I’m so excited, I’ve been jittering myself into exhaustion. After being asked for so many years to do it, after 9 months and 3 editors and lots of help from you, I have turned your Neo-Sindarin textbook into a real book that you can hold in your hands. Thank you
You can preview the pictures here: Map of Beleriand Group Portrait Gwaeren/Aranyo Gaming Orc Attack Hand Diagram Glaewen/Lothuial Romantic Scene Battle Scene Elven Cosmos The book will be available soon!
I handle all kinds of translation requests, including translating lyrics! If I translate lyrics for you, I’ll also help you learn how to pronounce them. That’s what I did for Rebekah Eden. Her album, “Rowing in Eden” that includes “In the Days” (the song with Sindarin in it) is available
I don’t usually post about personal things, but I’m breaking that rule today, because I’m trying to process something that happened to me recently. I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism a few weeks ago. At first, all I saw was the downsides. How it makes me difficult to work with,
Hello everyone! It has been a long, long, long, year. I graduated from college at long last, got a job, quit that job, and somehow, amidst all of that, I finished modernizing the website. My good friend Phil Smith has moved on to follow his own writing projects (should be
Compiled by Lambendil a- pron. aff. it ~ (*3A-/*?A-) -a suff. Subjective ending for plural Neuters ~ (SD/430) aban n. earth <-Abattârik ~ UT/222 ~ (*BAN1) abâr n. strength, endurance, fidelity ~ SD/431 ~ (BAR) < E. BOR Abattârik name. Pillar-of-Earth ~ UT/222 ~ Aban-Târik abrazâ- v. to stand fast
We know only a handful of Adûnaic pronouns. The ones that aren’t attested in the source material are colored red. I’ve organized them according to person and number. Singular Plural 1st ni nê 2nd ki li 3rd neuter ha/a ya 3rd female hi/i yi 3rd male hu/u yu
We all know what the stereotypes of vampires and werewolves are in our modern fiction. They’re based off a combination of Bram Stokers’ Dracula and old European folktales. Tolkien, however, didn’t have brooding, humanoid, mysterious vampires or werewolves in his work. Here, I shall cover the brief mentions of Tolkien’s
One mystery to many Lord of the Rings fans (who haven’t read Morgoth’s Ring) is Elven marriage. Wandering around the fandom, we see all sorts of marriage ceremonies; from Christian ones to very elaborate ceremonies involving bloodletting. This essay answers the question: What is an Elven marriage like? Tolkien wrote
This article should be read along with The Healing Arts of Middle-earth by Tinw. In this essay, we shall explore the Elven views on healing versus killing, and learn about Aragorn's magical wedding gift and namesake. In fanfiction and Role Play alike, I see many Elven healer-warriors adventuring. They're all