Tolkien Tidbits

A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor”, Chapter 6 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts Reading Chapter 6 of The Silmarillion, I felt like the pieces were getting set up. As Gandalf would say, it’s ‘the deep breathe before the plunge’. The two main characters we learn about in this chapter are Fëanor and Melkor, two key…

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië’, Chapter 5 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts In my previous readings of The Silmarillion (all 2 of them), this is where things have started to get a bit complicated for me. (Yes, I am aware this is only Chapter 5 out of 24+ chapters). There’s just so much…

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Thingol and Melian’, Chapter 4 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts Chapter 4 ‘Of Thingol and Melian’ is the shortest chapter in The Silmarillion. It’s also one of my favorites because it reads like a fairy tale! There’s a beautiful maiden (or in this case, a Maia) who literally teaches birds how to sing; a couple…

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor’, Chapter 3 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts I’ve been saying it a lot in this series, but it’s true yet again. Tolkien gives us another packed chapter of important milestones here in Chapter 3: ‘Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor’…

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Aulë and Yavanna’, the second chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion. I share a mini summary with some personal thoughts, ten tidbits and five fav quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts In my copy of The Silmarillion, Chapter 2: Of Aulë and Yavanna is only four pages long. But, I’m constantly amazed at how much Tolkien can pack into a short chapter. In a chapter titled Aulë and Yavanna, I had thought there might…

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Beginning of Days’, the first chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion. I share a mini summary in the midst of some personal thoughts, ten tidbits and five fav quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts I honestly don’t know if Tolkien could pack any more epicness into a chapter. Of the Beginning of Days has some of my absolute favorite moments: the growing of plants in Arda, the creation of the Two Trees of…

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A description of each of the 14 Valar, along with their main roles in Arda and a themed second breakfast for each one to help keep them all straight! If you’ve ever had trouble keeping track of all the Valar in The Silmarillion – there are 14 of them after all! – you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a description of all 14 and their main roles in Arda, as described more in full by Tolkien in The Silmarillion….

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A breakdown of Tolkien’s Valaquenta, the second section of The Silmarillion. I share a mini summary, my personal thoughts, ten tidbits and five fav quotes! The Valaquenta is the second section of The Silmarillion. It starts with a mini summary of the Ainulindalë, and then proceeds to name the Valar (the Powers of Arda), and also covers the Maiar and the main Enemies. It’s a good chunk of who you need to know in Arda for The Silmarillion. My Personal…

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