Silmarillion Summary: Beren and Lúthien

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  • Beren and Lúthien is a love story for the ages. Let's summarize this beautiful love story of Middle Earth taking place long before the events of The Lord Of The Rings.
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Komentáře • 281

  • @DanielGreeneReviews
    @DanielGreeneReviews  Před 3 lety +120

    Which story would you like to see done next??

    • @eliasapollo4131
      @eliasapollo4131 Před 3 lety +33

      The story of the Feanorians!! Especially the three kinslayings and the hunt for the silmarils! (Might also be interesting for more casual LOTR fans since it also ties into the story of Elronds backstory/childhood, being adopted by Maglor and all)

    • @cirthador1453
      @cirthador1453 Před 3 lety +53

      The fall of gondolin, it is SO EPIC.

    • @themanmrbijok7364
      @themanmrbijok7364 Před 3 lety +18

      The rest of the Silmarillian?

    • @reidblanchard6453
      @reidblanchard6453 Před 3 lety +10

      The Quenta Silmarillion

    • @nicolasrumpf761
      @nicolasrumpf761 Před 3 lety +9

      Love that there's coming some silmarillion content...I'd personally love to here you're views on the children of Hurin or actually any other tale from the Tolkien legendarium...keep up the great work!!!

  • @emeleenspencer9772
    @emeleenspencer9772 Před 3 lety +137

    Can't believe how epic this manages to be, while also being hilarious

    • @culturestudios3500
      @culturestudios3500 Před 3 lety +9

      Evertime the Prof mentioned some knew detail I thought, "Yup, I know this story". Of course I was wrong and the whole time there's a new plot twist with the next plot twist untwistwisting the previous one. And God damn it, it just sounds sooo epic.

    • @emeleenspencer9772
      @emeleenspencer9772 Před 3 lety +4

      @@culturestudios3500 one of the greatest tales from literature infused with epic memes from our time🙌

  • @genericallyentertaining
    @genericallyentertaining Před 3 lety +38

    Fun fact about the "Talking Dog," Huan: He's a Hound of Valinor, which means he was granted the ability to talk to humans only three times over the course of his entire life. So most of the time he's silent, but at a couple key points in the story, he decides to use that ability.

  • @_elle
    @_elle Před 3 lety +54

    Talking dog friend is named Huan. His death totally made me cry the first time I read it. I was in my high school cafeteria pretending I had allergies because I had so many tears. Very good boy💔

    • @mishkadecaro6991
      @mishkadecaro6991 Před 3 lety +6

      If you dont cry with the death of the greatest of wolfhounds we can't be friends.

    • @Caerulean
      @Caerulean Před 3 lety +8

      Huan the Goodest Boy~

  • @michaelandrews117
    @michaelandrews117 Před 3 lety +115

    My religious grandmother: "You've read the Bible I assume?"
    Me: "I've read *a type* of Bible."
    *opens to a random page of the Silmarillion*

    • @michaelandrews117
      @michaelandrews117 Před 3 lety +4

      @Destrologando TM Hope he's not crying, The Silmarillion has better prose than The Bible for a start.

    • @totallyjerd1751
      @totallyjerd1751 Před 3 lety +8

      @@michaelandrews117 I mean, the Bible's been translated out of its native language several times. Its prose is beautiful in ancient Hebrew.

    • @clementdenis4212
      @clementdenis4212 Před 3 lety

      Well that was the point Tolkien was trying to make...

    • @thomkp3364
      @thomkp3364 Před 3 lety

      So true!

  • @natejones4590
    @natejones4590 Před 3 lety +11

    "For small prices do Elven kings sell their daughters!" -- probably my favorite line in the Tolkien-verse.

  • @Elentirion
    @Elentirion Před 3 lety +165

    Hit me with the big depression, the story of Turin.

