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Medieval Literature, Languages, and Tolkein
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11 February 2025
Poet Knights: The Middle High German Warrior Poets
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The Concept of Warrior Poets The Warrior Poet has existed at least as far back as King David, who was a famous fighter from his youth (1 S...
06 January 2024
Flattery and Rap Battles: Poetry in Norse Culture
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Did you know that in medieval epics, warriors sometimes instigated duels by spinning poems? In the Saga of Gunlaug Serpent-Tongue , G...
24 November 2023
Magic Rings
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We all know about the One Ring and its attributes. Most notably, it made its wearer invisible. Genius idea! But even though I knew Tolkien d...
24 November 2022
The Wanderer: Where is the Horse and the Rider?
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I was an English major in college. As part of our program, we had to take a 3-term sequence of classes called Introduction to the English Ma...
05 November 2022
Galadriel's RoP Swim: A Character Compression
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Perhaps the key moment of "A Shadow of the Past," the first episode of The Rings of Power's first season, happens at the end ...
03 November 2022
The Master Adapter: What People Don't Understand about Tolkien
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Have you seen this meme? It floats across my social media periodically: It's a fun meme, and there is truth behind it, but it's also...
The Elven Rings - A Site Introduction
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Welcome to The Elven Rings! This site is about Tolkein's works and adaptations thereof, and the medieval literature and languages that i...
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