The Hall of Fire

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Jude wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:13 pm Those titles look interesting. Have you read the book?

I have not, but now I must.

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Has anyone read The keys of Middle-earth by S.Lee and Elizabeth Solopova? i was wondering what kinds of sources are used [is it only the Icelandic sagas etc] and what kind of comparisons are made between Tolkiens world and those sources. Is it "inspirations" taking of names etc

I'm about to take a class on line that is free, and available to all, called Catholicism in the Lord of the Rings. I hope some of you will join me in taking it. You can find out more here: https://www.sfarch.org/tolkien . I'm not much of a believer these days, but still have a strongly Catholic mor...

It's true that the Medieval Catholic idea of kingship was more complex than the claims of divine right made by the Stuarts. In justifying monarchy, Thomas Aquinas didn't just say "God chose the King", but rather wrote a longer explanation starting from the position that man couldn't meet ...

I am also pretty sure that the idea of a monarch as the divine representative on earth predates Reformation, although in Catholicism it was trumped by the divin-er representative in the Pope. The original American motto of "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God" best fits feudalism. Th...

it was paganism that thought a caste system [as well as Buddhism I believe]. I'm not sure exactly what you are saying here. There are caste systems of different types in many cultures around the world As for Buddhism, Siddhārtha Gautama who lived in ancient India (c. 5th to 4th century BCE) and is ...

It is essentially God's Plan thinking: you are born into a specific social caste/role because that is god's intention for you; and accepting your role fully while expecting all others also to fulfil their roles and treating them in accordance with the divine pecking order is the fulfilment of God's...

I do not think that Sam was ever the postmaster; he was the Mayor of Michel Delving after the War of the Ring. The Office of Postmaster was a part of the Mayoralty, but as for the day-to-day operations, someone else probably ran that service. hmm, I figured they were one and the same. But you could...

As a USPS employee, I have become interested in the postal system of the Shire. I know it was one of the few services by the government of the Shire, I know Sam Gamgee eventually became the postmaster. I know it was small in scale and the Hobbiton branch needed volunteers to distribute Bilbos birthd...

Now that CA is done with warhammer, what fantasy should be next? what other then LOTR TW. If your a gamer come over and vote.

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I don't believe so. WETA went above and beyond with these little details. For example, in Fellowship, Frodo's sword was inscribed with "Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im" which translates to "Sting is my name; I am the spider's bane", but the sword is unadorned in The Hob...

Looking for more learned loremasters to help me out here. I am reading Middle-earth from Script to Screen and in a section is says that Aragorn's reforged sword reads "The slaves of Mordor shall flee from me." Now this book does not distinguish from movie to book so I want to check. Was th...

Yes, that quote crossed my mind as well. To say a little more (and only a little, because I could probably write an essay on this given the time) you can see this pop up in English literature contemporary to Tolkien. Take Parade's End , Ford Madox Ford's modernist novel about the destruction of the...

Beorn said radagast was not bad for a wizard, so they must have met, but where?

[ Perhaps it simply reinforces one's place in the universe. Perhaps to stay humble. To be the kind of person who shows such respect is arguably a better character trait than just to be a person to whom respect is shown. He sounded very much to embrace the principles of feudalism for himself persona...

So I think - per Jude's helpful context - Tolkien is reinforcing the idea that being deferential to someone of higher social standing isn't done to help them but to benefit the spirit of the one showing such deference. That's the impression I got, too. That was also my thought, but I guess my real ...

Not sure what the full quote is, but based on what's visible, I'd say you're asking what 'touching your cap' means? It was sort of a show of deference or respect, sort of like tipping your hat. But it would help if you posted the full quote lol whoops, I did not realize it was cut off. "Touchi...

"Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire but it’s damn good for you"


Does anyone know what he meant by this?