    • @TheLegendarium
      @TheLegendarium Před 3 lety +12

      Now we're talking

    • @Jesse_andrew
      @Jesse_andrew Před 3 lety +9

      That's the one

    • @godfather3002
      @godfather3002 Před 3 lety +7

      Very Shakespearean tragic hero, also reminiscent of Greek legends

    • @Dallimar
      @Dallimar Před 3 lety +6

      Oh yeah, I'm ready to have my heart torn out again.

    • @errtu123
      @errtu123 Před 3 lety +1

      Have you heard it narrated by Sir Christopher Lee?

  • @nosferatum791
    @nosferatum791 Před 3 lety +112

    "Escapes with the help of an immortal talking dog, which she rides on straight out of dodge like a horse."
    *T R U E S T O R Y*

  • @andreistoriei2050
    @andreistoriei2050 Před 3 lety +57

    All these people saying they grew up on Beren and Luthien:
    Me: so it's a book, not just a song break?
    I am now interested.

  • @reidblanchard6453
    @reidblanchard6453 Před 3 lety +210

    My teachers would never let me write a history paper on The Silmarillion. They didn’t understand

    • @Max1990Power
      @Max1990Power Před 3 lety +20

      As a substitute teacher I say: change angle. Make a comparison between the Old Testament and Silmarillion. Or make a comparision between Numenor and Platon*s version Atlantis. Or say that it is a lingvistic analysis. :P

    • @Valiguss
      @Valiguss Před 3 lety +3

      @@Max1990Power I did that I wrote w ren page paper comparing the silmarillion and Old Testament

  • @badday4885
    @badday4885 Před 3 lety +8

    Daniel: “Silmarillion Summary”
    Me, an intellectual: “Summarrillion”

  • @tarih7683
    @tarih7683 Před 3 lety +26

    My favourite story.. spent several happy summers as a kid with Beren and Luthien

  • @bobacrow79
    @bobacrow79 Před 3 lety +19

    Please do the tragedy of Hurin and his kids next. Turin's story is wonderfully sad.

  • @hotsaucesteve3433
    @hotsaucesteve3433 Před 3 lety +32

    My favorite Tolkien book.

  • @igneousbliss2914
    @igneousbliss2914 Před 3 lety +8

    Beren and Lúthien is the greatest love story of all time

  • @godfather3002
    @godfather3002 Před 3 lety +7

    I teared up a bit when I visited the graves of jrr tolkien and Edith, it has the names engraved onto their tombstones

  • @Calebgoblin
    @Calebgoblin Před 3 lety +18

    Gobby King has bringed us summaries? This is a content line that I can Get Behind

  • @mikem1585
    @mikem1585 Před 3 lety +11

    "For the spirit of Beren at her bidding tarried in the halls of Mandos, unwilling to leave the world, until Luthien came to say her last farewell upon the dim shores of the Outer Sea, whence Men that die set out never to return...But Luthien came to the halls of Mandos...and she knelt before Mandos and sang to him. The song of Luthien before Mandos was the song most fair that ever in words was woven, and the song most sorrowful that ever the world shall hear. Unchanged, imperishable, it is sung still in Valinor beyond the hearing of the world, and listening the Valar are grieved. For Luthien wove two themes of words, of the sorrow of the Eldar and the grief of Men...And As she knelt before him her tears fell upon his feet like rain upon the stones; and Mandos was moved to pity, who never before was so moved, nor has been since.”

  • @elliel4736
    @elliel4736 Před 3 lety +62

    My family's friends just had a baby girl and they named her Luthien.
    Edit: thank you dor the heart!

    • @samarendra109
      @samarendra109 Před 3 lety +2

      There is no heart.

    • @illiantear
      @illiantear Před 3 lety +3

      If you edit a comment it removes the heart

    • @mycaleb8
      @mycaleb8 Před 3 lety +8

      @@illiantear That's hilarious and very karmic. I wish Reddit would do that with Gold.

    • @elliel4736
      @elliel4736 Před 3 lety

      @@illiantear well crud.

  • @maybebianca
    @maybebianca Před 3 lety +10

    More content of lotr is always welcomed

  • @mitchsimoes1305
    @mitchsimoes1305 Před 3 lety +7

    I just finished Fellowship of the Ring for the first time, PERFECT TIMING!!

    • @davidwhitney2908
      @davidwhitney2908 Před 3 lety +1

      Did you enjoy it?

    • @mitchsimoes1305
      @mitchsimoes1305 Před 3 lety +2

      @@davidwhitney2908 I did! Very enjoyable through the first third of the series. I’m really enjoying the atmosphere of Middle Earth and the immersion of the world with all the lore, illustrations, and poems. Great so far!

    • @davidwhitney2908
      @davidwhitney2908 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mitchsimoes1305 you have no idea how happy that makes me. I can't count the number of times I've read the series and am glad to welcome you to the fandom 😁

    • @michaelokeke4976
      @michaelokeke4976 Před 3 lety +1

      I’m on my second reread for the whole trilogy.

    • @mitchsimoes1305
      @mitchsimoes1305 Před 3 lety

      @@davidwhitney2908 aw thanks!! I can’t wait to finish the whole thing soon and make a video where I can gush all about it 😂😂

  • @oneidasbooks
    @oneidasbooks Před 3 lety +3

    I’ve always been hesitant to read the Silmarillion, but after this summary I might have to read it. And that gif of the owl sneaking across made me laugh so much,

    • @aesir1ases64
      @aesir1ases64 Před 2 lety

      Hope you have read, it still my fav book, epic from start to finish.

  • @johannes9509
    @johannes9509 Před 3 lety +6

    5:47 There are several Metalbands named Carcharoth.
    Its a fun drinking game to always take a shot whence a Metalband is named in the Movies!

  • @eliasapollo4131
    @eliasapollo4131 Před 3 lety +28

    Yes!! You have no idea how happy i am to see you making silm content! Beren and Luthien are such a powercouple, kicking the arse of whoever gets in their way (Not only morgoth and sauron but also celegorm and curufin, those bastards lmao) and yet having such a heartbreaking and poetic element to their story. There´s a reason why the story of Luthien singing for Mandos for him to release Beren is so legendary in Arda.

  • @beatleblev
    @beatleblev Před 3 lety +6

    My favorite part of that story is where Luthien, after she and Huan make Sauron their bitch, sings down the house at OG Minas Tirith looking for her man. Who doesn't want a beautiful Level 100 Bard for a bride?

  • @Peter-ri9ie
    @Peter-ri9ie Před 3 lety

    Brilliant. Well done and a good summary. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @michaelvcelentano
    @michaelvcelentano Před 3 lety +20

    Imagine if someone knew Colbert personally and was like, “Can you narrate a story on Daniel Green’s CZcams channel?”

  • @alexcavoli6191
    @alexcavoli6191 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm such a sap, I love the fact that Elves can die of a broken heart and/or sadness...its adorable.

  • @JairsPlaylist
    @JairsPlaylist Před 3 lety

    That was honestly very good!
    If he made a series like that summarizing classic stories and fair tails, I'd be all about it!

  • @Luke-nn4pm
    @Luke-nn4pm Před 3 lety +15

    I can feel my unread copy of The Silmarillion staring at me in contempt as I watch this video.

  • @samtrott776
    @samtrott776 Před 3 lety

    I LOVED this video. I’d very much enjoy seeing more of this. Beren and Lúthien is easily one of my favorite stories ever.

  • @zacharyhenderson7606
    @zacharyhenderson7606 Před 3 lety

    Solid Tag Team Daniel. Love the summary too. Got a real soft spot in my heart for the Silmarillion.

