Episode 49: Oath No You Didn't!

Written By James Pierson

Episode Summary

This month, Jude and Stef outline the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to oath-taking in Tolkien’s Legendarium. Join us in Athrabeth episode 49 for a discussion of these “provisional self-curses”.

Citations

  • Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017.

    URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 11 (2001): 37–63. Published online by Cambridge University Press.

    URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440101000032 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

  • Athrabeth is produced by James Kaku Pierson

Episode URL

https://athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-49-oath-no-you-didnt

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