matkan varrella muuttuneet nimet ja paikat (ehkä vähän kuin katsoisi Hollywood-versiota jostain sarjasta? - Crash Landingista on muuten kuulemma tekeillä jonkinlainen amer. versio).
Fundeeraan ehkä varsinkin sitä, että keskiajan käännöksistä puhuttaessa voitaisiin yhtä hyvin sanoa että "ihan kuin välillä nykyäänkin, keskiajan käännöksissä otetaan paljonkin henkilökohtaisia ja tilannekohtaisia vapauksia".
#Tolkien #SaganOmRingen #TaruSormustenHerrasta #Käännökset #PaskatKäännökset #jrrtolkien
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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
An odd collection, but some lighter reads in a hot month!
#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #paulcooper #riverofink #philliparrington #theserpentsage #alanbooth #lookingforthelost #susanhowe #myemilydickinson #concordance #richardadams #watershipdown #talesfromwatershipdown #noellestevenson #nimona #jrrtolkien #thetolkienreader #talesbeforetolkien
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Kotaku: Review: 2023’s Worst Game, Gollum, Has Entered The Chat https://kotaku.com/lord-rings-lotr-gollum-kotaku-review-worst-game-2023-1850606133 #gaming #tech #kotaku #thelordoftheringsthefellowshipofthering #thehobbitanunexpectedjourney #middleearthinmotionpictures #thelordoftheringsgollum #singleplayervideogames #daedalicentertainment #actionadventuregames #lordoftherings #windowsgames #cirithungol #jrrtolkien #thranduil #eldenring #baraddur #smeagol #legolas #gollum #mordor #shelob #styx
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Kotaku: Review: 2023’s Worst Game, Gollum, Has Entered The Chat https://kotaku.com/lord-rings-lotr-gollum-kotaku-review-worst-game-2023-1850606133 #gaming #tech #kotaku #thelordoftheringsthefellowshipofthering #thehobbitanunexpectedjourney #middleearthinmotionpictures #thelordoftheringsgollum #singleplayervideogames #daedalicentertainment #actionadventuregames #lordoftherings #windowsgames #cirithungol #jrrtolkien #thranduil #eldenring #baraddur #smeagol #legolas #gollum #mordor #shelob #styx
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Kotaku: Review: 2023’s Worst Game, Gollum, Has Entered The Chat https://kotaku.com/lord-rings-lotr-gollum-kotaku-review-worst-game-2023-1850606133 #gaming #tech #kotaku #thelordoftheringsthefellowshipofthering #thehobbitanunexpectedjourney #middleearthinmotionpictures #thelordoftheringsgollum #singleplayervideogames #daedalicentertainment #actionadventuregames #lordoftherings #windowsgames #cirithungol #jrrtolkien #thranduil #eldenring #baraddur #smeagol #legolas #gollum #mordor #shelob #styx
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Kotaku: Review: 2023’s Worst Game, Gollum, Has Entered The Chat https://kotaku.com/lord-rings-lotr-gollum-kotaku-review-worst-game-2023-1850606133 #gaming #tech #kotaku #thelordoftheringsthefellowshipofthering #thehobbitanunexpectedjourney #middleearthinmotionpictures #thelordoftheringsgollum #singleplayervideogames #daedalicentertainment #actionadventuregames #lordoftherings #windowsgames #cirithungol #jrrtolkien #thranduil #eldenring #baraddur #smeagol #legolas #gollum #mordor #shelob #styx