  • @luthientinuviel3883
    @luthientinuviel3883 Před 3 lety +1

    I absolutely ADORE this story, from the moment I read Aragorn's song in Fellowship. It was the main reason I sought out the Silmarillion and the History of Middle-Earth. Such an epic, awesome tale.

  • @absurdist9609
    @absurdist9609 Před 3 lety +5

    Really nice summary. Please do Turin next.

  • @adammiller4122
    @adammiller4122 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved it, really put a smile on my face. Would really enjoy to see a breakdown of the Years of the Lamps.

  • @milospollonia1121
    @milospollonia1121 Před 3 lety +25

    Prof. Craig: talks
    Me: Stares at his bookshelf like a giddy child

  • @anypercentdeathless
    @anypercentdeathless Před 3 lety

    Good job trivializing a great story.

  • @axiom2472
    @axiom2472 Před 3 lety +1

    That was incredible!

  • @moonleafteaofthemonth
    @moonleafteaofthemonth Před 3 lety +1

    Easily one of my Top 10 Literary Couples. Theirs and Aragon and Arwen's and how it ties in so personally with Tolkien and his wife Edith is just so beautiful to me. 💕

  • @KS-xk2so
    @KS-xk2so Před rokem +1

    Having a second to think about it.... Beren holding the Silmaril up to the Wolf is a REALLY good comparison to Sam with the Phial of Galadriel.... given that phial holds the light of Earendil, who sails the skies with that same Silmaril on his brow. What a wild connection to make across thousands of years of lore.... god I love Tolkien lol

  • @Zetamen7
    @Zetamen7 Před 3 lety +10

    "Silmarillion Summary" those are BOLD words. Also, we need more Númenor content

  • @PluxBR
    @PluxBR Před 3 lety

    I noticed your The One Ring tattoo! I was wanting to do one myself. Very cool

  • @balintvasvari7573
    @balintvasvari7573 Před 3 lety +3

    Well, time to listen to Clamavi De Profundis adaptations
    _again_

  • @nicoleneedschocolate
    @nicoleneedschocolate Před 3 lety +1

    No joke-I finished my first read through of the silmarillion earlier today. ❤️ call me crazy but I enjoyed it.

  • @evilkiller298
    @evilkiller298 Před 3 lety

    Just Amazing content.

  • @valvelord37
    @valvelord37 Před 3 lety +1

    This is good content. I like this content.

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong Před 3 lety

    Love this

  • @tylerwebb2495
    @tylerwebb2495 Před 3 lety

    A series I didn't know I neeeded

  • @shadobeast3265
    @shadobeast3265 Před 3 lety +3

    Holy shit this is awesome! I just started Legendarium with their Wheel of Time episodes, don't mind if I do sub to their channel. More of this!

  • @genosse2712
    @genosse2712 Před 3 lety +1

    rich evans as the elf maiden.... epic... 10/10 would watch

  • @asarishepard8171
    @asarishepard8171 Před 3 lety +4

    this story sounds so metal its awesome :P

  • @crpablo18
    @crpablo18 Před 3 lety

    I love this story so much. To this day, it's my favorite love story of all time!

  • @avsambart
    @avsambart Před 3 lety

    My nerdy senses are tingling so hard right now!
    Children of Hurin next please 🙏

  • @lugonzalez9929
    @lugonzalez9929 Před 3 lety +1

    This was beatiful. I always was curios about this.
    Also, Pips

  • @annaroselarsen4218
    @annaroselarsen4218 Před 3 lety

    Oh my goodness I love this!!!!!

  • @bryson2662
    @bryson2662 Před 3 lety +2

    Happy to see tweed jacket professor Craig

  • @danielgonzalez-pf5el
    @danielgonzalez-pf5el Před 3 lety +1

    I’m so exited for this series. I want to see Daniel do one by himself though.

  • @Caerulean
    @Caerulean Před 3 lety

    👀👀 I did not expect a new Tolkien video.

