Mythgard Academy

Mythgard Academy

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Mythgard Academy episodes

  • MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 5

    Note: Stream ends abruptly at 1:55:08

    Title: The Awakening: The Whole Story
    Week 5: Fixing the chronology of the Tale of Years leads to just enough room to fit in all the worldbuilding necessary for the Children to arrive, be discovered, and start the Great Migration. Note that Melkor was great at planning ahead, while the rest of the Valar were clueless about the Children and their place in the world.

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    1 hr 56 min
  • MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 4

    The Beginnings, For Real

    Week 4: Good news, upcoming events, and a winner! Then we check The Professor's math and redefine an elven year. The march of time catches the Valar looking in the wrong direction. Melkor finds the Children first. Sauron becomes the Serpent of lore.

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    1 hr 51 min
  • MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 3

    Growth and Change

    Week 3: We start with a dice roll for the fundraiser appreciation drawing, and then jump right in to the math. How long was elven gestation? And how long did it take for an elven family to recover and want a second child? Or a third? The math for this is meaningful. It sets the foundation for all that will come after. Like how elves experience time, why only male elves made it into the spotlight (really?), how intensely elves invest themselves in their work, among other delights.

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    1 hr 52 min
  • MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 2

    Love and Time among the Eldar

    Week 2: Fall Fundraising update: weekly appreciation drawings at every class until the webinar!

    Tonight we wonder if invisible elves are still out there. And how old is Cirdan? And has Galadriel gone through Elfopause yet? And what does Glorfindel remember of his first time around? And we find that Elves are burdened with memory but completely in control of their will and actions. Even in expressing their 4 loves.

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    1 hr 54 min
  • MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 1

    Week 1: Lofty Goals, and worthy news, and an auspicious date (mark it well, Saturday, October 16, 2021, Signum Webathon!) precede our inaugural dive into this new book.

    In the late 1950s, JRRT reworked the structure of Arda. He removed his flat earth and introduced Valian Years.
    What was the point? Not just math, surely. At last, we have the introductory 'Concerning Elves' material that will shape the Silmarillion. And we have a new word for the incarnate beings in Arda: hröambari.

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    1 hr 56 min

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Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The…