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amethystmoonart · 2 years
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Tolkien South Asian Week - Day 3: Dwarves
This is just a simple portrait of a female dwarf queen, as I really wanted to draw a dwarf woman, but there weren’t many mentioned besides Thorin’s sister.
The jewelry was inspiration from Thror in the Hobbit movies, as it was so unique and distinctive I wanted to draw it.
Thank you to @arwenindomiel for creating this event!
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South Asian Tolkien Week - Day 1: Ainur
Ainulindalë - a dream to remember
Basically melkor revisits some memories of the Ainulindalë until he receives a letter
I do not own the song written below . Credit goes to swati Thirunal maharaja
Ps. And don’t ask me why I decided to include Swati Thirunal maharaja’s Dhanashree thillana in this . I decided to add it when I re listened to the one from Agam and the one by mahesh Raghavan which will be posted on my Tumblr after this chapter is posted
Pps. If Carnatic music and tolkien purists do not like the idea of melkor and thillanas pls skip it
Ppps. I thought since the music of the ainur was well music so I did it with Carnatic music , so I finally finished prompt for day one for tolkien saweek
Song is in double quotes
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
As melkor gazed at the starry skies at utumno’s highest tower , he then remembered a memory of old , Ainulindalë - the music which was a dream to remember .
He thought of the fateful day that he was to sing to bring forth his part of the new world of middle earth ,
He remembered all of it , the good , the bad , what was to happen, what happened , what was not supposed to happen and what did not even happen
most of the valar had already given their contribution to this new world and now it was his turn
He sung out loud and clear in the mellifluous raag of Dhanashree a beautiful melody “ Geeta dhwani ku takadhim Nadir kita thom Nach rahi gori tam dhittam tai tattai kita thaka Geeta dhwani ku takadhim........”
What seemed like a melody to him became overpoweringly loud for the other valar . But melkor never heard any of eru’s warnings or the valar pleas for him to stop for he had become immersed in the wonderful universe called music
“Baja payal kahu jhanana jhanana Baja payal kahu jhanana jhanana .”
“ Baja payal kahu jhanana jhanana Baja payal kahu jhanana jhanana .” He sang out , ecstasy brimming in his voice
“Jhanana janana Jhanana jhanana thom Jhanana janana Jhanana jhanana Thom
Jhanana janana Jhanana jhanana Jhanana janana Jhanana jhanana thom thom
Jhanana jhanana Jhanana jhanana thom thom
Jhanana jhanana jhanana jhanana jhanana
Geeta dhwani ku takadhim Nadirkrtatatom Geeta dhwani ku takadhim........” As he sang and sang and sang he forgot what was going around and had only focused on music , and not the creation of the world. “Tana gave tha dhana tai ta tai.” He sung with passion and a strange gentleness in his voice and then sung with a slightly stronger voice “tai taitta taitta tana tadham dhimna kita taka tum dhi dhimna kita taka dhim dhimna kita takadhim hata tom hata tom hata.”
Geeta dhwani ku takadhim Nadir kita thom Nach rahi gori tam dhittam tai tattai kita
Geeta dhwani ku takadhim........
His music rose new and greater heights as he kept pushing through but his music due to its high volume raised alarm in the rest of the ainur but melkor never knew that the volume was bothering them and never will.
He now heard a thundering voice telling him to stop . It was eru himself . instead eru began a new theme for which melkor continues the thillana in Dhanashree waiting to prove himself
“padumanabha tumhari lila-kya kahum mai savaro
tapa sankata caaranaya yayo soha maro tumaharo .” He sang with pure longing and as he sang he wished for eru to accept his concept of music.
“ tadhim dhirana udanita dAni dAni tari tadhim dhiranA nAdan tittOm tata kata nAri tadAra taradAnidhIm alari kalari taka tadha dhanita takanim udanita dikkatAm tatOm tari tAm tAm taka udanita ditaridhim dhIm taka tadani dani alari .” He sang without a pause louder but still melodious with a euphoric smile on his face and tears of joy spilling from his aquamarine eyes
He then sung “ Geeta dhwani ku takadhim Nadir kita thom Nach rahi gori tam dhittam tai tattai kita thaka Geeta dhwani ku takadhim........” unaware of the damage done to middle earth only to be stopped by eru once more
As melkor finished thinking about the music his mind now drifted elsewhere for a bird had entered his chambers bearing a note
Notes:
The thillana notations and lyrics
Raagam- Dhanashree
Thaala- aadi
Composer- shree swati Thirunal maharaja
Language- Hindi
The song talks about a woman performing dance recital. The words, “Naach Rahe Gori, Tha Dhi Thai, Thom Dhi Thai” in the Pallavi means that.
The Anu Pallavi has 2 verses.
Verse 1 – “Baaje Payal Kaho, Jhanan Jhanan” – giving you the feel of the sound of paayal (anklets/ghungroo/gejje) through words like “Jhanan Jhanan”. Simply beautiful.
