Mythgard Academy

Tonight we watch as Tolkien plays the retcon game in which he so delights with his favorite subject: language change!

Tonight we continue following the delightful, rambling unhurried ramblings of the aged Tolkien as he connects the First, Second, and Third Ages and its peoples. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Join us tonight as we discuss the one simple trick for making Feanor your deadly enemy. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Join Corey as he moves from Tolkien's tense and conflicted relationship with the Appendices to the spacious and relaxing world of the Late Writings. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we continue our delightful ramble through Tolkien's delighted ramble about the dwarves. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

This evening we come to the end of the account of the emergence of the Appendices, with a discussion of Rohan and the Dwarves. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we come to the story of the development of the last of the Appendices, also known as the first of the Appendices. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we will indulge ourselves by reveling in the Authorized Version of Appendix B! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we look at the amazing Tale of Years for the 3rd Age. Appendix B as it should have been... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we will see Tolkien's story forcibly shrinking and growing again as he connects Numenor to the Lord of the Rings. https://signumuniversity.org/news/annual-fundraising-campaign-2025/ Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we continue to look at the story of Numenor, which is trying to grow in uncongenial soil. https://signumuniversity.org/news/annual-fundraising-campaign-2025/ Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Join Corey tonight in posthumously assuring Christopher Tolkien that everything is okay, and we understand the difficulties he was operating under. https://signumuniversity.org/news/annual-fundraising-campaign-2025/ Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we share in Tolkien's delight in names by studying the growth of the hobbit family trees. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we turn to the formation of perhaps the most puzzling of the Appendices: Appendix D, on the Shire Calendar Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we will see Tolkien most purely in his element, delighting in linguistic worldbuilding and applied philology. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Word-count decreases while stress mounts in the continued revisions of what will be Appendix F. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Continuing our discussion of Tolkien's original Appendix draft, we will watch Tolkien's linguistic imagination operating on several levels at once.

In which we consider the directions in which the Appendix is developing as Tolkien discusses the Common Speech. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we watch the Appendices of the Lord of the Rings begin to unfold, and consider the relationship between language and history in Tolkien's creative process. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight we discuss the development and nature of the Prologue to the LOTR. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv