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Forum: The Books
08-28-2025, 01:30 PM
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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: 9
Views: 1,789
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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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Forum: The Books
08-22-2025, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,789
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Priya
It is interesting to note that the Barrow-downs...
It is interesting to note that the Barrow-downs was a place of evil repute in hobbit lore: “… the Barrow-downs had as sinister a reputation in hobbit-legend as the Forest itself.” – The... |
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Forum: The Books
08-20-2025, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,789
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Well no pebbles thrown so far - let alone...
Well no pebbles thrown so far - let alone standing stones! So below is what I think Tolkien may have modeled the shallow hill with its standing stones upon. It’s Ireland over France that I’ve... |
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Forum: The Books
08-18-2025, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,789
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Priya
Hello Huinesoron
Those links were very much...
Hello Huinesoron Those links were very much appreciated. The one of Mayburgh Henge is, as you say, a great match - and I quite agree. By the way, is there a ‘real’ English region (with a... |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2025, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,789
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Priya
Hello Mithadan
Thank you for pointing out...
Hello Mithadan Thank you for pointing out how an eastern shadow lay over the slumbering hobbits after they’d propped themselves against its east facing side. Yes, direction was of supreme... |
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Forum: The Books
08-10-2025, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,789
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Priya
The Standing Stone
What was the significance/purpose of the ‘stone’ at the center of the hollow in the Barrow-downs adventure? “… they … went down into the hollow circle. In the midst of it stood a single stone,... |
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Forum: The Books
09-24-2024, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 16,745
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Priya
Splendid theory! Well done!
Matches well...
Splendid theory! Well done! Matches well with Letter #181 (from The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by H. Carpenter, 1981) where after talking about his youth in being brought up in (Sarehole) a... |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2024, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 203,775
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Priya
Hello Huinesoron
Don’t you think...
Hello Huinesoron Don’t you think Tolkien is a ‘relevant’ person? Wouldn’t he be the most ‘relevant’ of all ‘people’? In fact wouldn’t he be more in the ‘know’ about the fate of the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-13-2024, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 203,775
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Priya
I think we should heed Tolkien’s last known...
I think we should heed Tolkien’s last known thought on the matter. Per the 2023 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Revised and Expanded Edition & Letter #283a of 12 January 1966: “… only one of... |
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Forum: The Books
03-20-2024, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 13,221
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Priya
Unreliable narrator? Or perhaps we are...
Unreliable narrator? Or perhaps we are ill-educated readers? The source and mythology behind the stone-giants is most likely River Legends, 1875 by Edward Knatchbull-Huggesen (one of Tolkien’s... |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2024, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,462
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Priya
Hello Rune Son of Bjarne
Perhaps we ask...
Hello Rune Son of Bjarne Perhaps we ask too much of Gandalf. Despite being of a divine nature - he was not infallible. Tolkien related in a correspondence: “But in this ‘mythology’ all... |
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Forum: The Books
02-08-2024, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,462
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Priya
Hi Rune Son of Bjarne
When I say “change...
Hi Rune Son of Bjarne When I say “change size” - I mean something more radical than a loosening or tightening. Those minor fluctuations, of course, might be attributable to a biological factor... |
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Forum: The Books
02-04-2024, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,462
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Priya
Is there any evidence that before reading...
Is there any evidence that before reading Isildur’s scroll, Gandalf knew that the One Ring could change size? It fit Gollum and Bilbo’ little fingers - but it was really forged for the much larger... |
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Forum: The Books
09-24-2023, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,784
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Priya
Hi Arvegil145
About 7 years ago I put out an...
Hi Arvegil145 About 7 years ago I put out an article on Goldberry. It was the result of an attempt to understand the etymology behind her name: ... |
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