How did Tolkien start writing his epic tale, “The Lord of the Rings”? Join Jude and Stef as they discuss the humble beginnings of the book that became the Fellowship of the Ring in this month’s episode about volume six of the History of Middle-earth, The Return of the Shadow. We chat specifically about the Foreword by Christopher Tolkien, and dig d…

We made it to the History of Middle-earth volume 5, “The Lost Road and Other Writings” in our Lesser-trod Histories series! This month we’re chatting about the Etymologies, a list of stems and their derivatives upon which Tolkien’s Elvish languages are built. Join us to learn about the Professor’s interest in the process of language evolution throu…

We’re back to our Lesser-trod Histories series! This month, we are looking at the History of Middle-earth Volume 4, The Shaping of Middle-earth. Jude and Stef chat about the Dagor Dagorath (a.k.a. the Last Battle, or the Second Prophecy of Mandos) from its earliest stages in the Sketch of the Mythology through to the most recent version in The War …

This month we are joined by Tolkien professor and scholar, Dr. Sara Brown! Join us for Sara’s lesser-trod path, Feminist criticism of Tolkien’s work! In context of the four waves of feminism, Sara gives us an overview of the past and present of feminist criticism of Tolkien’s work, as well as some thoughts on the future. Thanks for joining us, Sara…

Join us this month for a deep dive on Tolkien’s bodacious baddie, the one and only Sauron. Tolkien scholar and Sauron expert, Cameron Bourquein, leads us down her lesser-trod path exploring Sauron’s evolving nature, the meanings of his name, and his changing role in the legendarium throughout its development. Citations: Thank you to our guest host,…

In this very special AthraChat, Jude and Stef sit down to discuss the new film, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, directed by Kenji Kamiyama. We ruminate on giant turkey legs, things that go crunch in the water, and general punching. Beware of spoilers! Citations: Smith, Chris. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Visual Companion. …

Stef and Jude are joined by Tolkien collecting expert and moderator of the Tolkien Collector’s Guide, Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson. Andrew tells us about his experience collecting and sharing the Professor’s material culture. As it is the holiday season, we finish our discussion with the Father Christmas Letters. Thank you for joining us, Andrew! Cita…

Join us this month for a special interview with Shaun Gunner, Chair of the Tolkien Society. We discuss Shaun’s time with the Society, the upcoming Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference, and a brand new event for 2025. Citations: Thank you to our special guest, Shaun Gunner! Twitter: @ShaunGunner Websites: shaungunner.com Tolkien Society- https:/…

To celebrate the ghastliest time of the year, the Weenie gang is back in this very special bonus episode of creepy chimeras and monstrous mills. Join us for Hobbitween 5, and Happy Hobbitween to one and all! Citations The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ Cast: Lore Master: James Kaku…

We are bummed that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is over. Join us for one last AthraChat for episode 8, “Shadow and Flame.” Beware of spoilers and sexy Sauron. Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the conversation on the Athrabeth discord! Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.…

In episode 75, Jude and Stef take you on a textual safari to explore the... let's be honest… very weird magic of Sauron. Jude connects the Ósanwe-kenta to how Sauron gets the title of Necromancer, and we have a SPIRITed (hah, see what we did there) discussion of explicit descriptions of his magic in The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Come …

This isn’t fine…. We just dropped a new AthraChat in which Jude and Stef discuss just how Celebrimboned everyone is in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 7, “Doomed to Die.” Beware of spoilers and aerial horse acrobatics. Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the conversation on the Athrabeth di…

Take the plunge with us in our new AthraChat episode as we discuss Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 6, “Where Is He?” We’re taking a deep dive and making a splash! Water you waiting for? Beware of spoilers in the Abyss! Citations Tolkien Gateway entry for “Secret Fire” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Secret_Fire …

Citations Lea’s Tiktok account- silmarilleanne https://www.tiktok.com/@silmarilleanne?lang=en Find us on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the Athrabeth discord: https://discord.gg/4rZynfWv3f Athrabeth is a production of the Athrabeth Podcast Network.By Jude Vais & Stef Midlock

Join Jude and Stef for a fun, informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4. Beware of spoilers and a tree or mud that may swallow you.By Stef Midlock, Jude Vais

Citations: Francesco Nepitello on Twitter: @FNepitello The One Ring by Free League Publishing: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-one-ring/ (Accessed August 27, 2024) War of the Ring strategy game by Ares Games: https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line (Accessed August 27, 2024)By Francesco Nepitello, James Kaku Pierson, Jude Vais, Stef Midlock

Find Athrabeth on the web at https://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Join the Athrabeth discord: https://discord.gg/DH2WJP452aBy Jude Vais, Stef Midlock

Jude and Stef discuss the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season two! Beware spoilers for episode 1 of season 2, as well as spicy opinions about Elrond, elven set-design, and which version of Sauron is sexiest!By Jude Vais, Stef Midlock

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985. Kindle edition, eISBN: 978-0-358-61268-1, Version 07182023KO v1.0421 (Accessed July 12, 2024) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 12, …

Citations: Garth, John. Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. First Mariner Books edition 2005. eISBN 978-0-544-26372-7. V2.0519. (Accessed June 30, 2024) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed June 30, 2024)…

Citations Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Takahashi, Dean. A new generation of J.…

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Music of the Ainur” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Music_of_the_Ainur (Accessed April 27, 2024)By Jude Vais, Stef Midlock

Citations: Thank you to Fornad for joining us this month on Athrabeth! Check out these ArdaCraft links: ArdaCraft’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/ardacraft ArdaCraft homepage: https://ardacraft.me/ How to join ArdaCraft: https://ardacraft.me/join/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qcYBkCmAKZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ardacraft You Tube: http…

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.By Jude Vais, Stef Midlock

Citations: Berridge, Elizabeth. “Recent Fiction”. The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 2 December, 1983, Page 21. Accessed through Newspapers.com on January 27, 2024. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. TolkienBooks.net “An Illustrated Tolkien …

Citations: Thank you to the panelists of the “Tolkien and New Media” panel at Oxonmoot 50, September 2, 2023: Marcel R. Bülles, a.k.a. The Tolkienist: Tolkien scholar and founder of the German Tolkien Society. @The_Tolkienist, @thetolkienist.com, https://thetolkienist.com/ Mercury Natis, Queer historian and Tolkien scholar. @Mercuryreads, @mercuryr…

Citations: Thank you to Thomas P. Hillman for joining us on Athrabeth! Tom’s book: “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023 by The Kent State University Press https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20Power Tom’s blog: Alas, not me https://…

Citations: The Book of Lost Tales, part 1 Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed 10/26/23) Histories Volume 4 Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George All…

Citations: The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ Cast: Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpierson Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease, @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour Title music …

Citations (episode notes) Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us! Jordan’s website: https://jordanrannells.com/ Kickstarter: An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä Kickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIp Ends in the morning on Friday, October 13! Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long…

Citations The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs (Accessed July 7, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry f…

Citations The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs (Accessed July 7, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry f…

Citations The Tolkien Society- Summer Seminar, “Númenor, the Mighty and Frail”: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. I…

Citations Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed May 20, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed May 2…

Clare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914 YouTube presentation: “Clare Moore - 'The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in Tolkien's Fantasy'” Originally presented at The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, July 3, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSj_Z5jy9w (Accessed Feb 24, 2023) A List of Clare’s publications on “Tolkieni…

Citations Rateliff, J. D. (2007). The History of The Hobbit (Vols. 1-­‐2). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Tolkien, J. (1937). The Hobbit. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Tolkien, J. (1986). The Shaping of Middle-­‐Earth. (C. Tolkien, Ed.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Mid…

Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ Citations J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien…

Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ Clark, David. Kin-slaying in the "Poetic Edda…

Citations Athraplay RPG actual-play podcast info and audition form: http://www.tinyurl.com/athraplay How to find Wizardwaykris- Website: https://elf-boi.com/ WizardWay Merch (Spring): https://wizardwaykris.creator-spring.com/ TikTok: @wizardwaykris You Tube: Wizard Way Kris https://www.youtube.com/c/wizardwaykris Twitter: @WizardWayKris Instagram: …

Thanks to our guests, Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer and Dr. William M. Fliss, the co-curator’s of “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. Exhibition dates: August 19 – December 23, 2022 Exhibition website: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/tolkien.php Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer Assistant Profess…

Citations J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales …

Show Notes The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ Cast Lore Master: James Pierson, @jpierson Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease, @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour Title music is “Lo…

Jude and Stef athrachat about the last two episodes of Season 1 of Rings of Power, including Sexy Saurons, Sexy ProtoNazguls, and Sexy Dusty Elronds. And whether Eärien is gonna be evil.By james pierson, jude vais, stef midlock

Stef and Jude enthusiastically blow their proverbial stacks, not unlike a certain mountain, as they discuss the latest two episodes of Amazon's The Rings of Power episodes 5 and 6!By jude vais, james pierson, stef midlock

Citations Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isendgard. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. HarperCollins, London, 1989. Tolkien, J. R. R. The War of the Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. HarperCollins, London, 1990. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The…

We're MAEGLIN a big deal out of some theories about the new elf in the newest episodes of Rings of Power. We also talk about singing dwarves and boring Númenor.By stef midlock, jude vais, james pierson

Just in time for Episode 3, Stef and Jude sat down to give you all their "hot" takes. Mostly it's a lot of Jude being thirsty about Finrod and speculating about The Stranger.By stef midlock, james pierson, jude vais

Citations Books: Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed 8/21/2022) Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London.…

Citations Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017. URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022) Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society …

Episode artwork by Angie Yvarra. Find Angie at inherentvicesquad.com Archive of Our Own website: https://archiveofourown.org/ Citations Castell, Daphne. Realms of Tolkien. New Worlds Magazine, November 1966. Fantastic Metropolis website, https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/tolkien (Accessed July 1, 2022) Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpen…