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innumerable-stars · 8 months

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Roverandom Promo Post

(Written by @independence1776)

Summary: Rover is a small dog who is a bit inquisitive and a bit rude, who gets turned into a toy dog by an annoyed wizard. He's turned back into a real but tiny dog by another wizard and then gets to visit the Moon (flying on the back of a seagull named Mew), where he meets the moon-Rover, receives the name Roverandom, and goes on adventures on the Moon. He ends up in the Sea after that, where he meets the sea-Rover and goes on further adventures. It all ends happily and a full-sized Roverandom reunites with the Tolkien family.

Why should I check out this canon? If you like dogs, cranky wizards, whimsical adventures, and happy endings, this is the book for you. If you want a story unconnected with Middle-earth but with a nod or two to the Legendarium as it stood in the mid 1920s, this book is for you. If you like wordplay, this is definitely a story for you. There are also a handful of Tolkien's illustrations included with the book. It was written as a tale to comfort a young Michael Tolkien after he lost a toy dog on the beach and is about 90 pages or about 25,000 words long.

Where can I get this? Anywhere books are sold, plus your library may have a copy. It's included in the Internet Archive's copy of the "Tales from the Perilous Realm" collection.

What fanworks already exist? There are 12 fanworks on AO3, many (but not all) of which are crossovers with Tolkien's other books. There are also some artworks in the Tumblr tag, though they're mixed in with pictures of the book, quotes, and occasional random material.

#roverandom #tolkien #small fandoms promo

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fjorrd · 2 years

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A while ago I very briefly translated U1125/the Krogsta stone. But I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Perhaps there's more to it?

https://coastgods.tumblr.com/post/648564473233293312/my-favorite-stone-is-u1125-krogstastenen-dated-to

first of all, i've never seen that particular runestone omg! i love that one so much, the jazz-hands person is perfect and imo just goes to show the universal humor of people throughout time!

as for "mwsïeij", i think it's my inclination along with a lot of other people that it might be a magic word, but i think it has the possibility to be a name. now, it would be... a pretty stretch seeing normal naming conventions for that time despite it being next to a little guy who’s name it might be.

sïeij could be a corrupted/interpreted spelling of 'sjá' meaning to be, tacked onto. however, there is maiwis and *maiwijaną, plural of seagull and to shout or mew, respectively. perhaps of ease, or spelling errors, maiwis with all of the vowels removed would be mws. but the figure's mouth isn't open so you can't really say he's shouting. maybe, like you said, it's an inside joke, maybe calling the person who it's depicting some type of seagull. who knows! it's a far-fetched idea but, there's very little to go on!

i also think it has the potential to be a corrupted foreign word or remnant from proto-norse or proto-germanic as well as being maybe someone interpretation of an proto-finnic/finnish or arabic or persian word that then got mashed up. i don’t know much about any of those three languages, however, to make a supported educated guess

that IS one pickle of a stone, though. i'm not sure what to think about it but i think it might actually have some meaning to it esp since it has such a lovely picture draw with it! but, humour is always a big factor when looking at runestones because i, too, would carve a rock just to commemorate an inside joke with my friends

#inbox #runestones #thank you!!!<33

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