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Forum: The Books
11-17-2022, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
My problem is that someone with very limited...
My problem is that someone with very limited insights are selling a halfbaked analysis as a fact. I would probably have ignored this, had Syddjurs muncipality not decided to put up signs and use this... |
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Forum: The Books
11-16-2022, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
I borrowed the book at the library.
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I borrowed the book at the library. Basically his argument is: Tolkien had intimate knowledge of Jutish history from his scholarly work (Finn & Hengest) and actively used this in his writing... |
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Forum: The Books
07-17-2022, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
The Horror
It just got worse. Apparently after these claims got a bit of media attention a local library started an initiative to put up signs at placenames Tolkien supposedly borrowed. The mayor got... |
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Forum: The Books
06-20-2022, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
This is awful
Apparently the guy who made the claims have now had a book published on the topic. From the debate surrounding it, it seems to be a substandard piece of work that assumes correlation also implies... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2020, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
While obviously Tolkien were inspired by...
While obviously Tolkien were inspired by real-life place names and history, he doesn't strike me as the kind of man to just outright copy/paste a name. I imagine him tinkering away, trying to make... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2020, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
Thanks Huie, this is the sort of stuff I was...
Thanks Huie, this is the sort of stuff I was looking for to "disprove" the theory. Now I do feel rather silly for starting a thread, rather than simply dusting off the old HoME series. Though... |
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Forum: The Books
10-31-2020, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
Well, there is nothing complicated with the in...
Well, there is nothing complicated with the in universe etymology, but obviously it was something Tolkien worked a lot on and tinkered with to make fit. I am not disagreeing, which is why it... |
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Forum: The Books
10-30-2020, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,320
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Rune Son of Bjarne
Etymology: Isengard and Helms DeepRather infuriating a Danish radioshow have been spreading the word that Tolkien was inspired by easter Jutland when coming up for place names, but offer little in the way of proof. The very... |
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