Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isendgard. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. HarperCollins, London, 1989.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The War of the Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. HarperCollins, London, 1990.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 09. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. Appendix A, B

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Angmar” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Angmar (Accessed 9/11/22)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Witch-king” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Witch-king (Accessed 9/11/22)

Citations

Books:

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London. 1988. pp 3-81.

Websites:

Alex. Everything is Connected and Everything is Fanfiction: The Cauldron of Story Theory. The Aficionado website, February 23, 2017.

https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/everything-is-connected-and-everything-is-fanfiction-the-cauldron-of-story-theory (Accessed 8/21/22)

Jones, Josh. J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work. Open Culture website, May 2, 2018. https://www.openculture.com/2018/05/j-r-r-tolkien-expressed-a-heartfelt-loathing-for-walt-disney.html (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letters_not_published_in_%22The_Letters_of_J.R.R._Tolkien%22 (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letter to Miss L.J. Curry”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_to_Miss_J.L._Curry (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Citations

Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017.

URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 11 (2001): 37–63. Published online by Cambridge University Press.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440101000032 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Editing and production by James Pierson

Episode artwork by Angie Yvarra. Find Angie at inherentvicesquad.com

Archive of Our Own website: https://archiveofourown.org/

Citations

• Castell, Daphne. Realms of Tolkien. New Worlds Magazine, November 1966. Fantastic Metropolis website, https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/tolkien (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien Gateway entry for Berúthiel. https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ber%C3%BAthiel (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien Gateway entry for Black Númenóreans https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Black\_N%C3%BAmen%C3%B3reans (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 1, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 1, 2022)

Podvoices.help

Links

Arielle Nissenblatt can be found on Twitter at @arithisandthat

Podvoices Website: https://www.podvoices.help

Additional links:

abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resources

shoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortion

donations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by state

secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)

usow.org/repro/volunteer - list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers

dontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the ruling

plancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet

prochoice.org - abortion access hotline

natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips

plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control

choice.crd.co - collection of these above links and more, managed by @starplanes (DM them on twitter to add more)

guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022

Citations:

Eye of Melian is:

Robin La Joy: Lyrics

Martijn Westerholt: Songwriter

Mikko P. Mustonen: Orchestral arrangements

Johanna Kurkela: Vocalist

Their debut album, titled Legends of Light, drops on June 21, 2022.

The Bell (Released Deb 8, 2021, https://youtu.be/4r01-o_5bH4 )

Vita Nova (Released January 20, 2022, https://youtu.be/D6hFHuGH3RE )

Doorway of Night (Released March 4, 2022, https://youtu.be/d7IMmAnnph0 )

Everstrong (Released April 13, 2022, https://youtu.be/hytTdwQZ3zg )

Website: https://www.eyeofmelian.com/

Webstore: https://eyeofmelian.merchstore.nl/

You Tube: Eye of Melian

Instagram: @eyeofmelian

Facebook: Eye of Melian

Pinterest: @eyeofmelian

You can find their music on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp.

Source for Quenya language learning mentioned by Jude: 

Atanquesta: A NeoQuenya Primer

https://middangeard.org.uk/atanquesta/

Clever Corvids reproductive rights fundraiser: 

“Marathon For Choice”

June 4-5, 2022

At the Clever Corvids Youtube Channel: www.tinyurl.com/marathon4choice  

Benefitting Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org/

Citations

Chisholm, Chad (2019) "Saruman as ‘Sophist’ or Sophist Foil? Tolkien’s Wizards and the Ethics of Persuasion," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 37 : No. 2 , Article 6.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss2/6

Ruud, Jay (2010) "The Voice of Saruman: Wizards and Rhetoric in The Two Towers," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 28 : No. 3 , Article 10. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol28/iss3/10

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Wizards”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wizards

Accessed April 25, 2022

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed April 25, 2022)

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Palantíri", Note 2

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings",

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

Citations

• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Aman”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Aman, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Changing the World”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Changing_of_the_World, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Cuiviénen”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cuivi%C3%A9nen, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Straight Road”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Straight_Road, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of Wrath”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_Wrath, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• CUIVIENEN By Carol Brownlow. Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society, No. 48 (Autumn 2009), pp. 38, poetry section
• Gilson, Christopher, and Patrick Wynne. “The Elves at Koivienéni: A New Quenya Sentence”. Mythlore Issue 65, Spring 1991, Page 23-30, [https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore) (Accessed Feb 13, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)", pp. 422-3
• Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth. Ed. Carl F Hostetter. HarperCollinsPublishers. 2021.

