"Sigelwara Land" is an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien that appeared in two parts, in 1932 and 1934. It explores the etymology of the Old English word for the...
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Harad (section "Sigelwara Land")
Sub-Saharan Africa, following his philological research on the Old English word Sigelwara. He deduced that this word referred to some kind of soot-black fire demon...
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Philology and Middle-earth (section Sigelwara)
he used in many places; his philological study of the Old English word Sigelwara, which may have inspired the Silmarils, Balrogs, and the Haradrim; and...
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Influences on Tolkien (section Sigelwara)
had a different meaning, which he explored in detail in his essay "Sigelwara Land", published in two parts in 1932 and 1934. He stated that Sigel meant...
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word Sawilagaz which is interpreted as "the one of the Sun" Rune poem Sigelwara Land Sól (Germanic mythology) Opel, the logo for which resembles the Sowilō...
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Oxford, University Press for The Society of Antiquaries. 1932–1934 Sigelwara Land parts I and II, in Medium Aevum, Oxford, volume 1, no, 3 (December 1932)...
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historiography History of Ethiopia Sigelwara Land White Aethiopians Black people in ancient Roman history Nubia Land of Punt “Αἰθιοπῆες” Homer, Iliad,...
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Somaliland Proto-Somalis Somalis Aithiopia Ancient Libya Sigelwara Land Fountain of Youth Land of Punt Kingdom of Kush The Geography of Herodotus: Illustrated...
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of a discourse." Aethiopian Sea Andromeda (mythology) Curse of Ham Sigelwara Land Skin whitening Washing the Ethiopian White Morel (1968), p. 141–142...
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and Lúthien J. R. R. Tolkien's influences Nodens Ring of Silvianus Sigelwara Land Tolkien's impact on fantasy Artwork Family trees Heraldry for Tolkien's...
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Devil's Coach Horses" (1925) "Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad" (1929) "Sigelwara Land" (1932–34) "Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale" (1934) "Beowulf:...
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Exodus". English Studies. 51: 297–311. doi:10.1080/00138387008597382. Sigelwara Land is an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien that appeared in two parts, in 1932...
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Devil's Coach Horses" (1925) "Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad" (1929) "Sigelwara Land" (1932–34) "Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale" (1934) "Beowulf:...
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suggests may have been crucial in his creation is the Old English word Sigelwara, found in the Codex Junius to mean "Aethiopian". Tolkien wondered why...
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