Not genius. Just very creative. Nothing is genius when it comes to writing fiction. Just more and more creative. Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying he's dumb or anything like that, he is incredibly intelligent. It takes intelligence to make a world good as well, but it takes just as much if not more creativity to make it in the first place. Saying anything is "genius" disregards the creativity and effort it takes to make something good, especially something as big as Middle-Earth. It takes more than just smarts to make it good.
Um. I'm pretty sure that Tolkein himself said, many times, that Eru is NOT supposed to be simply another name for the God of Abraham. Equivalent? Perhaps. The same entity? No.
I guess that makes sense, he was catholic after all. I don't know if this is true but I heard C.S. Lewis was an Atheist but Tolkien converted him after the first world war.
Dude, watched all your Exploring Middle-Earth videos, please make more. Hope you do something on the Blue wizards and the more unknown stuff. Keep it up. I know most of the lore, but this is a nice way to recap on it in a neat way.
There really isnt enough known about the Blue Wizards to make a video on. They traveled east and were never heard from again. it is speculated that the reason why the army of Easterlings was no where near what it once was in ages past during the events of LotR was because the Blue Wizards started these cults of magic that made some factions of the Easterlings not want to wage war with those of the West. But beyond that and what he has already covered in the video about the Istari, there isn't anything else really
Nathan Britz I know, I got all the lore on lock. But it still cool to hear it in video form. It's not like these video bring alot new info to the table, its nice recaps really.
I am fascinated by the idea of “singing” things into existence. While I am sure that there are many different theories regarding the actual process that took place, I am reminded of the harmonic properties of music and sound in general when thinking about this. Just look at what can be “created” when harmonics are applied a metal plate covered in a thin layer of sand. A simple search of RUclips should yield many results depicting this phenomenon. In short, basically what happens is that patterns are formed, indeed “created”, where before there was only the disorder of randomly placed sand grains. In essence, these patterns could be said to have been “sung” into existence. This property of sound had already been known in the scientific community for quite a while before Tolkien’s time and I wonder if it may have had an influence, however small, on his decision to describe the creation of the world of Arda and its many beings. But of course, it more than likely had nothing to do with it at all. In fact, there are many other creation stories around the world that involved the use of sound and/or singing to facilitate the universe coming into existence. In the end, I’m sure that most, if not all, would agree that it is a very beautiful way to describe the origin of a world in a creation myth.
I always figured it had something to do with the concept of the 'Choir of Angels' since apparently the Valar or Ainur were angel-like beings but who knows!
Interesting parallel. :) However, as I dust off my admittedly disused religious studies knowledge, I believe that "choirs" in this case is more akin to "orders" or "groups/spheres (of influence)", so I'm not entirely sure if it is intended to _specifically_ imply that they are "singing". But, then again, I could be wrong! ;) Thanks for the feedback! Peace! :)
yes, quite interesting!! The Buddhists also set up a formation and can hurl stones after chanting (with the use of other instruments as well). That is where of course the term "spelling" comes from. And in the Bible they chanted and knocked down the walls of Jericho
Do you know that there is some science to that. That our universe may have been created with a series of sounds and vibrations like a massive symphony creating all that we know. Check it out
The Simarillion is slightly unclear about the origin of Ents. When Yavanna spoke to Manwe, she said some of the trees in the big Song themselves sang. Manwe thought about it and agreed, and said Eru proclaimed that when the Children of Illuvatar awoke, then the "thought of Yavanna" would also awake, and it would "summon spirits from afar", which would go into the kelvar (animals) and olvar (plants), by which was apparently meant Eagles (after Manwe) and Ents (after Yavannah). This sounds much like the lesser spirits, similar to the Maiar, which were within the Balrogs, except good ones rather than evil. The Eagles were to awaken before the Children did, and the Ents at the same time the Children did.
Your explanation of the cthulhu mythos brought me here. Keep it up, I really love that there are these shorthand summaries out there, because I love these stories but just dont have enough time to read as I want to anymore. Make more!
Good summary of the first couple of chapters of the Silmarllion. I had to read that thing twice to fully understand it xD I know you left a lot out but who can blame you, so much shit happens between the Valar before even going to Arda, not to mention the amount of stuff that goes down before the elves awoke.
"Nonetheless they will have need of wood." One of my proudest achievements as a kid was reading the entirety of The Silmarillion, something I've have never attempted since (though I'm seriously considering it now). Enough stuck in my head, though, that I was smiling and nodding the whole time. Stupid question, but are you using The Histories to any extent? Since they do have information, but it's all unfinished?
This is very good, please do more, like history of Numenor. I read all the books, but those (apart of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) are very complicated (a lot of characters and a lot is going on, especially in The Silmarillion), so such summaries are good to "put all pieces together". Looking forward for more!
Why click this type of video and then dislike it ? I'm just curious. Maybe they're followers of Melkor... Or maybe they're spiders.. yeah that's it.. spiders!
great vids man!! love all the series. the pronunciations of some words isn't how I pronounce them which I find a bit jarring at times but other then it's fantastic
The only think in this I feel a need to nitpick about is the orcs - Melkor "created" them by twisting other races, so they originally got the "goft of life", as you phrase it, from Ilúvatar, but are corrupted beings. Everything else in this matches up with what I know, though your pronunciation of some of the names differs from my ideas on them.
Based on my research, it doesn't seem like there's a concrete origin for orcs as presented by Tolkien, so perhaps I overstepped by bounds by saying they don't have the gift of life, but I guess i wanted to note that they were a bit separated from the rest of the creations.
TheExploringSeries Yeah, from what I have read Tolkien himself had some issues about the origin of the orcs, not happy about the idea of them originally being Elves, but also not happy about them being an "Always Chaotic Evil Race" too, which is where the mention that they hated Melkor and were unhappy with their state, and also Nienna mourned for them. But very true, their original is still quite vague at best.
Austin Vanderheyden That is the conceit and the original reasoning in earlier versions. Some of the early ideas I did read in my copy of the Book of Lost Tales had the story being more directly about a prehistoric version of England, specifically that the island of Britain was in a similar role as the Isle of a Balar - the piece left behind when a divine being dragged a piece of it to the Undying Lands.
Eru chastized Melkor? I thought melkor tried to defy Eru and Eru's response everytime was that Melkor unwittingly served Eru's purpose in his effort to defy it
Tolkien universe is undoubtly better written, bigger and more consistent. HK rowling isnt even a good writer, her "universe" has lots of holes. She just came up with an interesting setup for her books, but ruined it with her bad writing.
What would happen if, at some time in the future, when we have become an interstellar species and are exploring our galaxy (or even another galaxy), we were somewhere to come across a real Middle Earth? There is a bautiful story by Ursula Le Guin entitled 'Semly's Necklace' (part of the 'Rocannon's World' series) that explores just this possibility.
There is a lot of similarities between this account and the Book of Genesis.. Angels were created and played music, and it is debatable if when God said "Let us" refers to the Divine Council or the Godhead
5:30 The Somorels (did I spell that right)?? Is the Arkenstone one of those jewels? That may be an ignorant and stupid question, just curious though, sorry if it is.
You could read gift of men as having free will (which comes along with knowledge of good and evil) and thus being denied access to the tree of life. Free will comes at the cost of mortality.
An anthology series. Creation and then the best stories that can be told in 2 or 3 episodes. Over the course of 7 or 8 years working through the whole book.
Good video but some of your comments are incorrect. For instance, Melkor didn't sneak into Arda he went willingly with the other Valar peacefully by Illuvatar's invitation; he was not originally evil, just different. Also, he didn't bring the lamps down with an assault; he tricked the Valar by offering to build the lampposts and then made them out of ice which melted when the lamps were lit and brought them crashing down.
You also left out the breaking of Utumno/Melkor's capture and imprisonment. His search for Ungallant came long after he walked among the elves in Valinor.
Melkor snuck back into Arda after he was kicked out, and you must have missed the line where I said his thoughts would be discussed in a later video. As for the ice lampposts, that's from the Book of Lost Tales, and is not canon as far as I know.
That's because they are the same. The Ainur was the name of the group of beings created by Eru to help create the universe. After doing so, some of the Ainur went down to Ea and helped shape that world for the Elves and Men. The Ainur consists of two classes of beings, the more powerful Valar such as Morgoth, and the less powerful Maiar, such as Sauron and Gandalf.
I wonder if Tolkien derived those names from the Norse gods, Æsir (the more powerful and popular) and the Vanir. It doesn't really fit 1:1 AFAIK, since the name that applies to both only applies to one instead of having a Maiar equivalent - but still, the names are so close it's striking, and I know he drew a lot from that mythology.
They come into the presence of Eru, I think. After what is basically Middle-Earth's Apocalypse, the Dagor Dagorlath (???) when Morgoth returns, wages war on the world and his ultimately defeated, Men will be one of the many beings to join Eru in a Second Song Of Creation.
