In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family. The family began as the Oldbuck clan, who named themselves such apparently after a Bucca of the Marish, who became the first Thain of the Shire. Ten Oldbuck Thains followed, until Gordenhad Oldbuck, the eleventh Thain, crossed into Buckland over the river Brandywine. Gordenhad renamed himself Brandybuck, and began delving the great smials of Brandy Hall. Aroun ...

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The term Black Rider could refer to: Nazgûl - a race in the Lord of the Rings books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Black Rider (comics), a Marvel Comics Western character The Black Rider - a stage musical by Tom Waits, Robert Wilson and William S. Burroughs. Schwarzfahrer the short film directed by Pepe Danquart which won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1993. Other related archivesAcademy Award for Live Action Short Film,

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Aulë is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Aulë the Smith (from Valarin Aȝûlêz—the second character is a yogh) is a Vala and one of the Aratar. Aulë is given lordship over the matter that composes Arda and is a master of all the crafts that shape it. He created the Dwarves, who call him Mahal, the Maker. During the Music of the Ainur, Aulë's themes concerned the physical things of which Arda is made. When Eru (Ilúvatar) gave being to the themes of the Ainur, his music became the lands of ...

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Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films. Aragorn II, 16th Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North (T.A. 2931 - F.A. 120), , later crowned King Elessar Telcontar, 26th King of Arnor, 34th King of Gondor and First High King of the Reunited Kingdom, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth. Aragorn - Biography. Aragorn was born on March 1 in 2931 of the Third Age, as the son of Arathorn II and hi ...

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The earliest illustrations of Tolkien's works were drawn by the author himself. In 1937, the Hobbit was first illustrated by professional draughtsmen for the American edition. Tolkien was very critical of these, and in 1946 he rejected illustrations by Horus Engels for the German edition of the Hobbit as "too Disnified". Milein Cosman illustrated Farmer Giles of Ham in 1948, and Tolkien was not happy with this work, either. In 1949, Cosman was replaced by Pauline Baynes, who became Tolkien's favourite illustrator and who ...

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Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien - Literature. Many authors have found inspiration in Tolkien's work as well. Following the success of The Hobbit and the rest of the trilogy in the 1960s, publishers were quick to try to meet a new demand for literate fantasy in the American marketplace. Ballantine, under the direction of editor Lin Carter, published public domain and relatively obscure works under the banner of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy. Lester Del Rey, however, sought for new books that would mirror ...

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Donald Swann set music to The Road Goes Ever On, a collection of Tolkien's lyrics and poems. The Tolkien Ensemble published four Cd's from 1997 to 2005 with the aim to create "the worlds first complete musical interpretation of the poems and songs from The Lord of the Rings". The project was given approval by both the Tolkien family and Harper Collins Publishers. Queen Margarethe II of Denmark gave permission to use her illustrations in the CD layout. "The Hobbitons" released a CD in 1996 with song versions of poems of the < ...

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Tolkien originally sold the film, stage and merchandise rights of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to United Artists in 1968, but they never made a film, and in 1976 the rights were sold to Tolkien Enterprises, a division of the Saul Zaentz Company. In the early seventies John Boorman was planning a film of The Lord of the Rings, but the plans never went further because of movie studio politics. Some of the work ...

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According to the legend, Gyges of Lydia was a shepherd in the service of King Candaules of Lydia. After an earthquake, a cave was revealed in a mountainside where Gyges was feeding his flock. Entering the cave, Gyges discovered that it was in fact the tomb of an enthroned corpse who wore a golden ring, which Gyges pocketed. Gyges then returned to his fellow shepherds, and began fumbling with the ring that he now wore. Gyges discovered that when he turned the collet of the ring to the inside of his hand, he became invisible to the othe ...

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Álfheim - About the region and its folk. The Ynglinga saga, when relating the events of the reign of King Gudröd (Guðröðr) the Hunter relates: Álfheim, at that time, was the name of the land between the Raumelfr ['Raum Elf river', the modern Glomma river] and the Gautelfr ['Gaut Elf river', the modern Göta älv]. The words "at that time" indicates the name for the region was archaic or obsolete by the 13th century. The element elfr is a common word for 'river' and ...

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List of fictional plants - Plants from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. Alfirin - bell-shaped golden flower. Athelas - healing plant with long leaves (also known as Kingsfoil or Asëa Aranion). Brambles of Mordor - Large, black brambles that grew in the lands of Mordor. Culumalda - Golden-red trees of Ithilien. Elanor - a small star-shaped yellow flower whose name means sun-star. Ents - a race of humanoid trees. Gallows ...

