March 5

Day 64

Basic Reading: 

    The Children of Húrin: Chapter 10: Túrin in Nargothrond
    *This chapter will be read over the course of two days, so read about half of it today.

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Supplementary Reading:

• Prior Versions:

  • The Shaping of Middle-Earth: Section VII. The Earliest Annals of Beleriand, Year 190 (including corresponding Commentary)

  • The Lays of Beleriand: I. The Lay of the Children of Húrin, III. Failivrin, lines 1339 - 2080 (including corresponding Commentary)

  • The Lost Road: Part Two, Section III. The Later Annals of Beleriand, Year 290

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Enrichment Activities:

• Maps:  

  • Beleriand: Nargothrond, River Narog, Guarded Plain, River Ginglith, Woods of Núath, River Nenning, River Teiglin

            Note the “Moors of the Nibin-noeg” refers to the hilly area between Sirion and Narog bordered by Amon Rûdh.

• Timeline: First Age 490

• Character Cards: Finduilas

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Discussion Questions:

    1. Is it wise of Orodreth to take Túrin’s counsel?
    2. What motivates Túrin?
    3. What do you anticipate in the relationship between Finduilas and Túrin?