Athrabeth

References

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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

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https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)

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https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)

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Episode Notes

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

The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, “Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor”

2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth’s Ring, pp. 71, 141 160

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: “The Etymologies”, entries “ANÁR” and “RΔ

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth’s Ring, “Index: Star-names”, p. 435

Kristine Larsen, “A Definitive Identification of Tolkien’s `Borgil’: An Astronomical and Literary Approach” in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2 (pp. 161–170), West Virginia University Press, 2005

3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor” (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 5-31

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 255

J.R.R. Tolkien, “Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon”, in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 43

J.R.R. Tolkien, “Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings”, in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 24

https://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_astro.html

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

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R., Carpenter, H., & Tolkien, C. The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.

Shippey, Tom. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. Boston :Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

From Bosworth Toller’s Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: https://bosworthtoller.com

-Bosworth, Joseph. “an-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1886. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “brytta.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5352. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

-Bosworth, Joseph. “-leofa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54509. (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balchoth”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balchoth (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brego”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brego (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Brytta”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brytta (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dol Guldur”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dol_Guldur (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Dunlendings”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dunlendings (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Eorl”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Horn of the Mark”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Horn_of_the_Mark 9Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Wold”

http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Wold (Accessed 4/16/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Thengel”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thengel (Accessed 4/24/2021)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of the Dwarves and Orcs”

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_the_Dwarves_and_Orcs 9Accessed 4/24/2021)

Citations

Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

Larsen, Kristine. “The Power of Pity and Tears: The Evolution of Nienna in the Legendarium.” Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan. Mythopoeic Press, 2015, pp. 189- 203

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