Answering Your Tolkien Questions Episode 57 - Why Not Place The One Ring Inside of an Envelope?
I am a Tolkien scholar who has been enjoying and studying the works of Tolkien since the 1980s.
If you wish to submit a question - the best place to do so is via my Quora account -
www.quora.com/profile/John-Si...
Every week I will choose the best questions to be featured in a video, though I will answer all that I can on there.
My Tolkien space - thegreyhavens.quora.com/
I also have a gaming channel! - / necrovmx
And twitch as well! - / necrovmx
Thumbnail Image Credit - Manly Bands
0:00 Intro
03:15 Brief Reading from The Return of the King
11:19 What is the origin of the name "Rohan"?
13:20 Why did Tolkien write his books in English?
15:05 Why did Bilbo leave for Rivendell without telling anyone where he was going?
16:32 Who built Minas Tirith?
17:54 Why not just stick The One Ring into an envelope?
20:07 Did Fëanor have interactions with Sauron, Morgoth or other major characters?
21:46 What did Tolkien mean by the romantic chivalric tradition...
27:40 What is the history of Sting?
29:24 Was Saruman aware of the ring Círdan gave to Gandalf?
31:40 What was the significance of The Arkenstone to Thranduil?
34:06 How many half-elves are there?
39:02 How did the elves not notice Sauron moving into Mirkwood?
41:17 Why did Thranduil not drive out Sauron?
43:15 Who crowned Aragorn King?
44:08 Why did sauron attack Gondor instead of Rohan?
46:20 Why did Tolkien have Arwen marry a man rather than an Elf?
Music by Kevin Macleod and Adrian von Ziegler
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Glad to have found this channel! Thank you for your insights.
@John-Sierra
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You're very welcome, glad you're enjoying it!
Working my way through these. Thanks, such a great sound track to pottering around my house on a Saturday morning.
@John-Sierra
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Thanks for listening
Awesome video as always. Loving this series.
John have you listened to the 1980s BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings? If so what do you think of it (both from a canon/adaptation point of view and whether you enjoyed it)? The music is particularly excellent imo
@John-Sierra
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I have, but it has been far too long for me to offer any useful critique. As I'm in the process of reacting to and revisiting every adaptation I can, I'll try to do a video on it at some point.
@Daybed4448
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@@John-Sierra That would be great to watch - interested to hear your thoughts. Strangely it is my go-to version of Lord of the Rings since I'm an extremely slow reader of fiction and love audio dramatisations. It was also how I was introduced to the story when my parents got me the cassette tapes of the 80s BBC Radio 4 adaption of LotR and 60s Radio 4 adaptation of the Hobbit for Christmas as a child. I love that Frodo in the adaptation is played by Ian Holm, who came to play Bilbo in Peter Jackson's adaptations.
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