User:Airyn

Hello everybody,

Here I list my contributions on J.R.R. Tolkien's works.

Maps and cartography

The Wanderings of Húrin, by Airyyn (sept. 2015).

Currently, I create maps with the pseudonym of Airyyn which I post on DeviantArt (see an example on the right).

With additional works :

• A map of Tarlang's Neck, published in Tolkiendil Calendar 2019.
• The journeys of Lady Haleth, a map published in magazine l'Arc et le Heaume n°7.

Articles and essays

I am a member of french association Tolkiendil, where I published some essays (in french) on line :

• The composition of The Silmarillion (2014).
• On the Tolkien's cartographic representation (2016).
• An overview of the Middle-earth cartographers (2018).
• About geographical coordinates in Middle-earth (2020).
• The Shire, size and borders (2022).
• On the ageing of the elves in Nature of Middle-Earth (2022).

I published some essays on the website JRRVF.com :

• A geopolitical atlas of Beleriand, the stories in Beleriand illustrated by 20 maps (2014).
• Tolkien and the ludic fantasy, the works of Tolkien seen in Dragon Magazine (2015).

I published also some essays in the Tolkiendil's journel entitled L'Arc et le Heaume (ISSN 2106-5551) :

• On the Tolkien's cartographic representation [La représentation cartographique chez J.R.R. Tolkien], in Fées, navigateurs & autres miscellanées en Terre du Milieu, Didier Willis, Romaine Casademont, Mahdî Brecq & Leo Carruthers (dir.), editeur Le Dragon de Brume, déc. 2017, p.51-64.
• Genesis and edition of the chapters 'Ainulindalë' and 'Valaquenta' in the published Silmarillion [Genèse et édition des chapitres « Ainulindalë » et « Valaquenta » du Silmarillion publié], L'Arc et le Heaume n°6 - Ainulindalë et Valaquenta, Audrey Morelle (dir.), Laura Martin-Gomez, p. 22-31, 174 pages, , août 2019.
• Galadriel in The Silmarillion [Galadriel dans le « Silmarillion »], in L'Arc et le Heaume n°7 - Tolkien au féminin, Laura Martin-Gomez (dir.), p. 66-79, juillet 2021.

On Tolkien Gateway

Concerning books on J.R.R. Tolkien, I possess in my bookcase :

• The volume IV of The Lord of the Rings (for real).
• The book of Lost Tales (in french), with the signature of Adam Tolkien.
• Signalling: Morse, Semaphore, Station Work, Capt. E. John Solano, 1915 : one copy of the book where Tolkien learned map reading.
• The first edition (1981) of K.W. Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-earth.

My contributions on Tolkien Gateway.

Shortcuts templates for references, including Nature of Middle-Earth.

My Userboxes :

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This user has an advanced understanding of J.R.R. Tolkien's works.

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