Another round up of interesting new Tolkien items, mostly free:

The Journal of Tolkien Research has a new issue. Three new papers from the prolific Kristine Larsen, all of interest.

* Who Maketh Morwinyon, and Menelmacar, and Remmirath, and the Inner Parts of the South (Where the Stars are Strange): Tolkien’s Astronomical Choices and the Books of Job and Amos.

* Smaug’s Hoard, Durin’s Bane, and Agricola’s De Re Metallica: Cautionary Tales Against Mining in Tolkien’s Legendarium and the Classical Tradition.

* “Ore-ganisms”: The Myth and Meaning of ‘Living Rock’ in Middle-earth.

Also three indexes, all apparently new, to key Tolkien journals.

Another bumper Mythlore issue, including…

* All Worthy Things: The Personhood of Nature in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium.

* The Shape of Water in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. (water symbolism)

* The Enigmatic Loss of Proto-Hobbitic. (the languages of early hobbits)

The latest Fafnir has…

* Book Review: Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond.

* Book Review: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Tolkien’s Legendarium.

Unexpected has…

* Pius Samwise: Roman Heroism in The Lord of the Rings.

A paywalled book chapter, but of mild interest…

* Medieval Animals in Middle-earth. Update: May also be open access (temporary?) here.

Also an event, The Inklings and Horror: Fantasy’s Dark Corners – Online Winter Seminar 2022.