0233: The Book of Lost Tales I » The Early Forms of Middle-earth

What was Tolkien’s mythology actually like when he first began writing it?

In Episode 233 of The Tolkien Road, John and Greta continue through The History of Middle-earth with the first four chapters of The Book of Lost Tales 1. They encounter Tolkien’s original frame narrative, early versions of the Music of the Ainur and Valinor, Tinfang Warble, and a Middle-earth that is familiar—but also wonderfully strange.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 — Introduction

01:51 — The Book of Lost Tales, Part 2

04:15 — Tolkien Quote of the Week

07:00 — How The Book of Lost Tales Is Organized

09:21 — The Ten Chapters of Volume 1

10:08 — Melko, the Noldoli, and Early Names

12:44 — Our Approach to The History of Middle-earth

14:33 — The Cottage of Lost Play