Temku t1_jd4d1cz wrote on March 21, 2023 at 7:16 PM

So I’m very late to the party and this is my first time commenting here but I just finished the Rings of Power series and have been really really interested in getting into Tolkien lore lately (for shame, I know) but I’ve found it to be a bit intimidating.

I’ve only ever read The Hobbit, but have been going through and reading wikis, excerpts, watching lore videos and anything else I can find recently which has me interested to read more. The writing itself isn’t too difficult to follow but I find myself struggling with all the NAMES. Especially the fact that person place and thing has at least 3 different names for the exact same thing! This has been a bit daunting for me and kept me away from doing a full dive.

Any thoughts on this from some more experienced readers?

ItsBoughtnotBrought t1_jd57582 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Don't sweat it, if you get lost at who someone is or what/where you are you can check the family trees and maps at the back. So many F names, and I'm really bad with names. My favourite elf is from the Silmarillion and I can never remember if it's Fingolfin or Finrod.