Is Athelas based on real-life plant?
“I have, I suppose, constructed an imaginary time, but kept my feet on my own mother-earth for place.” Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: “211 To Rhona Beare” Tolkien once mentioned in one of his […]
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An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Benjamin Harff created this deluxe edition of the Silmarillion for his thesis at the Rhein-Sieg-Akademie. This beautiful work was created entirely by hand in a very short amount of time. The opening page alone took […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 3018 – The Lord of the Rings December 18 (approximately) While the newborn Fellowship of the Ring prepares for departure, Narsil is reforged and named Aduril The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by […]
Collector Shows off Epic LOTR Memorabilia Collection Ready for Auction
Fans of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy will have a once in a lifetime chance to view a rare collection of memorabilia from the films from December 2 through December 5 at Julien’s […]
Orlando Bloom Chats With Entertainment Weekly
In case you missed it, Orlando Bloom sat down with Entertainment Weekly last month to chat about his deep bond with the character of Romeo, whom he currently portrays on Broadway alongside costar Condola Rashad as Juliet. […]
This Week in Middle-earth
13th September, 2951 [The Lord of the Rings] Aragorn goes out into the Wild 13th September, 3019 [The Lord of the Rings] Celeborn and Galadriel depart, the others set out for Rivendell But at […]
Viggo Mortensen on Turning Down ‘Hobbit’ Role, Making Directorial Debut
While promoting his most recent film, Everybody Has a Plan, actor Viggo Mortensen spoke a little about his decision not to reprise the role of Aragorn for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films. “Before they started shooting, […]
This Week in Middle-earth
8th May, 3019 Eomer and Eowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond And last of all Aragorn greeted Eomer of Rohan, and they embraced […]. And Eomer answered: “[…] But now I must […]
This Week in Middle-earth
1st May, 2942 [The Hobbit] Gandalf and Bilbo return to Rivendell at the end of Bilbo’s unexpected adventure It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of […]
No Tolkien Mountain For New Zealand
New Zealand resident Aaron Nicholson applied to have an unnamed peak in Fiordland National Park christened “Tolkien Mountain” in honor of the Lord of the Rings author, but the New Zealand Geographic Board has declined the […]
