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#nature

“Then the Eagles of the Lords of the West came up out of the dayfall, and they were arrayed as for battle, advancing in a line the end of which diminished beyond sight; and as they came their wings spread ever wider, grasping the sky.” #Tolkien

Illustration: Ted Nasmith

Ships in Ted Nasmith’s gorgeous illustrations for The Silmarillion by J. R. R. #Tolkien. More beautiful pictures by the artist can be found at https://t.co/TVcLCWr28M

”The Elves were sufficiently longeval to be called by Man ‘immortal’. But they were not unageing or unwearying.”

J. R. R. #Tolkien on the nature of the Elves (Letter 245; 25 June 1963).

Illustration: Lady Galadriel by Ted Nasmith

Ossë is a vassal of Ulmo,and he is master of the seas that wash the shores of Middle-earth.He does not go in the deeps,but loves the coasts and the isles, and rejoices in the winds of Manwë;for in storm he delights,and laughs amid the roaring of the waves. #Tolkien

by E.Kukanova

Fëanor’s, Fingolfin’s and Finarfin’s heraldic devices drawn by #Tolkien.

Two devices for Lúthien drawn by J. R. R. #Tolkien.

Idril’s device drawn by #Tolkien. The Professor made it in December 1960. The big number of points (12) reaching the outer part of the device denotes Idril’s high status as an Elven princess.

As I had expressed the view that the connexion in the modern mind between children and fairy stories is false and accidental,and spoils the stories in themselves and for children,I wanted to try and write one that was not addressed to children at all (as such)[..]
Tolkien on LOTR

“His grey thirsty spirit drew power out of the earth and spread like fine root-threads in the ground, and invisible twig-fingers in the air, till it had under its dominion nearly all the trees of the Forest from the Hedge to the Downs” (FR).
Old Man Willow by J. R. R. #Tolkien