407 – River of Dreams

About this episode

The episode concludes a six-part exploration of Galadriel and Celeborn, discussing various themes and characters from Tolkien's works.

Treebeard and the unnamed King of Lórien set bounds between them; Alan and James clearly know no bounds. Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as we conclude our six-episode look at The History of Galadriel and Celeborn in Unfinished Tales. Fangorn will walk where he wants to; of the Gwathló, we learn that the river is wide and it’s too hard to cross (especially in the middle of the night); Celeborn is (we guess) surprised to find the meaning of his name has been changed. We imagine Treebeard on the local HOA board, ask what Tolkien meant by Númenórean power arriving “in time”, and observe a real missed opportunity by Amazon for product placement. Also: the given names of Elves, and… George Foreman? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Alan, James

Topics covered

• Tolkien analysis
• Galadriel and Celeborn
• Treebeard
• Númenórean power
• Amazon product placement
• Elvish names

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Treebeard
• Celeborn
• Galadriel
• Unfinished Tales
• Númenórean
• Amazon
• Elves

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Unfinished Tales

Places: Lórien, Fangorn, Gwathló

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