This month we’ll heat up The Hall of Fire debating Tolkien and religion in a two-part series. November 11 & 12 features The Ancient Faiths and on the 25/26 we’ll tackle today’s relgions. Forget that cold weather and come where the fire is burning!
Day: November 5, 2000
November brings some hot topics to The Hall of Fire!
Tolkien and Religion, Part I: The Ancient Faiths
For our first debate in the Tolkien and Religion series, we’ll focus on the ancient religions of Europe and the rest of the world. Which do you think had a greater influence on The Professor, the Greek/Roman gods, or the mythology of Northern Europe, like the Celts, Norse and Vikings? Perhaps Tolkien drew on the ancient faiths found in Asia, Africa, or the Western Hemisphere; certainly many parallels can be found. Pick a side and break out your reference books for this one, then come on down and join us this weekend for what promises to be an interesting chat.
Thanks to Barliman’s and Messiah for our November topics!
Saturday Chat: 7:00 p.m. EST [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire
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Hello everyone! Welcome again to the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Melian! Good job my dear! The answers were:
1) Brandir
2) Pukel-men
3) Beregond
Here are the questions for today:
1) “What creature did the dwarves waste arrows shooting at shortly before Bombur fell into an enchanted river?”
2) “flomigblu” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Yes, something of everything, Sam, except the Sea.” (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail me all 3 correct answers, in one letter will be posted here next time! Good luck…….Gamgee
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