Ainur — Guide to the Ainur (Reading material) — September 16, 2009
Ainur, part 1 — September 16, 2009
Ainur part 2 — September 23, 2009
Ainur part 1 — February 24, 2010
Ainur part 2 — March 3, 2010
Ainur Action, Interference and Free Will — April 21, 2010
Ainur Bodies — September 13, 2011
Eru, the Maiar/Ainur, and the Children (Reading Material) —
December 27, 2010
“Fana” Body of a Maia/Ainu (Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
Fana Bodies — April 6, 2011
Powers and Limitations of the Valar — March 16, 2011
Shapeshifting Maiar — Reading Material — November 25, 2009
Shapeshifting Maiar — November 25, 2009
Usage of the Term "Ainur" (IM) — November 23, 2010
Discussed — December 1, 2010
Use of "Ainur" vs "Maiar" (Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
"Ainur", "Valar", and "Maiar" — January 12, 2011
The Valar (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
and Elves How Did The First Elves Regard the Ainur? —
December 1, 2010
Why Elves and Ainur Don't Understand Each Other — March 17, 2010
Alqualondë — October 2, 2012
Animals — Wolf Riders, Werewolves, and other “Magical” Animals
— January 26, 2011
Origins of Orcs (Reading Material, mentions talking animals) —
April 8, 2011
Aulë and Yavanna — April 28, 2010
Aulë and Yavanna — July 8, 2012
Balrog — Gandalf vs Balrog timeline — November 10, 2010
Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 3 — November 10, 2010
The Number of Balrogs (Reading Material) — May 14, 2011
Beren and Lúthien — July 21, 2010
Celeborn & Galadriel (Reading Material) — August 18, 2010
Celeborn & Galadriel, part 1 — August 18, 2010
Celeborn & Galadriel, part 2 — August 25, 2010
Dagor Dagorath — The Last Battle (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Dragons — History of the Lands of Arador (Reading material) —
September 16, 2009
Dragons, part 1 — November 4, 2009
Dragons, part 2 — November 11, 2009
Origins of Dragons — January 19, 2011
Drow — Drow, part 1 — June 30, 2010
Drow, part 2 — July 7, 2010
Dwarves — Dwarves — October 21, 2009
Aulë and Yavanna — April 28, 2010
Aulë and the Seven Dwarves — May 5, 2010
Dwarves, part 3 — May 12, 2010
Mixed-Species Unions — February 23, 2011
Dwarves (Reading Material) — May 14, 2011
Writing With Dwarf Runes - December 10, 2012
Eärendil — December 22, 2010
Elves
The Awakening of the Elves — November 17, 2010
Avari and Avariel — June 15, 2011
The Coming of the Elves — June 2 & 9, 2010
Elves — March 24, 2010
Groups of Elves — October 7, 2009
Groups of Elves of Middle Earth — February 2, 2011
Groups of Elves of Middle Earth -Part 2 — February 9, 2011
Groups of Elves, Language Differences — May 4, 2011
Groups of Elves — June 1, 2011
The Immortality of Elves — September 30, 2009
Elvish Immortality, and Mandos (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Teleri History (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
The Vanyar — December 15, 2010
and Ainur
Why Elves and Ainur Don't Understand Each Other — March 17, 2010
How Did The First Elves Regard the Ainur? — December 1, 2010
and Humans
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 1 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 2 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 1 — September 13, 2010
Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 2 — September 20, 2010
Mixed-Species Unions — February 23, 2011
Romance, Marriage, and Family
Romance, Sex, and Marriage Among the Elves — October 28, 2009
Romance, Sex and Marriage — March 10, 2010
Elvish Childhood (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Elvish Marriage Customs (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Tolkien and non-Tolkien Elves
Comparing Tolkien's Elves to Other Traditions —November 18, 2009
Influences on Tolkien's Elves — May 10, 2011
Ents — November 1, 2011
Fëanor's Oath — Fëanor's Oath (Reading Material) — March 31, 2010
Fëanor's Oath, part 1 — March 31, 2010
