Tag: Anglo-Saxons

Now, whereas the 2019 feature film Tolkien is a pretty good movie but not-great depiction of the actual Tolkien's actual life or works, what I'm posting about today is a very good insight into the actual Tolkien's actual worldview and how the worldview of his works reflects it.

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?"

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?"

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?"

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?"

"The fact that Tolkien can write the human (or Elf or Hobbit, as the case may be...) condition so well is because he had first-hand experience with most of the human condition is. Mostly, it's pain."