Athrabeth

Athrabeth

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  • Episode 39: NoMe doubt about it, this book rocks!
    Citations

    Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth. Ed. Carl F Hostetter. HarperCollinsPublishers. 2021.

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Carl F. Hostetter” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Carl_F._Hostetter

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Elvish Linguistic Fellowship” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elvish_Linguistic_Fellowship

    Tolkien Society Autumn Seminar, “Translating and Illustrating Tolkien”

    https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-autumn-seminar/ (Accessed Sept 25, 2021)

    November 6, 2021. Online and free!

    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 38: Review: A24's The Green Knight
    Citations

    Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. London:Allen & Unwin, 1975. (eBook published Nov 8, 2018) 

    Alliance of Arda facebook page, Accessed September 6, 2021

    https://www.facebook.com/allianceofarda

    Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

     

    Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

    Wikipedia “Tower of Silence” entry, Accessed September 4, 2021

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence 

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 22 Redux: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

     

    References

    Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

    Sources

    Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

     

    Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

     

    Wikipedia “Cotton Library” Accessed April 22, 2020. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_library

     

    Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rpt. Mariner Books, 2005. Print.

     

    “Galadriel and Morgan Le Fey: Tolkien’s Redemption of the Lady of the Lacuna” by Susan Carter published in Mythlore Vol 25 Number 3/4 (spring-summer 2007).

     

    JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, HaperCollins e-books. 

     

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an introduction by Simon Armitage, Published Jan 31, 2018, https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-an-introduction (Accessed April 22, 2020). 

    BBC Documentary:” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

    https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)

    Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 movie

    https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)

    Emily Cheeseman’s Gawain and the Green Knight:

    http://emilycheeseman.com/greenknight/ (Accessed April 23, 2020)

    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 37: The Sundering of the Elves

    Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

    "The Sundering of the Elves" as mapped in the Silmarillion: https://i.imgur.com/uIVL8ws.png

    The Tolkien Society Seminar has posted the recording from their "Tolkien and Diversity" seminar to youtube, and you can find all the links on their site here: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2021/07/recordings-of-tolkien-and-diversity-seminar-now-available/

    Citations
    • Letter 211
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the - Awakening of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix B: The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of the Elves"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Thingol and Melian"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 36: Tolkien and Diversity Recap

    Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

    The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

    CitationsBooks:

    Oluo, Ijeoma. 2019. So You Want to Talk about Race. Seattle, WA: Seal Press.

    Websites:

    The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone

    https://www.ramaytush.org/

    Accessed June 30, 2021

    Michigan State University, Native American Institute, “Guide to Land Acknowledgements”

    https://www.canr.msu.edu/nai/about/land-acknowledgements  

    Accessed June 30, 2021

    Native Governance Center, “A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement”

    https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

    Accessed June 30, 2021

    Native Land Digital

    https://native-land.ca  

    Accessed June 30, 2021

    Mills, Selena, “What are land acknowledgements and why do they matter?

    Posted on Local Love on March 18, 2019

    https://locallove.ca/issues/what-are-land-acknowledgements-and-why-do-they-matter/#.YN4CHW5lCis

    Accessed July 1, 2021

    Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

    https://peoriatribe.com/#

    Accessed June 30, 2021

    The Tolkien Society

    https://www.tolkiensociety.org/

    Accessed July 4, 2021

    Socials: @TolkienSociety

    The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2021

    https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2021/

    Accessed July 5, 2021

    Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021Presentations discussed in this episode:Saturday, July 3, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings

    By Cordeliah Logsdon

    Twitter: @cordeliah_g

    00:15:45

    The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in the Fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien

    By Clare Moore

    Twitter: @claremoore914

    00:17:26

    “The Burnt Hand Teaches Most About Fire”: Applying Traumatic Stress and Ecological Frameworks to Narratives of Displacement and Resettlement Across Cultures in Tolkien’s Middle-earth

    By V. Elizabeth King

    Twitter: @VElizabeth_King

    00:20:48

    The Invisible Other: Tolkien’s Dwarf-Women and the ‘Feminine Lack’

    By Dr. Sara Brown

    Twitter: @AranelParmadil

    00:25:52

    Projecting Indian Myths, Culture and History onto Tolkien’s Worlds

    By Sultana Raza

    Website: https://sultanaraza.wordpress.com

    00:29:22

    The Lossoth: Indigeneity, Identity, and Antiracism

    By Nicholas Birns

    Twitter: @nicholasbirns

    00:31:28

    The Problematic Perimeters of Elrond Half-elven and Ronald English-Catholic

    By Kristine Larsen

    Website: https://kristinelarsen.academia.edu

    00:33:48

    Hearkening to the Other: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth

    By Cami Agan

    Website: https://www.oc.edu/directory/cami-agan-ph-d

    00:37:05

    Sunday, July 4, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)Pardoning Saruman?: The Queer in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

    By Christopher Vaccaro

    Website: https://www.uvm.edu/cas/english/profiles/chris\_vaccaro

    00:39:43

    Desire of the Ring: An Indian Academic’s Adventures in her Quest for the Perilous Realm

    By Sonali Chunodkar

    00:42:16

    Queer Atheists, Agnostics, and Animists, Oh, My!

