{"id":109650,"date":"2020-12-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=109650"},"modified":"2020-12-22T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:11:19","slug":"the-joy-of-discovering-or-rediscovering-the-tolkien-estate-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2020\/12\/22\/109650-the-joy-of-discovering-or-rediscovering-the-tolkien-estate-website\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Discovering (or Rediscovering) the Tolkien Estate Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cA palace with a thousand and one entrances, J.R.R. Tolkien’s world can be explored through a thousand and one doorways \u2026 doors and corridors leading into often unexplored aspects of his universe.\u201d \u2013 tolkienestate.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
TolkienEstate.com Home Page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve never visited the Tolkien Estate website<\/a>, you\u2019re in for a wonderful treat – one of seemingly endless discovery and learning about everything Tolkien. If you\u2019re one of the lucky ones who have already discovered this gem of a site, it\u2019s time to revisit it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The site is divided into four main areas: Writing, Learning, Painting, and Paths. If you hover your mouse over the four sections on the home page, you can almost sense J.R.R. Tolkien with a mischievous smile on his face, as the descriptions of each section are in Elvish! Luckily, for those of us who aren\u2019t quite fluent in reading Elvish script yet, faint text behind the Elvish letters describes the section in English. For those who aren\u2019t quite fluent in reading English either, much of the site is also available in French and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
TolkienEstate.com ‘Writing’ Section<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once you decide on a section to explore, prepare to be whisked off through those \u2018thousand and one doorways!\u2019 One click leads to more links, that lead to even more links containing lists, descriptions and a wealth of wonderfully written articles. Site contributors, a list of whom can be found in the \u2018Paths\u2019 section, are truly a \u2018who\u2019s who\u2019 of Tolkien scholars and family members, including John D. Rateliff, Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, Priscilla Tolkien, and Christopher Tolkien, to name just a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tolkien Estate website<\/a> is a place where you can spend hours, or just follow a link or two each time. It\u2019s the perfect website to visit in these interesting and often trying times: a place that will delight and put a smile (or a thousand smiles) on your face every time you visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few tips for navigating the site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n