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Forum: The Books
11-30-2025, 03:07 PM
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Priya
Tom Bombadil and gods of our world’s mythologies
A Parallelism of Celtic gods from Wales, Ireland and France Over the years, I’ve noted some astute folk voice that understanding Tom Bombadil is key to understanding The Lord of the Rings. I... |
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Forum: The Books
11-25-2025, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Well despite my surprise at the lack of pushback...
Well despite my surprise at the lack of pushback in this thread - nevertheless I’m going to soldier on. I guess I must have bored you all to tears. Or perhaps you don’t want to interrupt the flow, or... |
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Forum: The Books
11-19-2025, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 32
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Priya
So getting back to interpreting text from TLotR,...
So getting back to interpreting text from TLotR, one can reasonably infer that foolishly the hobbits had not heeded the first of Tom’s warnings: “ ‘… Don’t you go a-meddling with old stone …’ ”. ... |
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Forum: The Books
11-14-2025, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
One of the matters, I’ve mused upon is the age of...
One of the matters, I’ve mused upon is the age of the standing stone. More pointedly I’ve asked myself: when was it transported to the center of the hollow, and when was the ‘Open Sesame’ enchantment... |
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Forum: The Books
11-10-2025, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Hello Jeremy
Delighted to have you join the...
Hello Jeremy Delighted to have you join the conversation. Yes, I understand where you’re coming from with “old stone” possibly being interpretable in the plural. But nevertheless because... |
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Forum: The Books
11-06-2025, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
If you’ve carefully read and fully digested my...
If you’ve carefully read and fully digested my thoughts in all prior posts - you, like me, have quite possibly come to the conclusion that Tolkien gave us a tantalizing glimpse of Middle-earth... |
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Forum: The Books
11-02-2025, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Summary Discussion: Barrow-downs Episode
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Summary Discussion: Barrow-downs Episode So with that last post summing up how ‘widershins’ was so cleverly woven into the tale, I’m going to reemphasize some of the more important findings from... |
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Forum: The Books
10-28-2025, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
… continued from my previous post
But...
… continued from my previous post But what about on their way back to the stone? For surely they must have returned to gather belongings? This is then the second ‘riddle in the dark’ needing a... |
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Forum: The Books
10-24-2025, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
… continued from my previous post
So:...
… continued from my previous post So: ‘Which way around the menhir did they go?’ The text is not explicit. And Tolkien possibly left it that way intentionally. In this case we must, as... |
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Forum: The Books
10-20-2025, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
… continued from my previous post
The...
… continued from my previous post The Fog on the Barrow-downs text tells us that in coming from the south, the hobbits reached a dished hill with a mounded rim and rode up and across its top.... |
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Forum: The Books
10-16-2025, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
… continued from my previous post
A matter...
… continued from my previous post A matter unrecognized among general readers, and perhaps some scholars, is that at outset Tolkien envisaged The Lord of the Rings to be of roughly similar length*... |
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Forum: The Books
10-12-2025, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
The Way into Middle-earth Faërie
Now Wilfred...
The Way into Middle-earth Faërie Now Wilfred Rowland Childe, a poet and critic, was a family friend of the Tolkiens – and indeed Christopher’s godfather. However, as far as I can tell, he had... |
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Forum: The Books
10-07-2025, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
One of the things I want to bring out in the open...
One of the things I want to bring out in the open is Tolkien’s confession of an attraction towards stories of strange lands below the earth: “I am extremely fond of the genre, even having read... |
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Forum: The Books
10-03-2025, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
… continued from my previous post
Having...
… continued from my previous post Having discussed Tolkien’s documented thoughts about a ‘green sun’ and other ‘time’, I think that it’s worth delving a little more into fairy lore, and so I... |
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Forum: The Books
09-28-2025, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
I am shortly going to return to fairy tales...
I am shortly going to return to fairy tales because, per the example provided in my previous post, the standing stone of Einion and Olwen guards the entrance to fairyland; thus it is key. And to... |
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Forum: The Books
09-24-2025, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
So after exploring reasons as to why Tolkien...
So after exploring reasons as to why Tolkien included another faerie into his great story, I now want to get back to our ‘standing stone’; rather an equivalent one where, once again, mysterious... |
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Forum: The Books
09-21-2025, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
In repetition from my last post:
‘Where is...
In repetition from my last post: ‘Where is the proof?’ Unfortunately - absolute proof is lacking. But I will say - no scholar has adequately tied in the faerie of Smith of Wootton Major or... |
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Forum: The Books
09-18-2025, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
The most definite and obvious otherworld of...
The most definite and obvious otherworld of Tolkien’s sub-created mythology is voiced in Bilbo’s poetic recital at Rivendell: “… from Otherworld beyond the Sea …”. – The Fellowship of the Ring,... |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2025, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Before, I comment on records in our world of...
Before, I comment on records in our world of single standing stones - I want to try to strengthen the idea about Frodo inadvertently entering Faërie. To do that I think we ought to think more about... |
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Forum: The Books
09-11-2025, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Now we must not forget how one of Tolkien’s early...
Now we must not forget how one of Tolkien’s early memories was a recollection of one of only two surviving words spoken by pre-Celtic aboriginal inhabitants of the British Isles: “… nothing of the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2025, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Described as a “warning finger” and possibly...
Described as a “warning finger” and possibly imbued with enchanted powers the standing stone was characterized, as I have already surmised, to resemble Tara’s. Furthermore, it shared commonality with... |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2025, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Legends
It’s curious that below Tara...
Legends It’s curious that below Tara - within hollow hills, as legend has it, dwelt the race of the Fairies. Here in Irish myth lay the entrance to the underground land of the Celtic daoine... |
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Forum: The Books
08-31-2025, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
As I intimated in my previous post, in order to...
As I intimated in my previous post, in order to reconcile Tolkien’s hollowed-out and mounded hill with our world’s fairy-lore we need a bit more evidence. Tom Bombadil is obviously intricately... |
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Forum: The Books
08-28-2025, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Hello Huinesoron
I quite understand how your...
Hello Huinesoron I quite understand how your personal experience of the Downs in actual English counties left a deep impact. Deep enough that it ought to have had a memorable effect on Tolkien... |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2025, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,947
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Priya
Now it’s not just the hill of Tara, which I think...
Now it’s not just the hill of Tara, which I think Tolkien modeled the Barrow-downs midday halt location upon. I have a strong suspicion that Tolkien also represented from Arthurian lore - Sir... |
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