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mark12_30 · 03-03-2003, 09:33 AM

Jumping over a broom? ...ruh??

I wonder what the Old English wedding customs were. Beowulf-era. Bird might know. Bird??

Or... alternatively; since the Shire is otherwise modeled after Edwardian England, what were simple wedding ceremonies like in Tolkien's day?

We know what elvish wedding ceremonies were like, since Pengolodh told us via AElfwine.

I wonder... Tolkien always just said "wedded". It was as if he meant to leave it shadowy. He gave us a detailed description of Aragorn's coronation, but the wedding: nope. "Aragorn wedded Arwen Undomiel." Ta-daaa.

Should we follow suit, and just say, "After the brief ceremony..."?

03-03-2003, 09:33 AM	#18
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Jumping over a broom? ...ruh?? I wonder what the Old English wedding customs were. Beowulf-era. Bird might know. Bird?? Or... alternatively; since the Shire is otherwise modeled after Edwardian England, what were simple wedding ceremonies like in Tolkien's day? We know what elvish wedding ceremonies were like, since Pengolodh told us via AElfwine. I wonder... Tolkien always just said "wedded". It was as if he meant to leave it shadowy. He gave us a detailed description of Aragorn's coronation, but the wedding: nope. "Aragorn wedded Arwen Undomiel." Ta-daaa. Should we follow suit, and just say, "After the brief ceremony..."? __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.