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Hi! You said adaptations are welcome. Does this include Rings of Power or is this limited to Peter Jackson movies, the video games, etc.?

Hi! While I personally have some strong feelings about Rings of Power (to put it mildly lol), I'm not against including RoP content in this event. You do what makes you happy. All fans are welcome here :)

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🌙✨ Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025 ✨🌙

🧚 A weeklong celebration of legends, lore, and faërie in Middle-earth

Tag: #TolkienFolkloreWeek2025

Date: December 1st – 7th (for when best to tell old tales than in winter?)

Have you ever imagined Lúthien as the fairest of them all — a hunted daughter with raven hair, echoing Snow White of the Brothers Grimm?

Or seen Yavanna, born of blossoms and divine power, in the image of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion?

Have you thought of Gandalf as Odin wandering in disguise? Or Fëanor as a fallen craftsman god, not unlike Prometheus?

If you’ve ever been drawn to the myths behind Middle-earth — the fairytales, epics, legends, and old gods that shaped Tolkien’s world — this is your invitation.

This is Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025 — where we return to the stories beneath the stories. Where Middle-earth meets myths, epics, hearth-tales, and the whispering woods of old.

🌿 What is this?

A creative fandom event celebrating Tolkien’s legendarium through the lens of:

🏰 Fairytales (classic, dark, and global)

🐉 Folklore (rural myths, local legends, old wives’ tales)

📜 Mythology (Norse, Arthurian, Greek, Celtic, Hindu, African, and more)

⚔️ Ancient epics (Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, etc.)

Middle-earth was a mythology, after all — and Tolkien loved the tales that came before it. This week is about reimagining and rediscovering those mythic roots, through fanworks of all kinds.

✨ What can I create?

Fanfiction

Fanart

Edits / moodboards / aesthetics

Meta / headcanons

Original poetry / songs

Playlists

Worldbuilding

Cosplay / crafts / anything that tells a story!

No need to follow a daily prompt schedule — use as many or as few as you like!

📌 Follow this blog for reblogs, prompts, and updates!

📖 Check out the FAQ and Rules, this year's prompts and our AO3 Collection [will follow].

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A Tolkien event week for the Sindar, the Grey-Elves, from the Years of the Trees to the Third Age!

@sindarweek is a fandom event week celebrating the Sindar! It will be running from Monday September 8th 2025 to Sunday September 14th 2025.

Prompts (not mandatory, just inspirational):

Day 1: Early Days

Day 2: Ritual & Religion

Day 3: Women

Day 4: Rivers & Mountains

Day 5: Alternate Universes

Day 6: Magic & Craft

Day 7: Remembrance

Photo by Sergey Chuprin on Unsplash

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Tolkien Horror Week is back for another year of celebrating all the terrifying and unsettling bits of Tolkien's work! The event will run from October 26th to November 1st and accepts all types of fanworks. There is an AO3 collection for the event here.

Below are some suggested prompts for each day of the week. They are not mandatory; feel free to combine them or disregard them entirely.

Day 1: Angband, Utumno, & Tol-in-Gaurhoth | beautiful and yet horrible of shape | captives and thralls Day 2: Angmar & Minas Morgul | lit with a fell light | specters and wraiths Day 3: Mordor & the Dead Marshes | enmeshed in shadows | spells and enchantments Day 4: The Barrow-downs & the Old Forest | cold be hand and heart and bone | mists and mires Day 5: Mirkwood, Nan Elmoth, & Taur-nu-Fuin | hunted like wild beasts | beasts and monsters Day 6: Nan Dungortheb & the Paths of the Dead | phantoms of terror | webs and snares Day 7: Isengard, Moria, & Númenor | old and forgotten | rituals and sacrifices

Please mention @tolkienhorrorweek in the body of your post and tag #tolkienhorrorweek and #tolkienhorrorweek2025 in the first 10 tags. You may also submit a post. Please tag any content warnings/gore and place any NSFW content beneath a read more/link to AO3.

For more information, see the FAQ. If you have any questions, drop them in the ask box.

Art is by John Howe.

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🌙✨ Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025 ✨🌙

🧚 A weeklong celebration of legends, lore, and faërie in Middle-earth

Tag: #TolkienFolkloreWeek2025

Date: December 1st – 7th (for when best to tell old tales than in winter?)

Have you ever imagined Lúthien as the fairest of them all — a hunted daughter with raven hair, echoing Snow White of the Brothers Grimm?

Or seen Yavanna, born of blossoms and divine power, in the image of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion?

Have you thought of Gandalf as Odin wandering in disguise? Or Fëanor as a fallen craftsman god, not unlike Prometheus?

If you’ve ever been drawn to the myths behind Middle-earth — the fairytales, epics, legends, and old gods that shaped Tolkien’s world — this is your invitation.

This is Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025 — where we return to the stories beneath the stories. Where Middle-earth meets myths, epics, hearth-tales, and the whispering woods of old.

🌿 What is this?

A creative fandom event celebrating Tolkien’s legendarium through the lens of:

🏰 Fairytales (classic, dark, and global)

🐉 Folklore (rural myths, local legends, old wives’ tales)

📜 Mythology (Norse, Arthurian, Greek, Celtic, Hindu, African, and more)

⚔️ Ancient epics (Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, etc.)

Middle-earth was a mythology, after all — and Tolkien loved the tales that came before it. This week is about reimagining and rediscovering those mythic roots, through fanworks of all kinds.

✨ What can I create?

Fanfiction

Fanart

Edits / moodboards / aesthetics

Meta / headcanons

Original poetry / songs

Playlists

Worldbuilding

Cosplay / crafts / anything that tells a story!

No need to follow a daily prompt schedule — use as many or as few as you like!

📌 Follow this blog for reblogs, prompts, and updates!

📖 Check out the FAQ and Rules, this year's prompts and our AO3 Collection [will follow].

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✨Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week | Prompts 2025✨

Day 1 | December 1st | Magical Creatures

From dragons and werewolves to ents, eagles, and wargs — Middle-earth is filled with creatures drawn from deep myth. You can explore the beasts of Tolkien's world or borrow from outside lore: unicorns, selkies, kelpies, or kitsune. Are they protectors or predators, cursed or divine?

Day 2 | December 2nd | Gods and Mythologies

Tolkien’s Valar echo ancient pantheons. This is your day for gods, creators, prophets, angels, and archetypes — inspired by Norse, Greek, Hindu, Abrahamic, or other mythologies. Explore the Ainur, the Music of the Spheres, the afterlife, fate, and the mythic grandeur of Aman.

Day 3 | December 3rd | Fairytales

Tolkien called The Hobbit “a fairy story.” Retell classic fairytales in Middle-earth, or create your own: riddles in the dark, changelings, talking animals, curses, and transformations. Incorporate tales from around the world and reflect the many cultures of Arda.

Day 4 | December 4th | Arthuriana

Knights, castles, noble quests, betrayal, fate. Think of Aragorn’s return as king, the fall of Númenor as Camelot undone, or Galadriel as the Lady of the Lake. Explore themes of loyalty, exile, prophecy, and the weight of lineage. Wizards, swords, and star-crossed lovers welcome.

Day 5 | December 5th | Local Legends

From the Shire to Harad, every land in Arda has stories passed down in shadows. Write ghost tales told in Bree, riddles of the Rohirrim, or urban legends of Gondor. You can also bring in folklore from your own culture, region, or family — the tales your grandmother told, reimagined in Tolkien’s world.

Day 6 | December 6th | Epic Quests and Ancient Sagas

Inspired by Beowulf, the Odyssey, Mahabharata, and other foundational epics. Tell of great journeys, slaying of monsters, trials of strength and mind, exile, homecoming, or the cost of glory. How does the tale change depending on who tells it? What is forgotten, and what becomes legend?

Day 7 | December 7th | Objects and Relics

Heirlooms, magical tools, cursed treasures — Tolkien loved objects that carried meaning across generations. Explore named swords, Silmarils, palantíri, or lost rings. Or invent your own: charms, talismans, relics, and ancestral artifacts that tie memory and myth together.

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📜 ✨FAQ for Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025✨

🗓️ When is the event?

December 1st – 7th. It's a weeklong celebration of Tolkien-inspired stories through the lens of fairytales, mythology, folklore, and epics.

💡 What kind of content is welcome?

Fic, art, edits, moodboards, playlists, meta, poetry, cosplay, crafts, worldbuilding headcanons — anything inspired by Tolkien’s works and the theme of fairytales and folklore!

🌍 Do I have to stick to European mythology?

Not at all. This event welcomes inspiration from global folklore, mythology, and oral traditions — from Irish and Norse tales to West African legends, Middle Eastern epics, Indigenous stories, and beyond. Middle-earth is vast — so reflect that richness!

📚 Which Tolkien works are allowed?

All of them — The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Letters, and any part of the legendarium. Adaptations are welcome too.

📅 Do I have to post every day?

Nope! Post as much or as little as you like. You can use a single prompt, combine multiple, or post late — this is a low-pressure event.

🏷️ How do I tag my work?

Use the main tag #TolkienFolkloreWeek2025 in the first five tags of your post (on Tumblr). You can also add your work to the AO3 Collection [will include link when it is open].

🧚 Can I reinterpret existing myths using Tolkien characters?

Absolutely — that’s part of the fun. You can retell myths or fairytales (like ���Hades and Persephone” or “The Wild Hunt”) using Tolkien characters, or frame Tolkien tales in those narrative styles.

📝 Are original characters or AUs allowed?

Yes! As long as it’s Tolkien-adjacent (set in Arda, inspired by the legendarium, etc.), you’re welcome to explore.

📏 ✨Rules and Guidelines✨

Be respectful. No hate speech, bigotry, or harassment.

Use the tag #TolkienFolkloreWeek2025 so we can find and boost your work.

Credit sources for music, poetry, or artwork not your own if included in edits/playlists.

NSFW content should be tagged appropriately. Make sure it's behind cuts and includes proper warnings.

No AI-generated writing or art submissions. That should be clear in itself.

Late posts are welcome! Don’t worry about time zones or being a day behind — the spirit of the event is creativity, not deadlines.

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to send a private message or an ask ✨