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Dragon Con 2018: Tolkien Fandom Wrap-up

Dragon Con 2018 is wrapped, and fans are already looking forward to next year. For Tolkien fans, Dragon Con 2018 had a lot to offer. The second year of the High Fantasy programming track offered […]

Could the Arkenstone Be One of the Silmarils?

Tolkien spent a great amount of time delving into the history of every person, place, and object in his legendarium, working and reworking his ideas so that nearly everything in Middle-earth was linked. Some changes […]

Gender in The Silmarillion: The Valar

Last year, I began my project on Tolkien and the representation of female characters, called “Women and Chauvinism in Middle-earth”. The analysis started with The Lord of the Rings and will continue with The Silmarillion […]