[Bryn-gwlad] Tolkien

[Michele Bouchard]

I admit I have never read LOTR but I had the Hobbit read to me when I was a little girl for bedtime stories (my Mom is a mega-Tolkien fan!)  You can imagine my surprise as I was watching ROTK for the first time, and noticed that the oath Pippin gives to the Steward of Gondor is nearly and almost word for word the same as the oath of fealty that I gave to my Knight when I was taken as a squire!  When I asked about it later, my Knight told me that it was the oath he'd given to his knight, and so on.  Apparently, Tolkien was muchly used back in the early days of the SCA in northern Cali, and its residual effects can still be found to this day.  :)
   
  I dont know if its still being used now back home anymore (I got squired back in 94) as I recall Knights and squires writing their own oaths of fealty was starting to be in vogue.  However, I also recall that keeping 'tradition' alive, which back home was said to 'carry the weight of law,' was hugely important to many people, especially the Chivalry.
   
  Just a lil tale to tell,
  ~Sunayna

  

Tivar is right. Tolkien isn't off-topic for the SCA. While "Lord of the Rings" didn't immediately (first read the books in the mid-60's) get me into the SCA, it sure helped to get a grasp of what it was all about when I was introduced back in the early 80's. And now that the movies are out, the Rohrim are without a doubt northmen with horses in place of boats.

Ivarr

> Since when is *Tolkien* off-topic for the SCA?? I'd be willing to bet 
> that "Lord of the Rings" was a major influence on most of us getting 
> into the SCA.
> 
> -Tivar Moondragon



       
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