"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...

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...

Silmarils, jewels that actually contained light, from the Old English word Siġelwara; he concluded that Siġel meant both sun and jewel. Scholars have remarked...

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...

idea of a fire demon from his philological study of the Old English word Sigelwara, which he studied in detail in the 1930s. Balrogs appear in the film adaptations...

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...

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...

historiography History of Ethiopia Sigelwara Land White Aethiopians Black people in ancient Roman history Nubia Land of Punt “Αἰθιοπῆες” Homer, Iliad,...

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)...

Somaliland Proto-Somalis Somalis Aithiopia Ancient Libya Sigelwara Land Fountain of Youth Land of Punt Kingdom of Kush The Geography of Herodotus: Illustrated...

of a discourse." Aethiopian Sea Andromeda (mythology) Curse of Ham Sigelwara Land Skin whitening Washing the Ethiopian White Morel (1968), p. 141–142...

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...

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:...

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...

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:...

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...