My Favorite of the Race of Men

Okay, so in no particular order, my 10 favorite humans: Tar-Ancalime: Numenor’s first ruling queen, Tar-Ancalime is probably the best thing I got out of reading The Unfinished Tales (and that’s saying something, because I freaking love that book.) And I’ve written before about how much I relate to her (except for the whole monarch…

Here’s part four of The Women Who Shaped Middle Earth (here’s where you can read parts one through three.) A five-part series, I’m looking at all the women who had a significant impact on Tolkien’s world. There’ll be some overlap (for example, Galadriel and Andreth appear in other segments as well), so if you feel I left something out, that might be why, but send me an ask anyway, as I’ll be editing all of this before offering the complete version for download as a .pdf.

This guide, as well as one other guide (to be released later this month) is part of my contribution to Legendarium Ladies April. If you don’t already know about the event, definitely check it out! And if you have any lady-centric questions or issues you’d like to see me make a post for, now’s the time to let me know!

And if you think this is interesting, check out my already completed Atanamili: The Women of the First Age series, which covers all the (mortal) women of the First Age.

Here’s part three of The Women Who Shaped Middle Earth (here’s where you can read parts one and two.) A five-part series, I’m looking at all the women who had a significant impact on Tolkien’s world. There’ll be some overlap (for example, Elwing appears in another segment as well), so if you feel I left something out, that might be why, but send me an ask anyway, as I’ll be editing all of this before offering the complete version for download as a .pdf.

This guide, as well as one other guide (to be released later this month) is part of my contribution to Legendarium Ladies April. If you don’t already know about the event, definitely check it out! And if you have any lady-centric questions or issues you’d like to see me make a post for, now’s the time to let me know!

And if you think this is interesting, check out my already completed Atanamili: The Women of the First Age series, which covers all the (mortal) women of the First Age.

This is an excerpt from the “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”, a philosophical discussion between the wise-woman Andreth and Finrod Felagund. The full text can be found in volume 10 of the Histories of Middle Earth. This excerpt was recorded as part of my Tolkien Reading Day 2015 celebrations. You can download the file as an…

Tolkien’s Most Beautiful Relationships

Okay, I’ve limited this post to the First Age, because I really felt like digging in to that period’s particular brand of angst tonight. And I only managed to narrow it down to the five most beautiful relationships, so here they are (in no particular order.) FEANOR AND FINGOLFIN Why: This one’s probably going to…

Why Mortal/Immortal Relationships Are Tragic

This is a response to this post, for those who’d like the whole picture. And while, sure, there was nothing physically keeping Aegnor and Andreth from marrying, I think Aegnor’s reasoning for leaving Andreth deserves some attention, because in many ways he was probably wiser than his cousins (Luthien and Idril.) In the Athrabeth Finrod…

Aegnor, Andreth, and the Enemy

Okay, so a quick bit of backstory: Aegnor was one of the sons of Finarfin and a lord of Beleriand in the First Age. He met and fell in love with the mortal woman Andreth, but since he knew that such a relationship was doomed to end in tragedy, he refused to marry her and…

I remember hearing that Aegnor decided never to be reembodied, because he did not want to live in a world without Andreth. However, I can’t seem to find a quote supporting that. I really want to know if it’s true. Do you know?

I can’t remember if it’s said more plainly somewhere else, but in the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, Finrod says: For thy sake now he will never take the hand of any bride of his own kindred, but live alone to the end, remembering the morning in the hills of Dorthonion. But too soon in the North-…