Verse 2 – “Thaan Gaave Thaka Tha Thai Tha Thai” is full of rhythm.
The Charana - “Padmanaabha Tumhaari Leela, kya kahoon main, saawaro, thaap sankat haranayo, soha mhaaro tumaharo” – lovely flow of words by Sri Swati Tirunal. He is talking about the greatness of Lord Padmanabha, and requesting him to take away all the pains, and confessing that Padmanabha is the ultimate happiness. This is followed by the Jathi – Tha Dheem Tha Dheem Dhirana….
@arwenindomiel thank you for making this event
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silmaspens · 3 years
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Day Two of Tolkien South Asian Week- Gondolin & Balrogs
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ayaosguqin · 3 years
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Day Two of Tolkien South Asian Week- Numenorians :events of Akallabeth
Inspired by nemichand art , krishna playing flute
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catadromously · 3 years
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Tolkien South Asian Week day 4: palantir scrying! apparently Osgiliath used to have a really big one
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arofili · 3 years
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tolkien south asian week day three | durin’s folk | lady dís | @arwenindomiel
Dís was the daughter of Thráin II. She is the only dwarf-woman named in these histories.
harnaam kaur as lady dís
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tarninausta · 3 years
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@arwenindomiel Tolkien South Asian Week Day 6: Hobbits ➙ Rosie Cotton
‘It’s Rosie, Rose Cotton,’ said Sam. ‘It seems she didn’t like my going abroad at all, poor lass; but as I hadn’t spoken, she couldn’t say so. And I didn’t speak, because I had a job to do first. But now I have spoken, and she says: “Well, you’ve wasted a year, so why wait longer?”
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, “The Grey Havens”
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ithilienns · 3 years
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Idril Celebrindal | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 5 of 6
Idril was first named Itarillë when she was born in Valinor sometime before Y.T . 1500. Later, she would take the Sindarin version of her name and also be called Celebrindal, or Silver Foot, for her practice of walking unshod on the grass after the chill of the Helcaraxë and bathing her feet in the fountains of Gondolin. She was the only child of Turukáno, son of Ñolofinwë Arcáno, and Elenwë of the Vanyar. As her grandfather was the second son of King Finwë of the Noldor, she was counted amongst the many princesses of the House of Finwë. She was renowned for her wisdom and foresight.
Itarillë went with her parents into exile and travelled with her grandfather's host across the treacherous Helcaraxë. At one point, both she and her mother fell through the ice and into the water. Her father risked his life to save them, but only Itarillë was retrieved. Upon reaching Middle Earth, her family took Sindarin names, with her father becoming Turgon and she becoming Idril. She dwelt with her father in Vinyamar, while her grandfather - now Fingolfin - ruled as High King, before helping Turgon to establish the city of Gondolin sometime between F.A 64 and F.A 116. Sometime after that, the craftsman Enerdhil fashioned a famous gem known as the Elessar, which he gave to Idril to wear. In F.A 400, her aunt Aredhel, who had been lost for years, returned to the hidden kingdom with her son, Maeglin. Idril was the only one who could perceive her cousin’s mind and saw that he loved her despite their close kinship. She forever mistrusted him.
Following the deaths of her grandfather and uncle Fingon, the kingship passed to Idril’s father in F.A 472 . Turgon sent ships to the West, hoping to ask the Valar for aid against Morgoth, but the only elf to return was Voronwë. With him came a mortal, Tuor son of Huor, who bore arms Turgon had left in Vinyamar at the behest of the vala Ulmo. He delivered Ulmo’s warning to the king and was welcomed into his trust and counsel. During this time, Idril came to love Tuor and they married seven years later, marking the second union between the elves and the Edain. Idril and Tuor’s son, Eärendil, was born in F.A 503. In the custom of the Noldor in Valinor, Idril also gave her son the mother-name Ardamíre (Mír n’Ardhon in Sindarin), meaning “jewel of the world” which foretold his destiny.
Years later, when Morgoth became even more determined to uncover the location of Gondolin, Idril prepared a secret way as a means of escape in the even the city was attacked. She ensured that this work was not known to Maeglin, who eventually betrayed Gondolin to Morgoth. In F.A 510 the city was besieged and eventually fell, with Turgon perishing. Idril and Tuor led the survivors through the secret passage and out to the Havens of Sirion. At the Havens of Sirion the people of Gondolin met other refugees from Doriath, including the daughter of King Dior, Elwing. Idril’s son married Elwing in F.A 525 and was made lord of the havens. As Tuor grew older, he built the ship Eärrámë and together he and Idril sailed to the West. Before leaving, Idril entrusted the elf stone to Eärendil. When they arrived in Valinor, Tuor was accepted as one of the elves, and they lived there until the end of Arda.
