The Tolkien Road

Welcome to The Tolkien Road Episode 393!In this bonus MATHOMS episode of DO NOT BE HASTY, we’ll take a look at some fascinating footnotes to the Foreword and Prologue of The Lord of Rings!TOPICS COVERED: - Lord of the Rings' attraction - The Silmarillion adapted - Negative reviews of Lord of the Rings - Tolkien vs allegory - Sarehole Mill as Hobbiton - The word "Hobbit" - "Dwarrow", Dwarfs, Dwarves - Tolkien's description of hobbits - The location of Middle-earth - Arnor / Gondor meanings - Marcho and Blanco found the Shire - Angmar meaning - The Shire is rural England - Origin of "Shirriff"EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- John R- KG- Eärendil HopeWATCH THE VIDEO » https://youtu.be/jwJkSEmphPUWATCH / LISTEN AD-FREE » https://www.patreon.com/tolkienroadFOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:PATREON » SUPERFANS!TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKS & MATHOMS:- take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)- listen to