[Tolkien Illustrated Guides 01] • Ring Legends of Tolkien by Day, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Introduction Part One: War of the Rings

The Roman Republic Venice, c.1000 Chart: Medieval Rings Gelderland, 1548 England, 1376 Byzantium, 370 CE The Origins of Dactylomancy A Pagan Symbol: The Ring Versus the Cross Ring-Making: The Art of the Smith Chart: Therings of Power in the Second and Third Age

Part Two: Norse Mythology

Norse Ring-Givers and Ring-Hoards Power, Fame and Destiny Norse Cosmology and Tolkien Nine Worlds Chart: Nineworlds The Final Battle Destruction and Renewal

Part Three: God of the Ring

Good and Evil Wandering the Nine Worlds Yggdrasil The Halls of Odin Draupnir The Quest for the Ring

Part Four: The Völsunga Saga

The Völsungs Sigmund and Signy The Apprenticeship of Sigurd Regin’s Tale Sigurd and the Dragon The Rescue of Brynhild In the Land of the Nibelungs Brynhild’s Revenge Gudrun and Atli The Slaughter of the Nibelungs Gudrun’s Revenge

Part Five: Arthurian Legends

The Archetypal Hero False Oaths, False Rings The Hero’s Sword The Hero’s Mentor The Passing of Heroes

Part Six: Carolingian Legends

Recreating an Empire Parallel Lives The Serpent’s Ring

Part Seven: Celtic and Saxon Myths

Balor and The Evil Eye Red Books Tuatha Dé Danann and Sídhe Welsh and Sindarin Restoring Anglo-Saxon Culture Chart: Welsh and Sindarin Chart: Westron and Anglo-Saxon Beowulf and The Hobbit Anglo-Saxon Elements In The Lord of the Rings Völundr: The Cursed Smith Völundr’s Ring and the Barrow-Wights Chart: History of Sméagol / Gollum

Part Eight: German Romance

Dietrich and the Ice Queen The Langobard and Amelung Cycles Alberich the Dwarf

Part Nine: The Nibelungenlied

Rhinelands and Nibelungenland The Wooing of Brunhild The Newly-Weds at Worms The Rival Queens Siegfried’s Death The Nibelung Treasure Kriemhild and Etzel Kriemhild’s Revenge Intervention of Dietrich The Death of Kriemhild The Origins of the Nibelungenlied Princesses and Shield Maidens Changing Perspectives

Part Ten: Greek and Roman Myths

The War of the Titans and Olympian Gods Prometheus and the Creation of Men The Punishment of Prometheus Prometheus and Annatar – Lords of Gifts

Part Eleven: Judeo–Christian Legends

Ilúvatar and Melkor Hebrews and Elves – Chosen Peoples Biblical Rings of Power King Solomon’s Ring The Gift of the Ring Beelzebul, Lord of Demons Asmodeus and the Schamir Solomon and Naamah The Corruption of Solomon

Part Twelve: Eastern Mythology

Geser and Kurkar Geser, Kurkar and Sauron Alchemical Roots China – Rings of Jade Zhou Xin and Daji The Final Betrayal Arabia and India

Part Thirteen: The Alchemist’s Ring

Rings in Alchemy: A Secret Language The Shaman, the Sorcerer and the Smith The “Alchemical” Races of Middle-Earth Good and Bad Alchemy The Contribution of nosticism Apollonius of Tyana – Talking to Rings The Art of Memory Chart: Celebrimbor and the Forging of the Rings

Part Fourteen: Wagner’s Ring

The Rhinegold The Valkyrie Siegfried The Twilight of the Gods

Part Fifteen: Tolkien in the 20th Century

“Applicability” Versus “Allegory” Reclaiming the Ring The One Ring and the Bomb A Counter-Cultural Hero? New Times, New Heroes

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