Fëanor's Oath, part 2 — April 7, 2010
Makalaure Casts Silmaril In Roaring Sea — poem by Surazeus
The Fourth Age — December 9, 2009
Gandalf vs Balrog timeline — November 10, 2010
Geography — January 13, 2010
Geography of Middle Earth — February 7, 2012
The Hobbit
Chapters 1 & 2 - Notes — March 27, 2012
Chapters 1 & 2 — March 27, 2012
Chapters 3 & 4 - Notes — April 24, 2012
Chapters 3 & 4 — April 24, 2012
Chapter 5 — May 15, 2012
Chapters 6 & 7 — September 25, 2012
Chapters 8 & 9 — October 23, 2012
Chapter 10 — November 27, 2012
Hobbits — January 20, 2010
Holidays — December 8, 2010
Humans
The Advent of Men into Middle Earth, part 1 — August 14, 2012
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 1 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 2 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 1 — September 13, 2010
Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 2 — September 20, 2010
Mixed-Species Unions — February 23, 2011
"The Hunt for Gollum" Webmovie — December 16, 2009
Good Kings, part 1 — May 19, 2010
Good Kings, part 2 — May 26, 2010
The Kinslaying — August 11, 2010
The Last Battle (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Last Battle (Reading Material) — Fellowship of the Fourth Age collection
Mandos (Reading Material) — September 1, 2010
Mandos, The Halls of Waiting — September 1, 2010
Mandos and Vairë — September 8, 2010
Elvish Immortality, and Mandos (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Second Prophecy of Mandos — The Last Battle (Reading Material)
— April 8, 2011
Last Battle (Reading Material) — Fellowship of the Fourth Age collection
Telepathy, and Elves who refuse the summons to Mandos
(Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
Melkor/Morgoth and Sauron (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Merfolk — December 2, 2009
Merfolk — June 8, 2011
Mermaids - Reading Material — September 5, 2011
Minas Tirith — December 6, 2011
The Movies — October 4, 2011
Númenor – June 22, 2011
Numenor, part 2 — June 29, 2011
Orcs — Orcs - Can They Be Redeemed? — June 16, 2010
Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 2 — November 3, 2010
Origins of Orcs (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Orcs — May 1, 2012
Rings of Power — March 21, 2011
Round Earth — Music of the Ainur (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Sauron — Melkor/Morgoth and Sauron (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Sauron — July 6, 2011
Sauron, continued — July 26, 2011
Silmarillion — Chapter 1 — Guide to the Ainur (Reading material) —
September 16, 2009
Ainur, part 1 — September 16, 2009
Ainur part 2 — September 23, 2009
Ainur part 1 — February 24, 2010
Ainur part 2 — March 3, 2010
Illustrations for Ainulindalë — September 19, 2013
Yavanna and the Two Trees — November 8, 2011
Yavanna continued — November 15, 2011
Chapter 2 — Aulë and Yavanna — April 28, 2010
Aulë and the Seven Dwarves — May 5, 2010
Dwarves, part 3 — May 12, 2010
Yavanna and the Ents — November 1, 2011
Chapter 3 — The Coming of the Elves — June 2 & 9, 2010
The Awakening of the Elves — November 17, 2010
Chapter 4 — Thingol and Melian — July 14, 2010
Chapter 5 — Groups of Elves — October 7, 2009
Chapter 9 — Fëanor's Oath (Reading Material) — March 31, 2010
Fëanor's Oath, part 1 — March 31, 2010
Fëanor's Oath, part 2 — April 7, 2010
Chapter 9 — The Kinslaying — August 11, 2010
Chapter 11 — "Of the Sun and Moon" — September 29, 2010
Chapter 12 — Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 1 —
September 13, 2010
Humans - and the Waning of the Elves, part 2 — September 20, 2010
Chapter 19 — Beren and Lúthien — July 21, 2010
Chapter 24 — Eärendil — December 22, 2010
The War of Wrath — January 5, 2011
Akallabêth – Númenor – June 22, 2011
Sun and Moon — September 29, 2010Telepathy (Reading Material) — October 6, 2010
Telepathy — October 6, 2010
Telepathy (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Telepathy — April 13, 2011
Telepathy - Part 2 — April 27, 2011
Telepathy, and Elves who refuse the summons to Mandos
(Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
Thingol and Melian — July 14, 2010
Tol Eressëa — June 12, 2012
Tolkien Reading Day Discussion — March 25, 2013
Tom Bombadil — January 3, 2012
Tom Bombadil Rap (submitted by Odyssey Writing Workshops) — September 30, 2012
Two Trees — Yavanna and the Two Trees — November 8, 2011
Yavanna continued — November 15, 2011
Valar — see "Ainur"
Varda — April 3, 2012
Vampires — Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 2 — November 3, 2010
The War of Wrath — January 5, 2011
Wolf Riders, Werewolves, and other “Magical” Animals — January 26, 2011
Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 1 — October 27, 2010
Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 2 — November 3, 2010
Wraiths, Orcs, and Monsters, part 3 — November 10, 2010
Yavanna
Yavanna and the Ents — November 1, 2011
Yavanna and the Two Trees — November 8, 2011
Yavanna continued — November 15, 2011
Parma Eldalamberon xvii —
Use of "Ainur" vs "Maiar" (Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
“Fana” Body of a Maia/Ainu (Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
Eru, the Maiar/Ainur, and the Children (Reading Material) —
December 27, 2010
Telepathy, and Elves who refuse the summons to Mandos
(Reading Material) — December 27, 2010
History of Middle Earth
The Lays of Beleriand, v. 3
"The Flight of the Noldoli from Valimar" (Reading Material) —
March 29, 2011
Morgoth's Ring, v. 10
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 1 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
"The Debate of Finrod and Andreth" - part 2 (Reading Material)
— April 4, 2011
Elvish Childhood (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Elvish Marriage Customs (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Elvish Immortality, and Mandos (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
The Last Battle (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Melkor/Morgoth and Sauron (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Music of the Ainur (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Origins of Orcs (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Telepathy (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
Teleri History (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
The Valar (Reading Material) — April 8, 2011
War of the Jewels, v. 11
Dwarves (Reading Material) — May 14, 2011
The Number of Balrogs (Reading Material) — May 14, 2011
Assorted Links — February 24, 2011
Pretty Pictures — September 9, 2012
9th Annual Tolkien Conference at UVM, 2012
10th Annual Tolkien Conference at UVM, 2013
Quenya Language Lessons
Lesson 1 - Letters and Writing — May 3, 2011
Lesson 2 - Nouns ("A", "The", and Plurals) — May 10, 2011
Lesson 2 repeats — October 12, 2011
Lesson 2 continues — October 26, 2011
Lesson 3 - Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives — May 17, 2011
Lesson 4 - Verbs: Present Tense — May 31
Lesson 5 – Verbs: Past and Future Tenses — June 6, 2011
Lessen 6 – Verbs: Wishing and Imperative Tenses — June 21, 2011
Review Summary
Review Exercises
Review Exercise Answers
Lesson 7 - Review — June 28, 2011
Lesson 8 - Review and Calendar — July 5, 2011
Lesson 9 - Cases - Nominative, Accusative, and Dative — July 11, 2011
Lesson 10 - Cases - Nominative, Accusative, and Dative, continued — July 11, 2011
Lesson 11 - Review of Cases to date — August 23, 2011
Lesson 12 - Review of Cases — September 14, 2011
Lesson 13 - Cases Part 2 — September 28, 2011
Lesson 14 — Cases Part 2, continued — October 5, 2011
Writing With Dwarf Runes - December 10, 2012
Discussion Group Mechanics — Statistics — November 18, 2009
Directions for 2010 — February 17, 2010
Statistics — February 17, 2010
Statistics — January 16, 2011