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List of fictional swords - Greek mythology. The Sword of Peleus, a magic sword that makes its wielder victorious in the battle or the hunt List of fictional swords - Christian mythology. The Sword of Michael, a sword used by the archangel to defeat Lucifer in heaven (Christian mythology) The Sword of Yahweh, the sword of God which is mentioned in the tale of the destruction of Leviathan. (Christian mythology) < ...

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In Norse mythology, wargs are in particular the demonic wolves Fenrir, Skalli and Hati. In the Hervarar saga, king Heidrek is asked by Gestumblindi (Odin), What is that lamp which lights up men, but flame engulfs it, and wargs grasp after it always. Heidrek knows the answer is the Sun, explaining She lights up every land and shines over all men, and Skalli and Hatti are called wargs. Those are wolves, one going bef ...

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Some languages have a guttural consonant spelled as R, but mostly for associative convenience without any historical association with an alveolar /r/ phoneme. These are not considered true guttural R languages for this reason. Guttural R - Kalaallisut. The dialects of Kalaallisut transliterate their voiced uvular fricative in Latin script as R. Kalaallisut R is the fricative counterpart of Q, a voiceless uvular plosive. The choice to use R was simply a convenience for the language's orthographers, drawing on uvular association wi ...

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The guttural R is common in northern Europe, and is the usual form of the consonant R in most of what is now France, Belgium, Netherlands, northern Germany and Denmark. The consonant is also found other parts of the world, but in most other places it has little or no cultural association nor interchangeability with the more common alveolar and retroflex /r/. Guttural R - Romance languages. The French language is perhaps the most well-known example of a guttural R language, to the extent that this p ...

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Álfheim - In Old Norse texts. Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts. The eddic poem Grímnismál describes twelve divine dwellings beginning in stanza 5 with: Ydalir call they     the place where Ull A hall for himself hath set; And Álfheim the gods     to Frey once gave As a tooth-gift in ancient times. A tooth-gift was a gift given to an infant on the cutting of the first tooth. Snorri Sturluson in the Gylfaginning relates a ...

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The Lord of the Rings - Writing. J.R.R. Tolkien did not originally intend to write a sequel to The Hobbit, and instead wrote several other children's tales, including Roverandom. As his main work, Tolkien began to outline the history of Arda, telling tales of the Silmarils, and many other stories of how the races and situations that we read about in the Lord of the Rings trilogy came to be. Tolkien died before he could complete and put together The Silmarillion, but his son Christopher Tolkien edited h ...

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On January 15, 1999, David Howard, a white aide to Anthony A. Williams, the black mayor of Washington, D.C., United States, used the word in reference to a budget. This apparently upset one of his black colleagues (identified by Howard as Marshall Brown), who interpreted it as a racial slur and lodged a complaint. As a result, on January 25 Williams forced Howard to resign. However, after an internal review into the matter and pressure from the gay community (of which Howard was a member), the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position as Office of the Public Advocate on February 4. Howard refused bu ...

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Edith Tolkien was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery (North Oxford) and this name appears on her plaque: EDITH MARY TOLKIEN LUTHIEN 1889 – 1971 The name of Beren also appears on J.R.R. Tolkien's plaque: JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN BEREN 1892 – 1973 ...

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List of fictional swords - David Gemmell. The Swords of Night and Day – Wielded by OlekSkilgannon the Damned in White Wolf and The Swords of Night and Day. Powerful, yet inferior, copies of the Swords of Blood and Fire. The Swords of Blood and Fire – Twin swords wielded by Decado in The Swords of Night and Day. List of fictional swords - William Golding: The Princess Bride. The Six-Fingere ...

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List of fictional swords - Bernard Cornwell: The Warlord Chronicles. Excalibur (Originally known as Caledfwlch, "Hard Lightning") - Sword of Arthur (see above) Hywelbane - Sword of Derfel, Champion of Dumnonia The Christ-blade (formerly Tanlladwyr, "Brightkiller") - Sword of Lancelot ...

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Attempts to ward off the curse of the evil eye resulted in a number of talismans being resorted to. Painted balls (or disks) painted with a blue circle with a concentric black circle inside representing an evil eye are common talismans in the Middle East. A blue eye can also be found on some forms of the Hand of Fatima (or Hamsa), an amulet against the evil eye in the Middle East. The large eyes often seen painted at the prows of Mediterranean boats are there, traditionally, to ward off the evil eye; the staring eyes return the malici ...

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