Athrabeth

Episode 44: Cuiviénen

Episode Summary

What does counting, watersports, and elf sex have in common? The birthplace of the elves of course! This month we're talking about the mythical mare of Cuiviénen, the Waters of Awakening whence all elf kind began, and the little but frankly buck wild things we know about it!

Episode Notes

Citations

• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Aman”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Aman, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Changing the World”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Changing_of_the_World, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Cuiviénen”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cuivi%C3%A9nen, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “Straight Road”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Straight_Road, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of Wrath”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/War_of_Wrath, Accessed Feb 9, 2022
• CUIVIENEN By Carol Brownlow. Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society, No. 48 (Autumn 2009), pp. 38, poetry section
• Gilson, Christopher, and Patrick Wynne. “The Elves at Koivienéni: A New Quenya Sentence”. Mythlore Issue 65, Spring 1991, Page 23-30, [https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2239&context=mythlore) (Accessed Feb 13, 2022)
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
• Tolkien, J. R. R., Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)", pp. 422-3
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