Damn dude, that's pretty quick considering the amount of effort you put into these. You got a talent that's for sure, and your narrating voice is perfectly epic.
Two points. (1) First: you say the Gift of Men included the ability of humans to shape their lives as they saw fit. Clearly the Elves have that ability as well. For example, Fëanor demonstrated the ability to do whatever he damned well pleased. NOTE: The Gift of Men really just means that humans die and are not reincarnated in Arda like the Elves but go to Heaven to be with Eru Ilúvatar. (2) Second: you say the Orcs were created by Morgoth and do not have the gift of life from Eru Illuvatar. That is not correct, because according to the Silmarillion, the Orcs were actually Elves who were corrupted by Morgoth. As a result, they do have the gift of life. Other than these two points, it was a solid Video.
Anyone relate the creation of Arda to String Theory? That everything is made up of theoretical vibrating string (harmony/music) that made up the universe.
I Love theese videos, but may it be possible to name your sources? Because, I would like to read the things for myself. =) They are great before going to bed ^^'
So are dwarves immortal too? Or do they die eventually like humans? Cause if they did, why would men be considered the best because they have the gift of death? Please explain if you can
Good question! They are mortal, just with longer lives than the race of Men. But then Hobbits are also mortal. Yet death is the Gift of Men. Curious. It was probably more accurate to call immortality the Burden of the Elves but that would imply that Eru made a mistake and that wouldn't do or that the Blessed Beings (Elves) were cursed (which also wouldn't do). (Also, did you notice, according to this video at least, dwarves are clearly the First Born - the 7 fathers were awakened and then put to sleep until Eru created/awakened his Elves then the Dwarves were awoken again!)
As far as I know, the Dwarves were created after the Elves, inspired by them. And it's not exactly Death the gift of Mankind, it's what comes after, the Elves go to the Halls of Mandos, (unsure about it) the Dwarves go to the company of Aulë and reincarnate (at least Durin does... A lot)... What comes after for Men is something that not even Manwë knows. It's something special, created by Ilúvatar himself.... About the Hobbits, good question nobody knows where they came from... They just kinda appeared out of nowhere mid 3rd Era.
Nice video Guy that s reminds Silmarilion, thank you for that nostalgic feel. I am glad you make it video about that book becausenot to many know abouth that, but guys i advice you read it for yourself it is amazing books. They are many things what is it in that book and cant be do that in that short of among of time. P.S.: I am apologesing for my english its not my native language... so bye and dont forget to read that book.
Tolkien's creation story of middle earth makes more sense to me than earth based religions, except maybe Buddhism. There is none of the postering and no fear of eru. If a whole set of Tolkien's works are found in ten thousand years, it cl d easily become a religion. Hmmmm.,. I believe the hobbits were created as a secret weopons against the darkness.
a long-lived, Maia-like being known by the Elves as Iarwain Ben-adar but what he was to Tolkien is a character from another story he never wrote, but loved him to mush to let him be lost, so he placed him in LOTR
If we take Tom's remark quite literally that he "was here before the river and the trees. . .the first raindrop and the first acorn" (Rings, 1:142), he is saying either that he was in Middle-earth when the Valar arrived or that he arrived as one of the Valar. His remark that "he knew the dark under ths stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from the Outside" refers to the time before Morgoth, the original Dark Lord, had officially turned renegade - the time when the "old" or original stars were made. Since the world was incomplete at that time and nothing lived on the earth except the Valar, it is hard to believe that Tom is anything but a Vala.
Actually, one could also argue that Bombadil was there _before_ the Valar, because Melkor came together with the Valar. It’s also possible that Tom meant the coming of Morgoth after his banishment. Need to look that part up in HoME, think it’s discussed there. But how is it hard to believe Tom is anything but a Vala? It’s said that Tom doesn’t have the power to stop Sauron, both by characters from the world as by Tolkien himself - which is hard to belief if Tom would indeed be a Vala (and with him Goldberry probably too). The Silmarillion also said that the Valar seldom came to Middle-Earth, while Tom’s quote actually implies that he had always been in Middle-Earth. These points raise some serious questions about the theory of Tom being a Vala. But Tom is an enigma. A Maia that came together with - or even before - the Valar is the best explanation based solely on lore. However, since Tom is an enigma he might be something we don't know, like a spirit, or even the embodiment of Arda. In earlier versions of the Silmarillion there were other creatures too - think Tolkien mentioned Pixies for example. In the end, we'll never know though.
Wait then where is kingdom rush????It is pretty sure that kingdom rush takes place in middle earth.There are much evidence.Frodo was in the north of the map of kingdom rush and they were much orc populations in the game
tolkien is a genius, to create such detailed lore
He was obsessed with detail.
Not genius. Just very creative. Nothing is genius when it comes to writing fiction. Just more and more creative.
Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying he's dumb or anything like that, he is incredibly intelligent. It takes intelligence to make a world good as well, but it takes just as much if not more creativity to make it in the first place. Saying anything is "genius" disregards the creativity and effort it takes to make something good, especially something as big as Middle-Earth. It takes more than just smarts to make it good.
@zadose nah, he got much inspiration from norse mythologi
@@niklasvilhelm7247 he actually did, he was a devote catholic. He may of used Norse mythology as well with the end result being middle Earth
@zadose No, shut up.
You know, if somebody created a religion based on Tolkien's work, it would make that religions writings older than Scientology's writings.
More substance then Scientology as well
Probably more accepted too
if it’s older, probably more stupid
I already have!
Well, you can’t make a religion out of tolkien’s work because 1. Unlike religion, tolkien claim his writings are just fiction made for entertainment.
Um. I'm pretty sure that Tolkein himself said, many times, that Eru is NOT supposed to be simply another name for the God of Abraham. Equivalent? Perhaps. The same entity? No.
I guess that makes sense, he was catholic after all. I don't know if this is true but I heard C.S. Lewis was an Atheist but Tolkien converted him after the first world war.
I think its more inspired by the biblical or catholic version of God.
@@FaceUnreality he did and then got pissed off when CS Lewis became an Anglican lol
Fucks sake, stop comparing LOTR to the bIbLe, PLEASE!!
@hunter christensen except in Tolkien’s work Gods seems to die off…and new ones appear in each ages
Tolkien's work is absolutely legendary truly incredible.
Dude, watched all your Exploring Middle-Earth videos, please make more. Hope you do something on the Blue wizards and the more unknown stuff.
Keep it up. I know most of the lore, but this is a nice way to recap on it in a neat way.
ekeb1 completely agree!!
thanks a lot for making these!!!
There really isnt enough known about the Blue Wizards to make a video on. They traveled east and were never heard from again. it is speculated that the reason why the army of Easterlings was no where near what it once was in ages past during the events of LotR was because the Blue Wizards started these cults of magic that made some factions of the Easterlings not want to wage war with those of the West. But beyond that and what he has already covered in the video about the Istari, there isn't anything else really
Nathan Britz I know, I got all the lore on lock. But it still cool to hear it in video form. It's not like these video bring alot new info to the table, its nice recaps really.
3:43 Dude, I just figured it out...Stonehenge is where the Two Trees used to be! :P
Valinor is not on Earth it is in another dimension
@@ThranduilCalaquendi It was on the same planet as Middle Earth at first, but after that mess with Numenor the Valar moved it into another dimension.
I am fascinated by the idea of “singing” things into existence. While I am sure that there are many different theories regarding the actual process that took place, I am reminded of the harmonic properties of music and sound in general when thinking about this. Just look at what can be “created” when harmonics are applied a metal plate covered in a thin layer of sand. A simple search of RUclips should yield many results depicting this phenomenon. In short, basically what happens is that patterns are formed, indeed “created”, where before there was only the disorder of randomly placed sand grains. In essence, these patterns could be said to have been “sung” into existence. This property of sound had already been known in the scientific community for quite a while before Tolkien’s time and I wonder if it may have had an influence, however small, on his decision to describe the creation of the world of Arda and its many beings. But of course, it more than likely had nothing to do with it at all. In fact, there are many other creation stories around the world that involved the use of sound and/or singing to facilitate the universe coming into existence. In the end, I’m sure that most, if not all, would agree that it is a very beautiful way to describe the origin of a world in a creation myth.
I always figured it had something to do with the concept of the 'Choir of Angels' since apparently the Valar or Ainur were angel-like beings but who knows!
Interesting parallel. :) However, as I dust off my admittedly disused religious studies knowledge, I believe that "choirs" in this case is more akin to "orders" or "groups/spheres (of influence)", so I'm not entirely sure if it is intended to _specifically_ imply that they are "singing". But, then again, I could be wrong! ;) Thanks for the feedback! Peace! :)
yes, quite interesting!! The Buddhists also set up a formation and can hurl stones after chanting (with the use of other instruments as well). That is where of course the term "spelling" comes from. And in the Bible they chanted and knocked down the walls of Jericho
Do you know that there is some science to that. That our universe may have been created with a series of sounds and vibrations like a massive symphony creating all that we know. Check it out
Besides Tolkien's world. C.S. Lewis' Narnia was born of song.
Arda: *Has light*
Melkor: "Nope, can't have that."
The Simarillion is slightly unclear about the origin of Ents. When Yavanna spoke to Manwe, she said some of the trees in the big Song themselves sang. Manwe thought about it and agreed, and said Eru proclaimed that when the Children of Illuvatar awoke, then the "thought of Yavanna" would also awake, and it would "summon spirits from afar", which would go into the kelvar (animals) and olvar (plants), by which was apparently meant Eagles (after Manwe) and Ents (after Yavannah). This sounds much like the lesser spirits, similar to the Maiar, which were within the Balrogs, except good ones rather than evil. The Eagles were to awaken before the Children did, and the Ents at the same time the Children did.
Your explanation of the cthulhu mythos brought me here. Keep it up, I really love that there are these shorthand summaries out there, because I love these stories but just dont have enough time to read as I want to anymore.
Make more!
Beautiful series you have created. Thank you
Good summary of the first couple of chapters of the Silmarllion. I had to read that thing twice to fully understand it xD
I know you left a lot out but who can blame you, so much shit happens between the Valar before even going to Arda, not to mention the amount of stuff that goes down before the elves awoke.
1:02 living beans
TheSpartiatus hahahahahahha
Love the vids! Too my ear it sounds like you're saying 'beans' instead of 'beings'. Adds a little accidental humour for me.
I blame my Wisconsin accent for that.
When I was kid I pronounced "human beings" as "human beans" :)
MisterTutor2010 When I was a kid I thought your race was random. Like, white people had asian babies sometimes.
+TheExploringSeries Don't worry too much about your accent, to us Tolkien afficionados you still make perfect sense.
P.S. Great series, thanks!
I noticed a similar thing when Carl Sagan pronounced "human" as "yuman." But it didn't make him any less of a genius!
God damn, your videos are awesome. Keep up the good work!
A very well put together video
Trolls were created by Melkor? I thought the Internet created trolls :)
Well Manwe created the internet to bring joy to the world, Melkor created Trolls to ruin it
Nooo, the internet has just made them more visible, they've always existed in some form or another.
snakes3425 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
melkor is internet
Melkor/Morgoth originally created trolls in mockery of Ents. Humans created a new breed of trolls in mockery of themselves.
Great series! Keep up the good work! :D
So.. much.. information. Awesome! Thanks for putting in the time for us.
"Nonetheless they will have need of wood." One of my proudest achievements as a kid was reading the entirety of The Silmarillion, something I've have never attempted since (though I'm seriously considering it now). Enough stuck in my head, though, that I was smiling and nodding the whole time. Stupid question, but are you using The Histories to any extent? Since they do have information, but it's all unfinished?
hey taffer
Aarde is dutch and erde is german for earth.
It's also arabic for earth ('a' for feminine)
This is very good, please do more, like history of Numenor. I read all the books, but those (apart of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) are very complicated (a lot of characters and a lot is going on, especially in The Silmarillion), so such summaries are good to "put all pieces together". Looking forward for more!
this videos are very cool especially since I haven't gotten around to reading all this books yet
Hey TheExploringSeries... love the videos. Keep up the good work!!!
Why click this type of video and then dislike it ? I'm just curious. Maybe they're followers of Melkor... Or maybe they're spiders.. yeah that's it.. spiders!
"Gollum! .... Gollum!"
Followers of Melkor they are!
Giant ones....spawns of Ungoliant, or I am not a wizard.
Because he got some stuff wrong and is therefore misinforming people.
@@cookeymonster83 alright !
What was the music playing in the background starting at 0:36 ? Great vid!
please do more LOTR history ! i love to learn about JRR Tolkins work!
great vids man!! love all the series. the pronunciations of some words isn't how I pronounce them which I find a bit jarring at times but other then it's fantastic
What song plays through this video?
The only think in this I feel a need to nitpick about is the orcs - Melkor "created" them by twisting other races, so they originally got the "goft of life", as you phrase it, from Ilúvatar, but are corrupted beings. Everything else in this matches up with what I know, though your pronunciation of some of the names differs from my ideas on them.
Based on my research, it doesn't seem like there's a concrete origin for orcs as presented by Tolkien, so perhaps I overstepped by bounds by saying they don't have the gift of life, but I guess i wanted to note that they were a bit separated from the rest of the creations.
TheExploringSeries
Yeah, from what I have read Tolkien himself had some issues about the origin of the orcs, not happy about the idea of them originally being Elves, but also not happy about them being an "Always Chaotic Evil Race" too, which is where the mention that they hated Melkor and were unhappy with their state, and also Nienna mourned for them.
But very true, their original is still quite vague at best.
Do you know what the song is in the great old ones video?
Mimi Sardinia So wait, in lotr all the stuff that happened was our ancient history? So modern day exists in lotr
Austin Vanderheyden That is the conceit and the original reasoning in earlier versions. Some of the early ideas I did read in my copy of the Book of Lost Tales had the story being more directly about a prehistoric version of England, specifically that the island of Britain was in a similar role as the Isle of a Balar - the piece left behind when a divine being dragged a piece of it to the Undying Lands.
Music used? (Also amazing vid😁👌
been doing a LOTR mod letsplay on my channel, and your stuff popped up as recommended... Keep making videos my man
Thank you for making this and other beautiful videos.
what is the music playing in the background?
Simon Jorge thats what I'd like to know too
after all this years have anyone find out?
@@Hepponisme Sadly, I have no answer
Eru chastized Melkor?
I thought melkor tried to defy Eru and Eru's response everytime was that Melkor unwittingly served Eru's purpose in his effort to defy it
Absolutely love the lore and world where the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings takes place in.
If you ask my personally, I like it more then Harry Potter.
Tolkien universe is undoubtly better written, bigger and more consistent.
HK rowling isnt even a good writer, her "universe" has lots of holes.
She just came up with an interesting setup for her books, but ruined it with her bad writing.
Great work! Keep it up.
What would happen if, at some time in the future, when we have become an interstellar species and are exploring our galaxy (or even another galaxy), we were somewhere to come across a real Middle Earth? There is a bautiful story by Ursula Le Guin entitled 'Semly's Necklace' (part of the 'Rocannon's World' series) that explores just this possibility.
Weird. There's also a beautiful story on pornhub entitled "Pearl Necklace". Maybe there's a coincidence.
There is a lot of similarities between this account and the Book of Genesis..
Angels were created and played music, and it is debatable if when God said "Let us" refers to the Divine Council or the Godhead
3:57 my new Screensaver
So much to follow in this universe
Sorry but there was a mistake in your video, it's Tom MOTHERFUCKING Bombadil.
5:30 The Somorels (did I spell that right)?? Is the Arkenstone one of those jewels? That may be an ignorant and stupid question, just curious though, sorry if it is.
The Arkenstone is not one of the three Silmarils.
You could read gift of men as having free will (which comes along with knowledge of good and evil) and thus being denied access to the tree of life.
Free will comes at the cost of mortality.
I NEED more of these vids bro. Maybe about the Haradrim, Numenorians, Beorn's kin, Tom Bombadil. I just... thank you I love these videos
Why am I feeling shivers down my spine listening?
This would make a great movie or. A Netflix series
Paul Gonzalez like a LOTR documentary movie or series explaining specific parts of the lore? That sounds very interesting i would so watch that
An anthology series. Creation and then the best stories that can be told in 2 or 3 episodes. Over the course of 7 or 8 years working through the whole book.
What are the two gates looking things are either end of Arda?
Melkor corrupting the song? Nah, he just created METAL! \m/ (Insert random heavy metal scream here). \m/ \m/
Maarek Steele and death metal...melkor basically needs a teddy bear and a big hug from everyone even from eluvatar
Amazing video man. Love it.
I know it doesn't fit Tolkien's conceptions, but I wonder if Iluvatar put some of his power and being into the Ainur.
Good video but some of your comments are incorrect. For instance, Melkor didn't sneak into Arda he went willingly with the other Valar peacefully by Illuvatar's invitation; he was not originally evil, just different. Also, he didn't bring the lamps down with an assault; he tricked the Valar by offering to build the lampposts and then made them out of ice which melted when the lamps were lit and brought them crashing down.
You also left out the breaking of Utumno/Melkor's capture and imprisonment. His search for Ungallant came long after he walked among the elves in Valinor.
Melkor snuck back into Arda after he was kicked out, and you must have missed the line where I said his thoughts would be discussed in a later video. As for the ice lampposts, that's from the Book of Lost Tales, and is not canon as far as I know.
May i suggest exploring the realm of Diablo after middle earth?
you make some awesome and helpful videos keep it up!!! :D
I'm so curious in the dark land
Aule: Stop! Hammer Time! 7 Fathers of the Dwarves: Yeah! Stop that hammer time! Also, Tom Bombadil is Tolkien, just like Master Yen Sid is Walt Disney
Do you know anything about the creation myth of Oz?
I need help understanding all of the vocabulary you said. I just don't know how to spell it.
Is their an explanation between the Valar and the Ainur? They sort of sound the same
That's because they are the same. The Ainur was the name of the group of beings created by Eru to help create the universe. After doing so, some of the Ainur went down to Ea and helped shape that world for the Elves and Men. The Ainur consists of two classes of beings, the more powerful Valar such as Morgoth, and the less powerful Maiar, such as Sauron and Gandalf.
I wonder if Tolkien derived those names from the Norse gods, Æsir (the more powerful and popular) and the Vanir. It doesn't really fit 1:1 AFAIK, since the name that applies to both only applies to one instead of having a Maiar equivalent - but still, the names are so close it's striking, and I know he drew a lot from that mythology.
Ainur are the Valar and maiar.
Tom bombadil, do you know who he is. Maiar, elf or something else.
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it pronounced fay-nor (fay rhyming with slay) not feh-i-nor?
It's like Fey Ah Nor
Was it ever specified what awaits the souls of men?
They come into the presence of Eru, I think. After what is basically Middle-Earth's Apocalypse, the Dagor Dagorlath (???) when Morgoth returns, wages war on the world and his ultimately defeated, Men will be one of the many beings to join Eru in a Second Song Of Creation.
Thank you ! Very informative ! Could it be possible to get the links to the pictures ? I had never seen more than half of them
Hey man, love the videos! How long on average does it take you to write these scripts?
The scripts, including research time, take about 3 or 4 hours or so. Depends on how much information I have to condense.
Damn dude, that's pretty quick considering the amount of effort you put into these. You got a talent that's for sure, and your narrating voice is perfectly epic.
Do you know what the song is in the great old ones video is please i really want to hear the song it's so cool!!!
I don't really remember actually. If I had to guess i'd say it was something off the Cryo Chamber Cthulhu collaboration, or something by Nox Arcana.
So melkor is part of eru
Why it looks like Earth? 🤔🤔🤔
Great Videos, have you considered doing an elder scrolls exploringseries, I think you would do a great job
I'll be watching every single video.
Thank you, this was really good!
1:01 "Livin *Beans*"
Living 🅱️eans.
Two points. (1) First: you say the Gift of Men included the ability of humans to shape their lives as they saw fit. Clearly the Elves have that ability as well. For example, Fëanor demonstrated the ability to do whatever he damned well pleased. NOTE: The Gift of Men really just means that humans die and are not reincarnated in Arda like the Elves but go to Heaven to be with Eru Ilúvatar. (2) Second: you say the Orcs were created by Morgoth and do not have the gift of life from Eru Illuvatar. That is not correct, because according to the Silmarillion, the Orcs were actually Elves who were corrupted by Morgoth. As a result, they do have the gift of life. Other than these two points, it was a solid Video.
Legit didn't see who uploaded and got confused about why it was this voice I heard. Lol dang I missed the Tolkien stuff
You should number these videos so that when you watch them you can build upon principles mentioned in past videos.
Sweet channel!
Anyone relate the creation of Arda to String Theory? That everything is made up of theoretical vibrating string (harmony/music) that made up the universe.
Good video brother
What about harad?
I believe Tom Bombidil is Eru....
Is the Lord of the rings books in public domain yet?!
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Good video all fictional universes are real the multiverses are infinite anything you can imagine exists.
I Love theese videos, but may it be possible to name your sources? Because, I would like to read the things for myself. =) They are great before going to bed ^^'
oh okay thank you. =3 That means I bought the right book.
Too many fantastic names to keep track of...
Tiago Araújo Then go somewhere else...
Thank you for this
So are dwarves immortal too? Or do they die eventually like humans? Cause if they did, why would men be considered the best because they have the gift of death? Please explain if you can
Good question! They are mortal, just with longer lives than the race of Men. But then Hobbits are also mortal. Yet death is the Gift of Men. Curious. It was probably more accurate to call immortality the Burden of the Elves but that would imply that Eru made a mistake and that wouldn't do or that the Blessed Beings (Elves) were cursed (which also wouldn't do).
(Also, did you notice, according to this video at least, dwarves are clearly the First Born - the 7 fathers were awakened and then put to sleep until Eru created/awakened his Elves then the Dwarves were awoken again!)
As far as I know, the Dwarves were created after the Elves, inspired by them. And it's not exactly Death the gift of Mankind, it's what comes after, the Elves go to the Halls of Mandos, (unsure about it) the Dwarves go to the company of Aulë and reincarnate (at least Durin does... A lot)... What comes after for Men is something that not even Manwë knows. It's something special, created by Ilúvatar himself.... About the Hobbits, good question nobody knows where they came from... They just kinda appeared out of nowhere mid 3rd Era.
They just live long.
Valinor the Undying Lands are supposed to be North America. That doesn’t surprise me though, the people of Canada do strike me as being Elven
Love these
@Stanley Studios well I hate you so much more
Nice video Guy that s reminds Silmarilion, thank you for that nostalgic feel. I am glad you make it video about that book becausenot to many know abouth that, but guys i advice you read it for yourself it is amazing books. They are many things what is it in that book and cant be do that in that short of among of time.
P.S.: I am apologesing for my english its not my native language... so bye and dont forget to read that book.
Why Eru made man live till 150 -600year old
In arabic earth is called ardh
Yes they smoked a pipe a bag of the agent days.
Also to disprove that this was not the ancient past wasn’t the creator of Lord of the rings Catholic.
Tolkien's creation story of middle earth makes more sense to me than earth based religions, except maybe Buddhism. There is none of the postering and no fear of eru. If a whole set of Tolkien's works are found in ten thousand years, it cl d easily become a religion. Hmmmm.,. I believe the hobbits were created as a secret weopons against the darkness.
What if Melkor also created The Ents?
matthew mann he didn’t ents are a gift of eru to yavanna so that nature would be protected if i remember
Melkor/Morgoth can't create life only corrupt the Trolls are a mockery of The Ents.
Good video✌️
Tom Bombadil, wtf is a Tom Bombadil?
Now that is a million dollar question.
a long-lived, Maia-like being known by the Elves as Iarwain Ben-adar
but what he was to Tolkien is a character from another story he never wrote, but loved him to mush to let him be lost, so he placed him in LOTR
If we take Tom's remark quite literally that he "was here before the river and the trees. . .the first raindrop and the first acorn" (Rings, 1:142), he is saying either that he was in Middle-earth when the Valar arrived or that he arrived as one of the Valar. His remark that "he knew the dark under ths stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from the Outside" refers to the time before Morgoth, the original Dark Lord, had officially turned renegade - the time when the "old" or original stars were made. Since the world was incomplete at that time and nothing lived on the earth except the Valar, it is hard to believe that Tom is anything but a Vala.
Actually, one could also argue that Bombadil was there _before_ the Valar, because Melkor came together with the Valar. It’s also possible that Tom meant the coming of Morgoth after his banishment. Need to look that part up in HoME, think it’s discussed there.
But how is it hard to believe Tom is anything but a Vala? It’s said that Tom doesn’t have the power to stop Sauron, both by characters from the world as by Tolkien himself - which is hard to belief if Tom would indeed be a Vala (and with him Goldberry probably too). The Silmarillion also said that the Valar seldom came to Middle-Earth, while Tom’s quote actually implies that he had always been in Middle-Earth. These points raise some serious questions about the theory of Tom being a Vala.
But Tom is an enigma. A Maia that came together with - or even before - the Valar is the best explanation based solely on lore. However, since Tom is an enigma he might be something we don't know, like a spirit, or even the embodiment of Arda. In earlier versions of the Silmarillion there were other creatures too - think Tolkien mentioned Pixies for example. In the end, we'll never know though.
Should we make this a religion for fun????
So this is where flat earthers come from
Wait then where is kingdom rush????It is pretty sure that kingdom rush takes place in middle earth.There are much evidence.Frodo was in the north of the map of kingdom rush and they were much orc populations in the game
Maybe it was uhm NOT in kingdom rush.
Do you by any chance have birds?
Do The Harry Potter world
Ninja 123 well, how about Prydain as well?
Thats our earth, with a few cool sticks.
does it say how the middle earth was destroyed.
charlie awsome no because it is our world
charlie awsome middle earth was never destroyed...
Uhhh
Yes, he did. But it was never in the books. It is only mentioned as Dagor Dagoroth.