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[caption id="attachment_16048" align="aligncenter" width="720"] How much influence did the Bible have on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth – in a philologica sense? Here is a whimsical look (originally published on MERP.COM) at similarities and connections from a non-philologist.[/caption]

An armchair investigation of tongue-in-cheek or pen-in-hand Biblical passages which might have, could have, […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/hobbitry-in-armchairs-philandering-tolkiens-philology/

13th March
23rd Halimath, (September), 3018 TA
46 Iavas
Sackville-Baginnses take over Bag End. Frodo Leaves Bag end with Sam and Pippin, with Folco going home. learning of the first Black Rider on their Tail, camp in Green Hill Country.
Gandalf is expelled from Edoras, and rides Shadowfax north.
A chill passes Boromir as s group of riders in black ride up the remains of the Greenway, as he spies them in the distance.
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At Westmoot in May I'm hoping to highlight echoes of Middle-earth right here in Middle America.

While preparing, I was reminded of the last time I tried to do something like this: my kooky "111th Birthdays Quiz" comparing/contrasting the Weatherbird and Bilbo for STLtoday.com.

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12th March
22nd Halimath, (September), 3018 TA
45 Iavas
Bilbo & Frodo's birthdays, no sign of Gandalf. Merry and Fatty leave by cart. Frodo plans to go, but dallies and remains in the mostly empty home of Bag End. Birthday feast with Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Folco.
Boromir leaves the Greenway, led by memory of his vision into the southern borders of the Downs.
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