    By Robin Reid

    Website: https://www.tamuc.edu/academics/colleges/humanitiessocialsciencesarts/departments/literatureLanguages/ostl/labPersonnel/rReid.aspx

    00:44:38

    Hidden Visions: Iconographies of Alterity in Soviet Bloc Illustrations for The Lord of the Rings

    By Joel Merriner

    Twitter: @JoelMerriner

    00:46:50

    Questions of Caste in The Lord of the Rings and its Multiple Chinese Translations

    By Eric Reinders

    Website: http://religion.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/reinders-eric.html

    00:50:48

    Stars Less Strange: An Analysis of Fanfiction and Representation within the Tolkien Fan Community

    By Dawn Walls-Thumma

    Twitter: @DawnFelagund

    Website: http://dawnfelagund.com

    00:53:01

    “Something Mighty Queer”: Destabilizing Cishetero Amatonormativity in the Works of Tolkien

    By Danna Petersen-Deeprose

    00:56:24

    Translation as a means of representation and diversity in Tolkien’s scholarship and fandom

    By Martha Celis-Menzoda

    1:00:00

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 35: Stars Unveiled
    Episode Notes

    Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

    The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

    Citations

    J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"

    2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, pp. 71, 141 160

    J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "ANÁR" and "RÎ"

    J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Index: Star-names", p. 435

    Kristine Larsen, "A Definitive Identification of Tolkien’s `Borgil': An Astronomical and Literary Approach" in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2 (pp. 161–170), West Virginia University Press, 2005

    3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 5-31

    J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 255

    J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 43

    J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 24

    https://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_astro.html

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 34: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 2

    Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

    Citations

    Tolkien, J. R. R., Carpenter, H., & Tolkien, C. The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981.

    Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

    Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.

    Shippey, Tom. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. Boston :Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

    From Bosworth Toller’s Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: https://bosworthtoller.com

    -Bosworth, Joseph. “an-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1886. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    -Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    -Bosworth, Joseph. “brytta.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    -Bosworth, Joseph. “-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54509. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balchoth”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balchoth (Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brego”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brego (Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brytta”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brytta (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dol Guldur”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dol_Guldur (Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dunlendings”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dunlendings (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Eorl”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Horn of the Mark”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Horn_of_the_Mark 9Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Wold”

    http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Wold (Accessed 4/16/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “Thengel”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thengel (Accessed 4/24/2021)

    Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of the Dwarves and Orcs”

    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_the_Dwarves_and_Orcs 9Accessed 4/24/2021)

    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 33: HORSEtory of Rohan Part 1

    Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

    Citations
    • Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

    • Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.
      Part Three, Section 2 “Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan”

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Amon Anwar”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amon_Anwar (Accessed 3/19/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Calimehtar”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Calimehtar_(King_of_Gondor) (Accessed 3/18/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Cirion”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cirion (Accessed 3/19/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Eorl”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 3/17/21)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Éothéod”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Éothéod (Accessed 3/19/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Field of Celebrant”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Field_of_Celebrant (Accessed 3/18/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Northmen”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Northmen (Accessed 3/18/21)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Rohan”
      http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rohan (Accessed 3/17/21)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Rhovanion”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rhovanion (Accessed 3/18/2021)

    • Tolkien Gateway entry “Wainriders”
      http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wainriders (Accessed 3/18/21)

    Recommended
    • Nerd of the Rings YouTube videos about the ancient history of Rohan-
      “The Éothéod - Ancestors Of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
      Published to YouTube on October 2, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
      https://youtu.be/S-_1mTkqGaQ

    • “Eorl the Young: Founder of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
      Published on YouTube on October 9, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
      https://youtu.be/c2EHaA44CRw

    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 32: Fate and Free Will

    Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

    Citations

    Forchhammer, T. (2015). On Tolkien’s Notes on “Fate and Free Will”. Retrieved 2021, from http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/on-tolkiens-notes-on-fate-and-free-will/

    Tolkien, J. (2009). Notes and Documents, Fate and Free Will (C. F. Hostetter, Ed.). Tolkien Studies, 6, 183-188.

    Flieger, V. (2009). The Music and the Task: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth. Tolkien Studies, 6, 151-182.

    Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). Morgoth’s Ring. London: HarperCollins, 1994.

    Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). The Silmarillion. Houghton Mifflin Company

    Book mentioned by jude: Flame Imperishable by Jonathan S. McIntosh

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 31: The Compassion of the Valar
    Episode NotesCitations

    Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

    Rutledge, A. A. (2012). “Justice is not Healing”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Pauline Constructs in “Finwë and Míriel”. Tolkien Studies, 9, 59-73.

    episode produced by James Pierson.

    50 min

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Athrabeth is a monthly podcast that invites you down the lesser trod paths of Tolkien's Legendarium. Each episode we pick a single chapter, essay, fragment, or topic, and do a deep dive, exploring it…

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