Tolkien Final

Shire

Fellowship

Rohan

Ring

Barad-Dur

Isengard

Elves

Temptation

Gollum

Bad Gollum

Danger

Nazgul

Rescue

Traveling

Éowyn

Ents

The White Rider

Gondor

The White Tree

Into The West

Rivendell

Arwen

Bilbo’s Departure

Chase

Pippin’s Song

Merry and Pippin

Dwarrowdelf

The Fellowship grieves for Gandalf

Aragorn and Arwen

On the river

“Well, I’m back”

Parting Shot

amon, emyn

hill(s)

anor

sun

ar(a)

high, noble, royal

barad, minas

tower

cirith

pass

dagor

battle

dor

land

dûr, mor

dark

ëar

sea (Quenya)

el

star (Quenya)

galad

radiance, light

galadh, gorn

tree

gil

star

gon/gond

stone

gul

sorcery

ithil

moon

mith

grey

namárië

farewell/greeting

-ndil

lover or devotion

palan

far and wide (Quenya)

sil/thil

shine

tir

watch, watch over

ungol

spider

val

power or might

wen

maiden

metafiction

A form of fiction that emphasizes its own narrative structure in a way that inherently reminds the audience that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. Is self-conscious about language, literary form, and storytelling, and directly or indirectly draw attention to their status as artifacts.

Despair vs. “hope without guarantees”

A concept where hope persists without an expectation of success instead of giving up hope.

Fellowship

diverse: representing Elves, Dwarves, Men, Hobbits, Istari, plus a pony; sword/bow/axe/staff

animism

The belief that places, objects, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

Caradhras

one of the Mountains of Moria, has a bad reputation, thought to be sentient

landscape as timescape

a way of conveying deep time through setting

wolf-trees

trees which do not look like the trees around them. They express their own unique history, if only you know how to read it

Moria, Khazad-dûm

an underground kingdom beneath the Misty Mountains. It was known for being the ancient realm of the Dwarves of Durin's Folk, and the most famed of all Dwarven realms.

Chamber of Mazarbul

the name of a chamber in Moria containing the tomb of Balin. Based on the name, it is also very likely a library, or record-hall.

Mirrormere

a small lake in Azanulbizar, a vale east of Moria. It was the source of the Silverlode.

reality effect

Untheorized descriptive "residues" of the text produce effects of reality through their dissembling of the tripartite (signifier, signified, referent) sign. Essentially, little seemingly insignificant details make a world feel real, and therefore should be included. Broken vs. complete references.

Durin’s Bane/Balrog

had fled the destruction of the War of Wrath to hide deep below the Dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm. Fought with Gandalf.

Secret Fire

a mysterious, eternal, divine power of Eru Ilúvatar, used by him to create and animate Eä (the whole world) and its inhabitants.

Flame of Anor

what Gandalf says he has when fighting the Balrog