This week, we leave behind the hobbitry of the Third Age and consider one of the greatest of Tolkien's stories: Beren And Lúthien. How does this story help us understand all of the relationships in Tolkien's work, romantic and otherwise? Did we lose something essential when Tevildo became Sauron?

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Show Notes:

• Beren and Lúthien
• The Children of Hurin
• The Fall Of Gondolin
• The Complete History of Middle-earth
• Stars And Swords

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay.