0236 - The History of Middle-earth - Vol. 3: The Lays of Beleriand

On episode 236, we are continuing our tour of The History of Middle-earth series as we survey The Lays of Beleriand.

The Lays of Beleriand contains poetic versions of The Children of Húrin and Beren and Lúthien, as well as fragments from poetic versions of other Middle-earth tales.

Join us!

Links:

• Breton Lai ("Lay") (wikipedia) 
• Alliterative Verse (Wikipedia) 
• "Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years" (The Guardian)
• "Let It Be...Naked" (Wikipedia) 

Become a patron of The Tolkien Road.

Leave a tip.

For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via @TolkienRoad.

This episode is executive produced by Kaitlyn of Tea With Tolkien, Liis U, Andrew T, John R, and Ms. Anonymous.

Special thanks to the following patrons:

• Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
• Liis U
• Andrew T
• John R
• Ms. Anonymous
• Shannon S
• Brian O
• Emilio P
• Zeke F
• James A
• James L
• Chris L
• Chuck F
• Asya V
• Ish of the Hammer
• Teresa C
• David of Pints with Jack
• Jonathan D
• Eric S
• Joey S
• Eric B
• Matt L
• Johanna T
• Sam N
• Mike M
• Dyrenair
• Robert H
• Paul D
• Jacob S