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Martin RundkvistQ: Why did Beren love Lúthien?A: Because she was the best of all the Lays of Beleriand.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

e_kloczko« I am, however, primarily a philologist and to some extent a calligrapher (though this letter may make that difficult to believe). »Wrote Tolkien in 1956 in a letter (letter n° 187). Image = Tolkien's manuscript and calligraphy<a href="https://typo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calligraphy</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/calligrapher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calligrapher</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/tengwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tengwar</a>

martinAlso, to defeat the dragon, first produce an accurate sketch of the dragon's armour. Take it to a safe to identify which mastersmith's handiwork it is. Track down the (presumably) long ruined dwarven kingdom. Fight through it to find the secret plans, and identify the weaknesses deliberately installed by the dwarves as a safeguard against draconic aggression. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragons</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbit</a>

martinIt suggests an opportunity for an enterprising party to act as a go between dwarven smiths and a dragon, taking a cut of the vast sum charged - another way of "looting" the dragon.Or pretend that you are there for legitimate business, but instead scouting out weaknesses or just stealing treasure.But then if these deals happen every few centuries, these tricks will have been played before, and so even honest parties will meet suspicion from the dragon.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragons</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbit</a>

martinAlso the next sentence is "[Dragons] can't make a thing for themselves, not even mend a little loose scale of their armour."Which suggests that Tolkien's thought is maybe that dragon's scales are not grown but built??In Chapter 12, Smaug says "I am armoured above and below with iron scales and hard gems".All of which may just be poetic language from Tolkien. But what if it isn't? What if dragons commission armour from master smiths?<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbit</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragons</a>

martinIt really makes sense of D&D groups that award XP for loot even before selling it - clearly all denizens of fantasy worlds can just see the value of treasure hovering above it in yellow numbers.(2/2)<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbit</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragon</a>

martinI am rereading The Hobbit. Here is Thorin talking about dragons:"Dragons steal gold and jewels ... and never enjoy a brass ring of it. Indeed they hardly know a good bit of work from a bad, though they usually have a good notion of the current market value" (pg 28 in my Harper Collins paperback).I love the idea of monstrous dragons who hoard valuables for no reason... But of course know how much it goes for on eBay. 😂(1/2)<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbit</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragon</a>

deerbardLong long time ago I paused at this project but I never forgot. It will, at one point, be <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/12SymbolicCharacters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#12SymbolicCharacters</a> not less.<a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WIP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/TolkienIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TolkienIllustration</a>

Martin Rundkvist<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> starts writing what will become the Silmarillion in 1917 and finishes his last complete version of it in 1930. Very soon he then starts writing the playful children's book "The Hobbit" which alludes to bits of the long tragic work but is not originally intended to be set in the same world. Manuscript finished in 1932. So the writer who refers to Gondolin in The Hobbit is using what's top of mind, not looking back at something long abandoned.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a>

Vivienne DunstanFinally arrived, my hardback copy of The Hobbit translated into Scottish Gaelic. Looks superb, and includes Tolkien’s original full page illustrations. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a>

Martin RundkvistWoah, this is pretty trippy. In Saxo, Hamlet's dad is named Horwendillus. This is directly cognate with Eärendil in <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>.

Autor Martin Schemm<a href="https://troet.cafe/@HansLWernitz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HansLWernitz</a> Die Frau und ihr Verhältnis zum Madman erinnert mich irgendwie an den <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HerrderRinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HerrderRinge</a>. Dort ist es ja Grima Schlangenzunge, der dem von Saruman umnachteten und zur Marionette gemachten König Theoden übelste Ratschläge gibt. Aktuelle Rollenverteilung: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Loomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Loomer</a> als Grima, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> als Theoden und natürlich <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> als Saruman.Ich sage ja immer, man kann alles aus den Werken von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> ableiten. Großartig!

Martin RundkvistThere's a strange preoccupation with underground rivers in the first version av The Fall of Gondolin. First Tuor travels down one of them to get out of Dor-lómin. Then after a huge aimless detour he travels up another one to get into Gondolin.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

Martin RundkvistHas anybody made a timeline of which year <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> 's countless fictional characters are first mentioned in writing?

Martin RundkvistI can't get over the fact that the writing process that led to The Lord of the Rings started 30 years earlier with a completely aimless and pointless story about Tuor hiking.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

Martin RundkvistKind of funny that people or orcs in 3rd Age Mordor would name a baby boy Gothmog after a 1st Age balrog. It's a bit like how over 5,500 men in Sweden are currently named Loki.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

VirginicusJ.R.R. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> was not above a pun, but I can’t tell if this one was intentional or not. Chapter 13 of the Silmarillion “On the Flight of the Noldor” says, “…there followed after long years of peace, while their swords fenced Beleriand…” What do you think?

VirginicusEncouraging thought for those of us to whom wisdom does not come easily. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://stephencwinter.com/2025/03/29/frodo-i-think-you-do-very-unwisely-in-this-i-do-not-think-you-should-go-with-this-creature-it-is-wicked-frodo-and-the-wisdom-of-unwisdom/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stephencwinter.com/2025/03/29/frodo-i-think-you-do-very-unwisely-in-this-i-do-not-think-you-should-go-with-this-creature-it-is-wicked-frodo-and-the-wisdom-of-unwisdom/</a>

GabrielWorking on the hood part of my hooded shawl, the runes(from appendice E, from the Lord of the rings the two towers) read "toss me", as a reference to Gimli's quote from the movie Lord of the rings the two towers. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yarn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yarn</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lotr?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lotr</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lordoftherings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lordoftherings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/knit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/knitting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knitting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yarnaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yarnaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/geekclothing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekclothing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blue?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blue</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/runes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tolkien?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

Martin Rundkvist<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/TolkienReadingDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TolkienReadingDay</a> "The date of the 25th of March was chosen as the date on which the Ring was destroyed, completing Frodo's quest and vanquishing Sauron."<a href="https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2025/</a><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

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