Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoMaybe he gave her a copy of the booklemmy.worldimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
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minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·26 days agoWhat did Tolkien give his wife? He wrote her into the story as Lúthien, focus of the most famous romantic legend in the setting.
minus-squareGabe Bell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·26 days agoIt was more of a “what did he give her at their wedding” type of question, because I understand the symbolism of being Luthien, which is awesome, but hard to put on your wife’s finger during a religious ceremony :) Which, I guess, could be said of a book as well…
What did Tolkien give his wife?
He wrote her into the story as Lúthien, focus of the most famous romantic legend in the setting.
It was more of a “what did he give her at their wedding” type of question, because I understand the symbolism of being Luthien, which is awesome, but hard to put on your wife’s finger during a religious ceremony :)
Which, I guess, could be said of a book as well…