This week, we face the greatest danger in the Misty Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. What are the qualities of the border between the West and the Wild? Why do the goblins sing? Are the giants real, really real, or just metaphorically real?

Show Notes:

• The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
• The History of the Hobbit (John Ratliffe)
• The Road to Middle-earth (Tom Shippey)
• Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (Corey Olsen)
• Wagner And Tolkien: Mythmakers (Renée Vink)

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay.