This week, we discuss the most magical place in all of Middle-earth, Lothlórien. How did it get started? Why is it so magical? What's Galadriel's whole deal, anyway?

Thanks to Sarah for the question!

Show Notes

• Captain Britain
• “A fear of anything large and alive, and not easily tamed or destroyed”: Kaiju in The Lord of the Rings (Kristine Larsen)
• The Inconsistencies of Galadriel: The Influence of Earlier Legendarium in The Lord of the Rings (Alexander Retakh)
• No Ragnarök, No Armageddon: Pagan and Christian interpretations of The Lord of the Rings (Matthew Thompson-Handell)
• But What Did He Really Mean? (Verlyn Flieger)

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay.