Mythgard Academy

Session 1: An Origin Poem and Foreshadowing. In a lilting and bouncy Introductory Poem, Lewis Carrol gives an origin story for the first book. Is it iambic heptameter or double quatrains of ballad stanza with which Carroll turns a pastoral poem into a demand by the Fates 3? He doesn't miss a trick, a twist, or a comical turn of poetic imagery, and in the end, he leaves an offering that should be t...

Of Silvan speech, Sauron's armies and dwarf voices.

Concerning Valinor, Galadriel and Mushrooms.

You do the Ruxoale and you turn yourself around...

Of various bans.

This evening we contemplate both the mytho-astronomical view of the cosmos and also badgers.

Tonight we finish Part II of the book, with some final thoughts about death, and begin Part III!

Tonight we finish Part 2!

What about elvish rebirth? Settle in, folks...

It's time to dig deep into elvish philosophy.

It's time to resolve the "Do Elves have free will?" question once and for all!

More Osanwe-kenta. Please.

Tonight, I will try to communicate more perfectly without language. If that doesn't work, I'll talk.

Does Prince Imrahil have a beard? What color is Gollum's skin, anyway? How tall was Boromir? We need to know!

It's time for Part 2 of the Nature of Middle-earth, wherein we get to learn some fascinating lore!

Tonight we look at the final version of Tolkien's thought on Elvish life spans, along with some other miscellaneous items.

Tonight we move towards the end of Tolkien's thoughts on aging, as we see his conception of Elves and their immortality continue to develop.

A discussion full of niggling, amazing cameos, and lots of recreational math.

Tonight we continue to proceed with Tolkien as he brings myth, math, and worldbuilding together -- including some wild new early cameos!

It will turn out that it is hard to please both Maeglin and Arwen.

It's time to playtest some of these worldbuilding ideas some more, in myth and story.

Note: Stream ends abruptly at 1:55:08 Title: The Awakening: The Whole Story Week 5: Fixing the chronology of the Tale of Years leads to just enough room to fit in all the worldbuilding necessary for the Children to arrive, be discovered, and start the Great Migration. Note that Melkor was great at planning ahead, while the rest of the Valar were clueless about the Children and their place in the w...

The Beginnings, For Real Week 4: Good news, upcoming events, and a winner! Then we check The Professor's math and redefine an elven year. The march of time catches the Valar looking in the wrong direction. Melkor finds the Children first. Sauron becomes the Serpent of lore.

Growth and Change Week 3: We start with a dice roll for the fundraiser appreciation drawing, and then jump right in to the math. How long was elven gestation? And how long did it take for an elven family to recover and want a second child? Or a third? The math for this is meaningful. It sets the foundation for all that will come after. Like how elves experience time, why only male elves made it in...

Love and Time among the Eldar Week 2: Fall Fundraising update: weekly appreciation drawings at every class until the webinar! Tonight we wonder if invisible elves are still out there. And how old is Cirdan? And has Galadriel gone through Elfopause yet? And what does Glorfindel remember of his first time around? And we find that Elves are burdened with memory but completely in control of their will...