Eärendil was one of the leaders of the War of Wrath and afterwards sailed across the heavens with the silmaril that Elwing gave him upon his brow. At night, he can be seen as the evenstar. His sons, Idril’s grandsons, were left in Middle Earth. The elessar Enderdhil made for Idril may be the elfstone given to Aragorn by Galadriel in the Third Age, but that is not know for certain. How Turgon’s sword, Glamdring, was eventually discovered in a troll hole is also unknown, nor whether it was used by the king in the fall of Gondolin. Some speculate that Idril carried it away from the siege before it was lost.
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nikosheba · 3 years
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For Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel! I’ve been meaning to make moodboards of these two as my Boromir & Faramir fancasts for like a month now, this was an excellent opportunity. 
Prabhas as Boromir, Son of Denethor II, Captain-General and Guardian of the White Tower.
Shahid Kapoor as Faramir, Son of Denethor II, Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien, later Prince of Ithilien, husband of Éowyn of Rohan.
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welcometolotr · 3 years
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Tolkien South Asian Week 2021 day 2: Elves! (technically also counts for day 1, Ainur.) Thank you to @arwenindomiel for hosting!
This is Enel (Erestor) & little Ilmarë from The First Oath, circa year 1123 of the First Age of Middle-Earth (which is about 10,000 years before LotR canon lol) ✨Gandalf is her big brother and they’re a happy little family for....a little while at least, oops. 😬 
This is based off of a mix of Mughal art and extant clothing, including this ridiculously gorgeous jama from the MMA (which I! have! seen! in! person! and it’s amazing, I cannot properly express how much i love this thing); this painting of a woman holding a flower at the SDMA which dates about a century later; and this painting from the Aga Khan Museum. I had trouble trying to find a small girl in paintings to reference clothing so this may be totally incorrect for her age, oops. #history
~ lineart here ~
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arda-tourism-board · 3 years
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Tolkien South Asian Week Day 2: Elves, Númenóreans, Gondolin, Silmarils, Balrogs, Loss.
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Artanis, veiled in gold
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amethystmoonart · 2 years
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Tolkien South Asian Week - Day 2: Elves
Thranduil, King of the Woodland realm, and his son, Legolas Greenleaf.
“I’ve only had [Legolas] for one day, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.” (Rosa Diaz, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
This is the exact vibe and vision I had. Originally, this was going to be a royal portrait of Thranduil, but I thought it would be cute to add in Legolas who just wants to play. This was my first time drawing a child and it was interesting!
Thank you to @arwenindomiel for creating this event!
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lesbiansandboromir · 3 years
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I CAN DRAW NOW, I finished this WITH a migraine because I was so desperate to draw a good line. And it is international women’s month so this project was to draw some of the very important and dangerous women in Boromir’s life. Tolkien South Asian Week is coming up too! Would be very interested in @arwenindomiel‘s thoughts on some of the designs I gave a try here.
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silmaspens · 3 years
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Day One of Tolkien South Asian Week - Vingilot & Ancalagon
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brighter-arda · 3 years
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South Asian Tolkien Week is finally here and I am very excited! To start the week I have gone back and found some of my favourite pieces of South Asian Tolkien fanart.
In art it can be hard to know if what am I seeing is what the artist intended, especially when thinking about the ethnicities and cultures represented. If anybody would like me to remove their artwork from this post then please let me know and I will take it out immediately.
Luthien leaning on her hands by @ehhhtelion
Luthien in a blue dress by @tar-miki
Luthien and Morgoth by ebe-kastein (via @tolkien-heroines)
Caranthir in indigo and Caranthir in green by @starwrought
Arwen by @m0ntygue
Haleth in a wedding dress by @schneegurochka
Galadriel, Luthien and Glorfindel by @tumblerislovetumblerislife
Varda by @art-calavera
Vaire by @scarletstatic
This Irmo and Vaire (the Irmo always reminds me of my friend's brother!) by @southaway
And of course as we all know @arwenindomiel's beautiful blog, which has many South Asian (and other poc) edits and has been such a wonderful influence on this fandom. It is amazing to have this event! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
If you have a piece that you would like me to add to this list then please do send to to me or submit it and it will make me very happy! I will most likely make a second post after this week is over, to show the new art that I know that amazing artists in this fandom will make over the week!
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magaramach · 3 years
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Just before tea-time there came a tremendous ring on the front-door bell, and then he remembered! Bilbo rushed and put on the kettle for chai, and set an extra laddoo or two on the table, and ran to the door.
"I am so sorry to keep you waiting!" he was going to say, when he saw that it was not Gandalf at all. It was a dwarf with a black beard tucked into a golden belt, and very bright eyes under his dark-green turban.
(A collection of scenes in which I take a Magic Marker to poor Tolkien's work and make everyone Desi.)
For Tolkien South Asian week, run by @arwenindomiel! Since I can’t draw or make edits, I wrote a fanfiction where I made the Dwarves Fantasy Sikh. 
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