Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy

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Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy
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AuthorKaren Rockow
PublisherT-K Graphics
Released1973
FormatPaperback
Pages28

Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy is a booklet by Karen Rockow.

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This short booklet is 25 pages long and covers the death and funerary rites and their historic/mythological roots. It covers the deaths of Boromir, the Rohirrim, Gondorians, Dwarves and Hobbits, as well as the practices of the Dark Forces and the history of the barrow-wights.