One Grave To Rule Them All
Accessibility: A large granite marker, speckled, rounded at the top, reads: Edith Mary Tolkien | Luthien | 1889-1971 | John Ronald | Reuel Tolkien | Beren | 1892-1973. Up the left side of the stone is a climbing plant, at the bottom of which sits a tiny stuffed lamb. On the right is a red flower.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkein:
Sterling, Grant. “The Gift of Death: Tolkien's Philosophy of Mortality”Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 21 : No. 4 , Article 3 (1997).
Tolkien, JRR. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. eds. Carpenter, Humphrey; Tolkien, Christopher. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.
Tolkien, JRR. JRR Tolkien: A Biography. eds. Carpenter, Humphrey; Tolkien, Christopher. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. HarperCollins, 1991.
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Accessibility Description: Jesse kneels to the side of the above described grave. This picture makes it clear that the grave is a cradle grave. There are several shrubs and a small tree planted in the stone cradles that covers where the coffin is buried. In the background you can see other headstones and several more cradle graves.
Land Acknowledgment:
We’d like to acknowledge that we recorded this podcast on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag, Pokanoket, and Narragansett peoples. Here in the Northeast and all across the country, native peoples are still here and thriving. For more information, please see the links below.
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