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Welcome to Jokien with Tolkien

Apr 19, 2023 • JRR Jokien

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Jan 8 • JRR Jokien

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Apr 8, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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Nov 19, 2024 • JRR Jokien

The Power of Beauty in Tolkien's Works

Mae govannen, friends!

Feb 5

Most Popular

🎥 All 10 LOTR and Hobbit Films Ranked

Jan 9, 2025 • JRR Jokien

🎄 10 Reasons The Lord of the Rings is a Christmas Movie

Dec 8, 2022 • JRR Jokien

📯 The Redemption of Boromir

May 8, 2025 • JRR Jokien

New Life, In Defiance of Death

Apr 10, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Recent posts

Meat Being Back on the Menu at Cafe Mordor Results in Long Lines and Rave Reviews

One does not simply walk into Cafe Mordor...

Jan 29 • JRR Jokien

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 2

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 22

Extended Edition Council: January '26

Extended Edition Discussion

Jan 16 • JRR Jokien

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 1

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 15

No Peace in Middle-earth As White Oliphant Gift Exchange Goes Terribly Wrong

RIVENDELL—A local White Oliphant gift exchange went awry this Yule season when the assembled partygoers at the Company Holiday Party of Elrond devolved…

Dec 23, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Join the Fellowship!

Jokien with Tolkien Extended Edition

Extended Edition Council: January '26

Extended Edition Discussion

Jan 16 • JRR Jokien

Túrin Turambar, Master of Doom

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #5

Oct 30, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Túrin And the House of Ransom

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #4

Oct 16, 2025 • JRR Jokien

The Prince and the Pauper: Túrin Among the Elves and Outlaws

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #3

Oct 9, 2025 • JRR Jokien

😂 Laughs of the Rings

Meat Being Back on the Menu at Cafe Mordor Results in Long Lines and Rave Reviews

One does not simply walk into Cafe Mordor...

Jan 29 • JRR Jokien

No Peace in Middle-earth As White Oliphant Gift Exchange Goes Terribly Wrong

RIVENDELL—A local White Oliphant gift exchange went awry this Yule season when the assembled partygoers at the Company Holiday Party of Elrond devolved…

Dec 23, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Happy Thanksgiving

Plus some additions to yesterday's gift guide!

Nov 27, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Jokien with Tolkien

Jokien with Tolkien

"Lore, Laugh, Lord of the Rings" is the unofficial motto of this weekly, often humorous, sometimes earnest, always genuine "2023 Substack Featured Publication" concerning hobbits, faith, and culture by a lifelong Tolkien fan. Subscribe & get a FREE eBook!

📜 Lore of the Rings

The Power of Beauty in Tolkien's Works

Mae govannen, friends!

Feb 5

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 2

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 22

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 1

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 15

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The Power of Beauty in Tolkien's Works

Mae govannen, friends!

Feb 5

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 2

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 22

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 1

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 15

Bridge from the Bent World

Mae govannen, friends!

Dec 11, 2025 • Ashlyn McKayla Ohm

Finding Mythology and Tragedy in Middle-earth

The Tragedy of The Children of Húrin

Nov 20, 2025 • Abigail Lord

🚪 Through the Wardrobe

⭐ May the Fourth: Episode II

Stepping through the wardrobe to a galaxy far, far away

May 4, 2025 • JRR Jokien

🌌 Songs of Creation: In the Beginning Tolkien and Lewis Created Narnia and Middle-earth

What The Silmarillion and The Magician's Nephew teach us about Middle-earth, Narnia, and our own creations

Jan 23, 2025 • JRR Jokien

The Pony, The King, and The Hobbit

Who is the ranger? Narnia business

Jan 16, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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Guest Posts

The Power of Beauty in Tolkien's Works

Mae govannen, friends!

Feb 5

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 2

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 22

The Wisdom of Empathy in "The Lord of the Rings"—Part 1

How Empathy underpins the virtue of Pity for the Wise of Middle-Earth

Jan 15

Bridge from the Bent World

Mae govannen, friends!

Dec 11, 2025 • Ashlyn McKayla Ohm

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