The House of the Wolfings: A Book That Influenced J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien was inspired in the writing of The Lord of the Rings by this tale of a magical coat of mail and the temptation to use its protection in a war between the Rohan-like Wolfings and the enslaving armies of Rome. |
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It offers fans of J. R. R. Tolkien a widely available and inexpensive edition of one
of the stories that influenced The Lord of the Rings. It includes a Foreword
explaining the literary links between William Morris and J. R. R. Tolkien and an ...
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of the stories that influenced The Lord of the Rings. It includes a Foreword
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Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Introduction | 13 |
The Dwellings of Midmark | 15 |
The Flitting of the WarArrow | 19 |
Thiodolf Talketh with the WoodSun | 23 |
The House Fareth to the War | 30 |
Concerning the HallSun | 35 |
They Talk on the Way to the FolkThing | 43 |
How the DwarfWrought Hauberk Was Brought Away from the Hall of the Daylings | 86 |
The WoodSun Speaketh with Thiodolf | 88 |
Tidings Brought to the WainBurg | 94 |
19 Those Messengers Come to Thiodolf | 98 |
Otter and his Folk Come into Midmark | 104 |
They Bicker about the Ford | 110 |
Otter Falls on Against his Wall | 113 |
Thiodolf Meeteth the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow | 118 |
They Gather to the FolkMote | 49 |
The Folkmote of the Markmen | 55 |
The Ancient Man of the Daylings | 65 |
That Carline Cometh to the Roof of the Wolfings | 67 |
The HallSun Speaketh | 69 |
Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood | 71 |
The HallSun Saith Another Word | 75 |
The HallSun Is Careful Concerning the Passes of the Wood | 77 |
They Hear Tell of the Battle on the Ridge | 80 |
The Goths Are Overthrown by the Romans | 122 |
The Host of the Markmen Cometh into the Wildwood | 125 |
Thiodolf Talketh with the Woodsun | 130 |
They Wend to the Morning Battle | 137 |
Of the Storm of Dawning | 141 |
Of Thiodolfs Storm | 146 |
Thiodolf Is Borne Out of the Hall and Otter Is Laid Beside Him | 153 |
Old Asmund Speaketh Over the Wardukes The Dead Are Laid in Mound | 158 |
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