Oaths, Dooms, and Curses in Tolkien's Works - Building a World

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Oaths, dooms, and curses were very important archetypes in Tolkien’s works, for they set many fates into motion in Middle-earth. What are their powers, and what are the philosophical implications of these things in the legendarium? We discuss all of these points and more in this video. Thank you all for watching, let me know your thoughts about the oaths, dooms, and curses of Tolkien’s works in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description! #Silmarillion #LordoftheRings #Lore Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server: https://www.patreon.com/menofthewest Check out our Merch: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/Yoystan/men+t-shirts?q=U303298525D1K118614C4 Check out our music channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC10aDUEJlPrbIX0Wu4pnwmw Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Yoystan/ Join us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Yoystan Oaths and curses articles: https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Oath_(disambiguation) Steele, Andrew. Contractarianism.: https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/3y700p/the_power_of_oaths/ http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oath_of_F%C3%ABanor http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oathbreakers https://askmiddlearth.tumblr.com/post/79455129108/the-great-oaths-of-the-dunedain http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?t=80358 http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oath_of_Eorl http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doom_of_Mandos http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gift_of_Men http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?t=76832 https://observationdeck.kinja.com/what-does-tolkien-mean-by-the-word-doom-1166561920 The Exile of the Noldor - Timeline of Arda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avamf5wX8JA The Oathbreakers of Middle-earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjn-u8ljOgw The Ruin of Doriath - Timeline of Arda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdGsTYuSzrg The Destruction of the One Ring - Brought to Life (Tolkien Reading Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6gBmk6Prk The Use of Magic in Tolkien’s Works - Building a World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG3xX6QTwGE Thank you for your patronage! Adrian De la Torre Peter Sheppard Chris Ortner Kyle Wetzel Lane Grimes Mr. Vatnedal Samuel McBee Jonathan Putnam Kairi Kawaii Diego Perez Berni McCoy Daniel Orlandi John Crowley Rasmus Hansen Susan Henry Atlas Jennifer Wood Maz Gibs Ryan Warren Renato Filipe Imiel Elenen The new Men of the West logo was created by Raffe - Twitter: RaffetheRandom The final image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net The first and second songs were developed and produced by my associate Galafee. The last song used in this video is from: https://library.techsmith.com/ Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: Ted Nasmith: https://www.tednasmith.com/ Jenny Dolfen: https://goldseven.wordpress.com/ Alan Lee: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-lee/ John Howe: https://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/ DonatoArts: https://www.deviantart.com/donatoarts Magali Villeneuve http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ Wolfanita: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfanita Gerwell: https://gerwell.tumblr.com/ Mirach Ravaia: https://www.deviantart.com/mirachravaia/gallery Kaprriss: https://www.deviantart.com/kaprriss/gallery EKukanova: https://www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery steamy: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey Laurelinartistry: https://www.instagram.com/laurelinartistry/ SaMo-art: https://www.deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery kimberly80: https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80/gallery Hildebrant brothers: http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Brothers.htm Anke Eissmann: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html