Know Your Valar: Introduction

I’m going to be doing a series of posts here as I read The Silmarillion to help me keep all the Valar straight in my head. This is an introductory post, giving an overview of the Valar…

The Main Valar

Not all of the Valar come up that often in The Silmarillion. Here are the main ones to remember:

…and here’s a slightly larger collection:

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PWJ: S4E29 – AH – “After Hours” with Holly Ordway

Last year when we had “Tolkien Month”, I heard that Dr. Ordway was finishing up a new book on Tolkien. Since the book is coming out shortly, she came on the show to talk to us about it and Tolkien’s reading habits…

S4E29: “After Hours” with Holly Ordway (Download)

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PWJ: S3E48 – Bonus – Mythopoeia

We’re extending “Tolkien Month” for just one more week! The hosts of The Tolkien Road invited me onto their show to talk about Mythopoeia, a poem which Tolkien wrote for Lewis following their late-night conversation which ultimately led to Lewis’ conversion.

This episode was posted on The Tolkien Road podcast a few weeks ago, but here it is again, but with some introductory commentary and a recitation of the poem itself.

S3E48: “Mythopoeia” (Download)

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PWJ: S3E47 – AH – “After Hours” With Diana Glyer (Part 2)

In this episode Matt concludes his discussion with Dr. Diana Glyer about her book, Bandersnatch.

S3E47: “After Hours” with Diana Glyer (Download)

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PWJ: S3E46 – AH – “After Hours” with Diana Glyer (Part 1)

When Matt and I were at the C.S. Lewis Symposium in North Carolina, we heard Dr. Diana Glyer give a talk on the Inklings which quite rightly received a standing ovation. In this episode, Matt and Dr. Glyer discuss the material covered in that talk and its associated book, Bandersnatch. Their discussion is concluded in Thursday’s episode.

S3E46: “After Hours” with Diana Glyer (Download)

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PWJ: S3E45 – AH – “After Hours” with Tea with Tolkien

Continuing “Tolkien Month”, I sat down with Kaitlyn from the Tea With Tolkien podcast to talk about Hobbit Spirituality…

S3E45: “After Hours” with “Tea With Tolkien” (Download)

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PWJ: S3E44 – AH – “After Hours” with Joseph Loconte

Continuing “Tolkien Month”, I interviewed Joseph Loconte, author of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War which tells the story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.

S3E44: “After Hours” with Joseph Loconte (Download)

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