Eä Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for January 16th, 2021
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Meeting Notes from Jan 16 2021
Video of meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IGvHifdYg
Hail and well met!
Attendance: Chris K, Anthony C, Brian H, Hawke R
1. Hawke intro
2. Anthony—question about pronunciation “Beorn”.
a. Discussion about vowels in the languages of the Free Northmen.
Diphthong (Bjorn) vs. two sounds as in Old English?
b. https://middle-earth.xenite.org/what-does-beorn-mean/
3. Theonering.net exclusive update on Amazon Prime LOTR
4.
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2021/01/12/110065-exclusive-official-show-synopsis-for-amazons-lord-of-the-rings-series/
a. “An era in which great powers were forged”
i. The rings? SA
1500’s
b. “Kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin”
i. Numenor SA 3319,
also previously kingdoms of men
c. “unlikely heroes were tested”
i. New characters
made for series
d. “hope hung by the finest of threads”
i. Lindon would have
fallen. Elf-rings taken.
e. “and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen
threatened to cover all the world in darkness”
i. Clearly SAURON
aka ANNATAR
f. “Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an
ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the
long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.”
i. The Peace ends SA
1693
g. “From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic
forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of
Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters
will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”
i. Carving literally
(ruins)
ii. Carving
figuratively
5. Further thoughts on Project Northmoor (Chris K)
6. We all read Tolkien’s Letter 181
a. Fairy-stories, not allegory
b. The Quest and two things going on with each character
c. Much to digest! We stopped at the end of the pararaph ending with
“After that he was lost.”
7. Next meeting: February 20, 2021. Agenda: finish Letter 181, &
Discuss Tolkienmoot.