Scot McKnight posted this response written by Tolkien to Hitler’s administration on the occasion of them asking him if he were Aryan: 25 July 1938 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford Dear Sirs, Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; …
“But at that moment there came a sound like mingled song and laughter. Clear voices rose and fell in the starlit air.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring There is an old story that the origins of the now popular ‘football’ chorus “Ole! Ole! Ole!” is a remnant of the Moors invasion of Spain. …
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There are relatively few passages in the Lord of the Rings like this with clear theological import. I thought this one was worth noting: “Come on now! Longbottom Leaf it is. Fill up while I run and see about some food. And then let’s be easy for a bit. Dear me! We Tooks and Brandybucks, we …
