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We are bummed that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is over. Join us for one last AthraChat for episode 8, “Shadow and Flame.” Beware of spoilers and sexy Sauron. Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.Athrabeth is Produced by James Kaku Pierson

In episode 75, Jude and Stef take you on a textual safari to explore the... let's be honest… very weird magic of Sauron. Jude connects the Ósanwe-kenta to how Sauron gets the title of Necromancer, and we have a SPIRITed (hah, see what we did there) discussion of explicit descriptions of his magic in The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Come for the werewolves and stay for the vampires!Citations:Ósanwe-kenta:J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "X" Ósanwe-kenta:J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Two. Body, Mind and Spirit: IX. Ósanwe-kenta", pp. 205-216 Laws and Customs Among the Eldar:J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, “Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion”, “The Second Phase: Laws and Customs Among the Eldar" Notes on motives in the Silmarillion:J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed:, “VII” “Notes on motives in the Silmarillion (i)”.  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. Letter 131, letter 163, letter 257. (Accessed Sept 28, 2024) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed Sept 28, 2024) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed Sept 28, 2024) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Sauron”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron (Accessed Sept 28, 2024) Tolkien Society event “Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference”November 23-24, 2024https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/christopher-tolkien-centenary-conference/ (Accessed Oct 1, 2024) Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord! Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network

This isn’t fine…. We just dropped a new AthraChat in which Jude and Stef discuss just how Celebrimboned everyone is in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 7, “Doomed to Die.” Beware of spoilers and aerial horse acrobatics. Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

Take the plunge with us in our new AthraChat episode as we discuss Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 6, “Where Is He?” We’re taking a deep dive and making a splash! Water you waiting for? Beware of spoilers in the Abyss!Citations Tolkien Gateway entry for “Secret Fire” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Secret_Fire (Accessed Sept 21, 2024)Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord!Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

Citations Lea’s Tiktok account- silmarilleannehttps://www.tiktok.com/@silmarilleanne?lang=enFind us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/Join the Athrabeth discord: https://discord.gg/4rZynfWv3fAthrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.

Join Jude and Stef for a fun, informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4. Beware of spoilers and a tree or mud that may swallow you.

Citations: Francesco Nepitello on Twitter: @FNepitelloThe One Ring by Free League Publishing: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-one-ring/  (Accessed August 27, 2024)War of the Ring strategy game by Ares Games: https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line (Accessed August 27, 2024)

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Jude and Stef discuss the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season two! Beware spoilers for episode 1 of season 2, as well as spicy opinions about Elrond, elven set-design, and which version of Sauron is sexiest!

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985. Kindle edition, eISBN: 978-0-358-61268-1, Version 07182023KO v1.0421 (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Lays of Beleriand”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lays_of_Beleriand (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51: Thursday, August 29 - Sunday, September 1.Website: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/

Citations: Garth, John. Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. First Mariner Books edition 2005. eISBN 978-0-544-26372-7. V2.0519. (Accessed June 30, 2024)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 June 30, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 30, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for Eärendil https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil (Accessed June 29, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for The Book of Lost Tales: Part Twohttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Book_of_Lost_Tales:_Part_Two (Accessed June 29, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for The Tale of Eärendelhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Tale_of_E%C3%A4rendel (Accessed June 29, 2024)Join the Athrabeth Discord!https://discord.gg/x5UVB7M3Summer learning opportunities:Saturday July 6: Tolkien Society Summer Seminar - Tolkien’s Romantic Resonanceshttps://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/the-tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkiens-romantic-resonances/ (Accessed June 29, 2024)Sunday August 4: From the Politics and Prose bookstore - “Tolkien's “The Athrabeth” and “Myths Transformed” Presented by Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. https://www.politics-prose.com/class/online-class-tolkiens-athrabeth-and-myths-transformed-2485 (Accessed June 29, 2024)Thank you to friend-of-the-show Clare Moore for alerting us to this class! Clare can be found on Twitter @claremoore94Thursday August 29- Sunday Sept. 1: Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 29, 2024) 

CitationsTolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.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. Takahashi, Dean. A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview. Venture Beat website.  https://venturebeat.com/games/a-new-generation-of-j-r-r-tolkien-games-is-coming-lee-guinchard-exclusive-interview/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)New York Tolkien Conference 2024https://nyctolkienconference.wordpress.com (Accessed June 4, 2024)Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2024https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Music of the Ainur” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Music_of_the_Ainur (Accessed April 27, 2024)

Citations: Thank you to Fornad for joining us this month on Athrabeth! Check out these ArdaCraft links: ArdaCraft’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/ardacraftArdaCraft homepage: https://ardacraft.me/How to join ArdaCraft: https://ardacraft.me/join/Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qcYBkCmAKZPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArdacraftYou Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArdaCraftMCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardacraft/TikTok: https://tr.ee/gM2mTG1JeSTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArdaCraft_Bluesky: https://staging.bsky.app/profile/ardacraft.bsky.socialOfficial Server List: https://findmcserver.com/server/ardacraftPlanet Minecraft: https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/ardacraft/See their beautiful map: https://ardacraft.io/map/Here is an incredible Google Earth view of the ArdaCraft map: https://sites.google.com/view/micahvanderlugt/middle-earth?authuser=0 

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

Citations:Berridge, Elizabeth. “Recent Fiction”. The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 2 December, 1983, Page 21. Accessed through Newspapers.com on January 27, 2024.Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.TolkienBooks.net “An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography”https://tolkienbooks.net/php/home-contents.php#i (Accessed 2/6/24)

Citations:Thank you to the panelists of the “Tolkien and New Media” panel at Oxonmoot 50, September 2, 2023:Marcel R. Bülles, a.k.a. The Tolkienist: Tolkien scholar and founder of the German Tolkien Society. @The_Tolkienist, @thetolkienist.com, https://thetolkienist.com/Mercury Natis, Queer historian and Tolkien scholar. @Mercuryreads, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/S.R. Westvik, Tolkien scholar, writer and researcher. @srwestvik, @srwestvik.bsky.social, https://srwestvik.com/Tolkien Experience Podcast episode 18 with Luke Shelton and Maria Alberto: https://luke-shelton.com/2020/08/28/tep-18-maria-alberto/Tim Scholz : Tim’s Tolkien Tempel websitehttps://www.tims-tolkien-tempel.de/Poem “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas DoughertyFrom his book The Second O of Sorrow.https://www.boaeditions.org/blogs/main/poem-of-the-week-august-27-2018Jude mentioned the artist ElmenelWebsite: https://www.parmaeldalieva.com/Patreon: www.patreon.com/Elmenel

Citations:Thank you to Thomas P. Hillman for joining us on Athrabeth! Tom’s book: “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023 by The Kent State University Presshttps://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20PowerTom’s blog: Alas, not mehttps://alasnotme.blogspot.com/Tom’s YouTube channel: @tomhillman9519https://www.youtube.com/@tomhillman9519Tom’s social media:Twitter: @alas_not_meBsky: @alas-not-me.bsky.socialInstagram: @alas_not_me You also find him on Facebook! The book Tom mentioned is: “Pagan Saints in Middle-earth” by Claudio A. TestiOur pal Dr. Luke Shelton can be found on Twitter @LukeBShelton

Citations: The Book of Lost Tales, part 1Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed 10/26/23)Histories Volume 4Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986. The HobbitTolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)The Lord of the RingsTolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)The SilmarillionTolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Back Doorhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Back_Door (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Doors of Durin https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doors_of_Durin (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Door of Nighthttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Door_of_Night (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Fen Hollenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fen_Hollen (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Paths of the Deadhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Paths_of_the_Dead (Accessed 10/26/23)Jude’s other podcast: The Babylon Podject, https://babylonpod.page/, @babylonpodject In this episode Jude plugged DIE by Kieron Gillen: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/die

Citations:The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/Cast:Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpiersonTheo Fleetfoot: Max JiménezOzzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjudePumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfourTitle music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.comAdditional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com