Citations

Amazon Studios website for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power  with press kit “assets”

https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/original-series/the-lord-of-the-rings-amazon-original-series/1

Sophia Nomvete Instagram where you can hear her singing occasionally: sophianomvete_official 

Fellowship of Fans leaks:

Twitter: @FellowshipFans

fellowshipoffans.com

James Tauber of the Digital Tolkien Project

Twitter: @DigitalTolkien and @jtauber

With contributions from Elena D, Twitter: @Anorwyn

Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B6Kuefe-GLqoicFDBrQ22KWVK0MTf-oHLX-4tpFlCsA/edit#gid=0

Nerd of the Rings

You Tube video from Feb 4, 2022 called “Rings of Power, Poster Revel Breakdown, Lord of the Rings on Prime” https://youtu.be/5xRDhjlAKiE

Twitter: @nerdoftherings1

Thank you to Don Marshall for being on our show!

Don Marshall can be found at the following:

TikTok: DonMarshall72

Twitter: @DonMarshall72

Instagram: @DonMarshall72

You Tube: DonMarshall72

Twitch: DonMashall72

Mech store: www.donmarshall72merch.com

Cameo: DonMarshall72

“Reading and Explaining The Silmarillion (Anchor FM Podcast)”

Don’s fellow “TolkienTok” creators can be found on TikTok at:

@wizardwaykris

@knewbettadobetta

@acecondor30

@tengwarteacher 

Dawn Walls-Thumma, who Jude mentioned during this episode, can be found at:

https://dawnfelagund.com/

Dawn’s fanfiction organization, The Silmarillion Writers’ Guild, can be found at:

http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/efiction/home/index.php

Gorgeous Tolkien fanart mentioned in the episode by Leia Ham can be found on twitter 

@leiahamart and on the web at leiaham.com

Sources:

Rateliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit. E-book ed., HarperCollinsPublishers. Apple Books.

Swank, Kris, The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters, Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9. 2013
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9  (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)

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Tolkien, John and Priscilla Tolkien, The Tolkien Family Album. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1992. 

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Beorn”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beorn

(Accessed Dec 20, 2021)

Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

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Bellis, Joanna. The dregs of trembling, the draught of salvation: the dual symbolism of the cup in medieval literature. Journal of Medieval History, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 47-61. Part of special issue “Feasts and Gifts of Food in Medieval Europe: Ritualised Constructions of Hierarchy, Identity and Community” Edited by Lars Kjær, A.J. Watson. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2010.12.003

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Lynch, James. The Literary Banquet and the Eucharistic Feast: Tradition in Tolkien

Mythlore Vol. 5, No. 2(18) (Autumn, 1978), pp. 13-14 (2 pages)

Mythlore: A Journal of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature; 1978 Aug.; 5(2 [18]): 13-14.  [Journal Detail] Mythopoeic Society.

Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26808183  

(Accessed October 14, 2021)

Magennis, Hugh. The Cup as Symbol and Metaphor in Old English Literature. Speculum , Jul., 1985, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), pp. 517-536

Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America

Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2848173

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Pollington, Stephen. The mead-hall community. Journal of Medieval History, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 19-33. Part of special issue “Feasts and Gifts of Food in Medieval Europe: Ritualised Constructions of Hierarchy, Identity and Community” Edited by Lars Kjær, A.J. Watson.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2010.12.010

(Accessed November 20, 2021)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings

Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast:

Lore Master: James Pierson

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com

Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  

Support Zeke and check out the The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R., The Nature of Middle-earth. Ed. Carl F Hostetter. HarperCollinsPublishers. 2021.

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Carl F. Hostetter” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Carl_F._Hostetter

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Elvish Linguistic Fellowship” (Accessed Sept 23, 2021)

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elvish_Linguistic_Fellowship

Tolkien Society Autumn Seminar, “Translating and Illustrating Tolkien”

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-autumn-seminar/ (Accessed Sept 25, 2021)

November 6, 2021. Online and free!

Citations

Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. London:Allen & Unwin, 1975. (eBook published Nov 8, 2018) 

Alliance of Arda facebook page, Accessed September 6, 2021

https://www.facebook.com/allianceofarda

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Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

Wikipedia “Tower of Silence” entry, Accessed September 4, 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence