The Hemlock Glade: The Song of Beren and Lúthien
Hosted by: Ranatuor
Date: Saturday 5th June 2021
Time: 8pm BST (+1 GMT) or 15.00
/servertime
Type: RP-lite storytelling and
social event (all welcome)
RP: Not expected/required but you
are welcome to RP at the event
Server: Laurelin
Location: Meet at 7 Haven Way,
Nan-e-Faer, Falathlorn Homesteads
Contact: Ranatuor / Heimdalli (for
captain summons to the gates of Falathlorn Homesteads).
You are cordially invited to an annual event, “The Hemlock Glade,” celebrating both the “Song of Beren & Lúthien” and also Tolkien’s love for his wife Edith. We’ll sit down by a warm fire, much like Aragorn and the Hobbits did on Weathertop, and recall the moment Beren saw Lúthien for the first time.
We’ll talk about the real-life event that inspired that moment and where it happened. Then we’ll have time just to relax in pleasant company, chat and listen to some music. This is RP-lite (so RP or not, choice is yours), all welcome.
The event takes place on: Saturday 5th June 2021 @ 8PM GMT or 15.00 /servertime.
The event will begin at: 7
Haven Way, Nan-e-Faer, Falathlorn Homesteads.
Before the event starts, my captain, Heimdalli, will be on hand to get you to the entrance of the Falathlorn Homesteads.
Background:
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Beren and Lúthien” was published on 1st June 2017, one hundred years after Edith danced for Tolkien in a “hemlock glade” near Roos, East Yorkshire. This moment inspired the meeting of two of Tolkien’s greatest characters. The event will explore the story behind the tale and also the tale itself.
Michael Flowers of the Tolkien
Society has written extensively on the location of inspiration for the story. I
am grateful to him for running a guided tour to the place and other locations
associated with Tolkien in May 2017. His articles are well worth a read:
- https://www.tolkiensociety.org/blog/2014/06/a-hemlock-by-any-other-name/
- http://eybirdwatching.blogspot.com/2015/07/tolkiens-hemlock-glade-part-1.html
- http://eybirdwatching.blogspot.com/2015/07/tolkiens-hemlock-glade-part-2.html
- https://www.tolkiensociety.org/blog/2017/05/a-centenary-visit-to-tolkiens-hemlock-glade/
- http://eybirdwatching.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-2020-visit-to-tolkiens-hemlock-glade.html
Bonus:
Tolkien reading the “Song of Beren and Lúthien”:
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