andie, she/her, 26, united states. this blog is full of Tolkien. also other art, photos, fandoms, and big-eyes-emoji stuff, but mostly Tolkien. i tag! my girlfriend is bright ivanaskye, who is a lot, but not too much
It is the Caucasian Shepherd Dog aka Russian Bear Dog. This picture below is just a PUPPY.
Holy shit.
I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE NOW
MOUSE
THE REAL LIFE CLIFFORD!
Level 1
Level 17
Level 35
I could literally ride this dog into battle.
and I would.
For anyone wondering, that last pic is another awesome breed called the Tibetan Mastiff 🙂
Fun fact: Tibetan Mastiffs were often “paired” with Tibetan Spaniels. The Tibetan Spaniel is a natural-born tattle tale and would run along monastery walls to keep an eye out for intruders. Upon spotting someone suspicious they would go get the big dog.
Shirakawa, best known for being the site of Shirakawa-go, a small traditional village showcasing a building style known as gassho-zukuri. It is listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage site (x).
Archaeologists have found a fascinating puzzle in the shape of a man’s remains dating back to medieval Italy. It looks like this guy went through life with a knife attached to his arm, in place of his amputated hand.
The skeleton in question was found in a Longobard necropolis in the north of Italy, dating back to around the 6th to 8th centuries CE. Hundreds of skeletons were buried there, as well as a headless horse and several greyhounds, but this particular skeleton stood out.
He was an older male, aged between 40 and 50, and his right arm had been amputated around the mid-forearm.
The researchers, led by archaeologist Ileana Micarelli of Sapienza University in Rome, determined that the hand had been removed by blunt force trauma, but exactly how or why is impossible to tell. Read more.
(reread of the last two chapters of the silm proper, a lot of aimless screaming to @vardasvapors on discord. she said I should really post it publicly, so here we are…)
so anyway this chapter… EXEMPLIFIES  the “wow a lot sure happens on this single page” Silm thing
like. GOSH
THERES ECTHELION…! I remember nothing about him but that he is shipped with glorfindel
Gods rereading silm stuff AFTER elves have taken over my life rather than DURING THE PROCESS OF THAT TAKEOVER is wild
“Maedhros wasn’t consumed by the burning of the silmaril itself he just.
Was burned a little and then decided, hey, guess what would be better,
TO BE BURNED MORE”
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