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rijwater · 2 months
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Just read The Two Towers, and right now I am absolutely obsessed with the fact that l, when the company encounters the Riders of Rohan, Eomer is like:
"You're *who*? That's not real, that's a legend."
"Wait, the Lady of the Lake is real and not a fairytale?"
"What the fuck is a hobbit?"
And later when the Riders encounter Ents, everyone is like, "Trees can talk? What the FUCK?"
Look at that face in the picture. That is the face of a person that does not believe any of this fantasy shit. Absolute normal person energy, and I absolutely love this.
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g-m-kaye · 2 months
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"Éowyn was slender and tall, with a grace and pride that came to her out of the South from Morwen of Lossarnach, whom the Rohirrim had called Steelsheen."
(Appendix A "The House of Eorl")
Éowyn with Shadowfax in the lush meadows of Rohan @megarywrites @sotwk :)
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humbleschilder · 25 days
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Quick painting of Rohirrim. Done with gouache on canson heritage paper.
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gramnel · 7 months
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fragiledewdrop · 6 months
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WHERE NOW THE HORSE AND THE RIDER-Aka how I just had a Tolkien related freak out on the train
I can't believe what just happened to me. As in, it's such a weird chain of events that it has left me a little dizzy.
I was reading "Les Nourritures Terrestres" by Gide, and I got to a point he cites parts of a poem which I liked very much. The notes informed me that it's a French translation of "an 8th century saxon elegy called 'The Wanderer' "
That intrigued me, and, being on a train with a lot of time to pass (plus being a little tired of reading in French), I took out my phone and searched for the poem.
I found it here. It's the lament of a warrior in exile who has lost his lord and mourns the joy and glory of a world that has now disappeared. I was enjoying it a lot.
And then I got to this point:
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And my mouth actually dropped open, because what?
Are you telling me that the Lament for the Rohirrim, one of my favourite poems in LOTR, which I learnt by heart at 13 and later took care to learn in the original English, which I sing when I do the dishes and which routinely makes me cry, is Tolkien's translation of an 8th century Saxon elegy?
Well, the notes at the end of the page confirmed it:
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"Tolkien's rendition is hard to resist" I bet it is. I love that professional philologists add notes to their work saying "yeah, by the way, this bit here? It's in your favourite fantasy novel, and I am kinda jealous of how well it was translated, but it's Tolkien, the man spoke Old English, what can you do? Carry on, xoxo"
I mean, I had gathered that the Tolkien poem played on themes used in medieval literature, but I had no idea it was based on an actual, specific text. That makes it a hundred times cooler!
Maybe it's common knowledge, but it was a delicious tidbit of good news to me. Especially since I wasn't expecting it in the least, so I was blindsided by it.
Cherry on top? I had ignored the Old English text, since I don't understand it, but at the end I gave it a cursory read , and the line "Alas for the splendor of the prince"? "Eala þeodnes þrym!"
Now, I have never studied Old English, but I know roughly how to pronounce it (what kind of Silmarillion fan would I be if I didn’t recognize the thorn?). þeodnes has to be where "Theoden" comes from, right?
Apparently yes. I googled the "Lament for the Rohirrim", and Tolkien Gathaway has a nice little parapraph in which they explain all this. I don't know why I had never read it before, but it was a lot more fun learning it as an unexpected detour from my French practice, not gonna lie.
Bottom line: Tolkien was a both a nerd and a genius and continues to make my life brighter, and this is one of those moments in which I am very happy I have spent years of my life learning languages.
Thanks for coming to my impromptu TedTalk.
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brigwife · 14 days
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ides of march this, julius ceasar that. we're all forgetting the MOST IMPORTANT event that ever occured on the 15th march
⚔🏇📯THE RIDE OF THE FUCKING ROHIRRIM!! 📯🏇⚔
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(It is also, coincidentally, the day that Denethor fucking burnt himself alive)
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remusjohnslupin · 9 months
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"Indeed it is said by our lore-masters that they have from of old this affinity with us that they are come from those same Three Houses of Men as were the Númenoreans in their beginning; not from Hador the Goldenhaired, the Elf-friend, maybe, yet from such of his sons and people as went not over Sea into the West, refusing the call."
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theworldsoftolkein · 2 months
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A Sketch of Edoras’s Architecture - by Alan Lee.
Forth Eorlingas
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jackthegiantkiller · 6 months
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so i have a little nonsense theory about the name Dernhelm, the name used by Eowyn when she rides with the Rohirrim to Gondor in The Return of the King.
just a couple things i noticed on my read through:
the prefix 'dern' means secret or hidden (also seen in Derndingle, the location of the Entmoot).
the captain, Elfhelm, and the rest of the company 'Dernhelm' was riding with ignored her, and she rarely spoke.
the way its described in the book its implied that the captain and company were simply turning a blind eye to her coming along, however, i think that its unlikely that the men of Rohan would allow beloved Eowyn to ride to war and likely death, especially when she was supposed to be governing the people left behind in Meduseld- surely at least ONE would disagree, and then the jig would be up. additionally, why Dernhelm? its a good name, but with people who understand the meaning of the words, you might as well be calling yourself something like sneaky bill.
so here's my extravagant, unnecessary and probably incorrect proposition: the name Dernhelm is a mantle that anyone can take up when they dont want the trappings of their old name. maybe they did things in the past that they arent proud of, or maybe their family name has been somehow dishonoured, or maybe even they dont want their actions in the upcoming battle to be associated with themselves. in any case, Dernhelm is simply a name that anyone can use, and people will politely act like they do not exist, and not try to learn the name or the face behind the helm. Eowyn takes up the mantle, and can fade into the company of riders unchallenged
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autistook · 26 days
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March 4th - Gandalf arrives at Helm's Deep
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tolkienillustrations · 4 months
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Eorl the Young by Alan Lee
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arwenundomieel · 19 days
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
International premiere in NZ!!! 1 Dec 2003
It included a parade :) how amazing would it have been to be there!!!
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firstknightvulion · 9 days
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A thought that hit as I was browsing some Lord of the Rings stuff.
You ever think when Eowyn was disguised as a man she made some Rhohirrim realize stuff about themselves.
Imagine it. Ten-ish years after the Battle of Pelenor Fields. Eowyn and Eomer are reminiscing with other soldiers that fought with king Theoden on that fateful day. Then one soldier, completely unaware, talks about seeing this beautiful rider. Golden haired and fierce, charging on the front lines. Fighting the Witch King.
Eomer is amused. Eowyn is nervous.
The soldier says the seeing this fine male specimen made him realize that he was attracted to men. Were it not for this gallant and sexy Rider of Rohan, he may have spent countless years confused and lost. At last, the soldier mentions he would love to see that Rhohirrim again, if only to thank him for giving him clarity.
Eowyn sinks further into her seat while Eomer is just like:
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sotwk · 2 months
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I believe Theodred was wiser and more incorruptible than either Theoden or Eomer, which made him more dangerous in Saruman's eyes.
And we don't talk about that enough.
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coopsgirl · 14 days
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This day in Middle Earth history: March 15, TA 3019
Hold on to your hats. This is a busy day!
In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City. Denethor burns himself on a pyre. The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow. Battle of the Pelennor. Theoden is slain. Aragorn raises the standard of Arwen. Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey north along the Morgai. Battle under the trees in Mirkwood; Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur. Second assault on Lorien.
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Requested by @stop-the-skeksis
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