A War of the Rohirrim Onomasticon
“Out of these languages are made nearly all the names that appear in my legends. This gives a certain character (a cohesion, a consistency of linguistic style, and an illusion of historicity) to the nomenclature, or so I believe, that is markedly lacking in other...
Warner Bros. Releases “The Rider”, a Song by Paris Paloma
By now, thousands of us who have been awaiting the upcoming Warner Brothers film, The War of the Rohirrim, have heard the song “The Rider” in its entirety. “The Rider” is a song sung by English singer-songwriter Paris Paloma for the film’s end credits. Its...
Rhûnic Revealed
Note: This is the first in what I hope will be a long-running series of articles on topics, tentatively titled “Philology Fridays”, regarding Tolkien, his languages, historical languages, and philology. Most articles should be relatively brief, but some will be a bit longer, if the...
Some Say There Is No Canon: Another Look at Canon and the Tolkien Estate
"Some say that he is a bear descended from the great and ancient bears of the mountains that lived there before the giants came. Others say that he is a man descended from the first men who lived before Smaug or the other dragons came...