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The Disaster at Gladden Fields - "Unfinished Tales" by Christopher Tolkien

The Disaster Of The Gladden Fields

By J.R.R. Tolkien

“Unfinished Tales”

After the fall of Sauron, Isildur, the son and heir of Elendil, returned to Gondor. There he assumed the Elendilmir

 (footnote 1~ The Eledilmar is named in a footnote to Appendex A (I,iii) to the Lord of The Rings: the Kings of Arnor wore no crown, ‘but bore a single white gem, the Elendilmir, Star of Elendil, bound on their brows with a single fillet’.  This note gives references to other mentions of the Star of Elendil in the course of the narrative. They were in fact not one but two gems of this name.)

… as King of Arnor, and proclaimed his sovereign lordship over all the Dunedain in the North and in the south;

(footnote 2 ~ As is related in the Tale of Cirion and Eorl, drawing on older histories now mostly lost, for its account of the events that led to the Oath of Eorl and the alliance of Gondor with the Rohirrim. [Author’s note.]

for he was a man of great pride and vigour.  He remained for a year in Gondor, restoring order and defining its bounds; but the greater part of the army of Arnor returned to Eriador by the Numenorean road from the Fords of Isen to Fornost.  When... More

by Paladiran on 2017-10-22 10:50:03

A Tale Of Luthian Tunuviel and Beren

I*nimwaloth i bain a phant,
I laiss in end calen nadhras,
A egennir galad vin lant
En elin vi uialthiliol
Tinúviel i lilthas ias
Na lind o *simp dholen a brand,
A vi finnil dîn glîn ennas,
A vi chammad dîn míriol

The leaveswere long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall andfair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering

Nu laiss Beren erui padas,
Ab aegais ring dad túliel,
Ennas i *elduin sirias
Ho nûr a erui reniol
Min laiss en-gwaloth tíriel
Glinthant ’lassui mellys ennas
Na choll a rainc dîn derthiel
Sui esgal finnil dîn aphadol

Under leaves Beren alone wandered,
After (from) mountain peaks cold down coming,
There the Elven-river flowed
Sad and alone, wandering.
Between blossom leaves gazing
He glanced (at) flowers of gold happily there
Upon her mantle and her sleeves resting,
Like shadow her hair following.

by Paladiran on 2015-11-28 11:58:09