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The feast, music, and singing around Tale-fire always ended with everyone sitting around, sharing old tales and poems. This might influence the Hall of Fire in Rivendell, a large room where a great hearth was perpetually lit. 2/2

🎨: Bilbo and Lindir by Jan Pospisil

Nienna, whose element was grief, was one of the most powerful Valar. Her name contained the word nië ("tear"). Her tears symbolized pity and they saved the last fruit and flower of the damaged Two Trees. She taught Olorin/Gandalf about compassion.
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday https://t.co/T0F56a9Vze

"There's my little dog! I always thought he was real. Fancy him being here, when I've looked all over the sands and called and whistled every day for him!"

On Roverandom, a story #Tolkien wrote in 1925 to console his son who lost his toy dog on the beach.

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#BookWormSat

On 8 March 1939, J. R. R. Tolkien delivered a lecture at the University of St. Andrews, which was published as essay "On Fairy Stories", in which he argued that fairy tales are not just for children, describing what it means to enter this realm.

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🎨: J.R.R. #Tolkien

In Batak folklore of North Sumatra, Orion constellation is called Hala Na Godang; a dragon so big its head reaches the sky and its tail the earth. The stars of Orion's Belt represent its three giant eggs.

My favorite #dragon tale for #WyrdWednesday 1/3

📷: Rogelio B. Andreo

The changing colors of the three Kelimutu lakes have been observed since 1915. While the reaction between minerals and volcanic gas might be the case, every change of color is traditionally viewed as a message, warning, or sign. 4/4

📷: Taman Nasional Kelimutu website

Former Hungarian president Árpád Göncz (10 February 1922 - 6 October 2015) translated the Hungarian versions of The Lord of the Rings (A Gyűrűk Ura, 1981) and Farmer Giles of Ham (A Sonkádi Egyed gazda, 1988). Göncz did the prose and poet Dezső Tandori did the poem.

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The angry Lord of Waters attacked the Mountain God with torrential rain, winds, thunder, and giant waves, causing suffering on people. His efforts were blocked by rising mountains and rock walls. Since then, his perpetual grudge has manifested as monsoon storm and flooding. 4/4

Seeing Thủy Tinh's high temper, the king asked the suitors to race in bringing wedding gifts: a nine-tusk elephant, a nine-spur cockerel, and a nine-mane horse. This was a ploy to choose the gentler Sơn Tinh, since the gifts could be found more easily on his realm. 3/4

Mỵ Nương, a great king's daughter, was so beautiful that she wanted only the best suitors to show their powers. Sơn Tinh waved his hand to grow trees and raise mountains. Thủy Tinh summoned strong wind and rain and increased the sea level, making the choice difficult. 2/4