Everything Tolkien Loved

In this video we explore (almost) everything that J. R. R. Tolkien loved, liked or enjoyed, ranging from books, food and music, to pranks and the countryside. Moreover, we examine how these things would go on to influence the Lord of the Rings and other writings, as well as his overall beliefs!

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Below are the songs used in the order they are played:

No.4 Piano Journey by Esther Abrami

Ischia by The Mini Vandals

No.10 A New Beginning by Esther Abrami

Nocturne by Asher Fulero

No.6 In My Dreams by Esther Abrami

No.9 Esther's Waltz by Esther Abrami

Lord of the Dawn by Jesse Gallagher

Impertinence by Joel Cummins

Til Death Parts Us by Aakash Gandhi

[MaverickCulp]

I don’t know if it was coincidence or planned, but Ian McKlellen sure seemed to channel a lot of Tolkien mannerisms in his performance.

[current]

Tolkien got into Finnish while he was studying European folklore, and literally going "what the fuck?" when discovering Finnish. It is not an Indo-European language so it was WEIRD for language scholar like Tolkien, and he loved it. He himself described learning Finnish as tasting "bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before".
The story of Turin Turambar is inspired by a Fenno-Karelian myth of Kullervo, who - like Turin - marries his sister without knowing it, causes and experiences great tragedies due to his nature and temperament, and in the end commits suicide after talking to his sword.

[Elven.]

I'm less than half way through the video and can't take it anymore!! 😭😭😭 We need more people like him everywhere!

[AmericanImperium]

Tolkien is quite frankly one of England’s finest and one of the greatest men/human beings to ever walk the earth. I sincerely hope and pray he can be made a saint.

“The Patron Saint of Storytellers, Writers, and Parents”

Anglo-Saxon Axe wielding Tolkien, holy based Batman. Also, Pulling pranks. Yup he’s a Hobbit. 😎👍

[ZephyrOptional]

Tolkien “hated” Dune, allegory, Disney, King Arthur, Shakespeare, and the supposed list goes on… thank you so much for focusing on what Tolkien Loved, which is much more important than what he hated. Good beer and a pipe, friends, Family, justice, nature, God and most especially Edith! He’s a true inspiration for modern man.

[Nick-zpub]

Trees, rivers, mountains, the countryside, waistcoats, bears, Anglo-Saxon mythology, Catholicism, Welsh, beer, and tobacco

[Vennaar]

I just found your channel
I watch a lot of videos like this (in fact, most of my feed is content like this nowadays), and the one problem I have with them is that almost all of them don't have subtitles. I absolutely salute you for making that detail. Subbed.

[MarkWatneyWasHere]

Your videos are of the utmost quality and very informative, and I think this video in particular is your most wonderful of all. It might seem strange, but hearing about all the things Tolkien loved, and the kind of man he was, is a breath of fresh air from all the various "Tolkien hated" topics

Well done and thank you for sharing! I've been a fan of Tolkien since my teens. It was refreshing to watch this take on Tolkien and what he loved.

[jayclarke]

Brilliant writer and storyteller. One thing about his approach to writing is that he stated in an interview once that he didn't like the method of drawing from real present events like the looming war when he was writing The Hobbit during the 30s for example He said that he views the imaginary world of Middle Earth as being completely independent of events in our world like the battle between good and evil i.e. the rise of Hitler etc.

[FretMan]

Man oh man, I would've loved to learn from this man!

[SkywalkerSamadhi]

I don’t think I have ever seen a single photo of the Professor where he was not dressed in a full suit and tie. Even in his childhood pictures he is dressed up.

[jacykeenan]

Excellent video! Very well done again. I hope you keep this channel going. I just hope it has enough nuance for some critics out there.

[whovianime]

Thank you for using subtitles! Also, I wish I existed when Tolkien did, because I´d love to share tea time and talk about languages and trees.

[jamesdavey]

I find it interesting that Tolkien considered Gaelic to be unattractive. I always found Welsh and Gaelic to be quite similar, and equally pleasing to the ear.

[chrisiswright]

He also correctly believed that Till We Have Faces was the best work of CS Lewis

[cfhostetter]

There is one very glaring omission here: the Catholic faith, and most especially the Eucharist.

[valmid]

Cant wait for more as a fellow Tolkien enthusiast!

[antonyreyn]

FF the name Tolkien is contained within the name Thorkelin who was the first translator of Beowulf.
Cheers from Mercia

[karlamedakov]

He was a man of pure love, absolutely present in that reality of divine love in which God Himself is present. Just love, love for everything good, true, and beautiful.