  • @cooldragon919
    @cooldragon919 Před 3 lety

    👍♥️ i had a copy for 4 years, i must read it now!

  • @AljaVast
    @AljaVast Před 3 lety +1

    Keep doing this! Maybe the Children of Hurin next!

  • @kiernanknox2314
    @kiernanknox2314 Před 3 lety

    I'm literally reading through Beren and Luthien right now. Like I just set down my book and turned on my computer... BAM! Daniel!

  • @justincurll1110
    @justincurll1110 Před 3 lety

    It cracks me up how this proper English gentleman was more metal than most metal bands.

  • @xJillie
    @xJillie Před 3 lety +4

    This chapter in The Silmarillion is my all time favorite chapter of any book. It’s incredible and breathtaking.

  • @hyrumhendrickson9499
    @hyrumhendrickson9499 Před 3 lety

    Beren is my favorite character in the Silmarillion, he is awesome.

  • @RaeNolith
    @RaeNolith Před 3 lety

    Agh! He left out the part when Huan had Saur-wolf pinned and Luthien straight commanded him to turn over control of his tower. She is such a bad ass.
    All of the Silmarillion. Please and thank you.

  • @MrAmmaralirocks1
    @MrAmmaralirocks1 Před 3 lety

    Lord of the Mysteries!
    Will keep commenting until one day i see a review! lol.

  • @gedfatima
    @gedfatima Před 3 lety

    In this video, we have 2 of the 20 people in CZcams that really read the Silmarillion. Awesome, I truly love it hahahaha.

  • @n.u.k.2188
    @n.u.k.2188 Před 2 lety

    5:54 the sneaky owl 🤣

  • @serhiyyurchuk
    @serhiyyurchuk Před 3 lety

    More Silmarillion videos pls

  • @vtrproductions8994
    @vtrproductions8994 Před 3 lety

    0:41 caught me off guard a bit but excellent video

  • @harrypaulin980
    @harrypaulin980 Před 3 lety

    Hey @Daniel, you ever come across the BBC radio drama of LOTR? I loved it.

  • @mathieudominique394
    @mathieudominique394 Před 3 lety

    Thanks @Daniel Greene for this really nice video!!!!
    Btw if you want to know more about the story working up to Beren and Lùthien but don't want to read the entire Silmarillion because....well it's the Silmarillion, the channel @Voice of Geekdom does a chapter by chapter summary of the entire Silmarillion. It's really worth checking out!

  • @supernorry3847
    @supernorry3847 Před 3 lety

    Hey, that is a known voice, i knew this would be a collab with Craig

  • @deriknel1629
    @deriknel1629 Před 3 lety

    Hey Daniel, if you can do like a monthly or even fortnightly video such as the Dragonheart video, that would be awesome. That is the best content.

  • @mishkadecaro6991
    @mishkadecaro6991 Před 3 lety +4

    Ppl: Tolkien can't write interesting or powerfull or deep women...
    Luthien: Hold my beer... Imma lie to the lord of lies, brb.

  • @armandoperez4535
    @armandoperez4535 Před 3 lety +2

    Luthien and Huan carried this chapter

  • @fuzzyhair321
    @fuzzyhair321 Před 2 lety

    Luthien sacrifice for beren always makes me cry.

  • @codyaustin1889
    @codyaustin1889 Před 3 lety

    What’s you’re review on doctor sleep?

  • @OttawaOldFart
    @OttawaOldFart Před 3 lety +1

    All of them, I barely remember since it's been years and no I am reading it for the 8th time

  • @benjaminsuess447
    @benjaminsuess447 Před 3 lety

    Started reading the Silmarilion and just read through this part. I gotta say Huan is the absolute goodest of boys.

  • @ktkrelaxedscience
    @ktkrelaxedscience Před 3 lety

    A story told about stories - by people who love stories. Not the worst way to spend time, at all. :)

  • @theravenking5930
    @theravenking5930 Před 3 lety +1

    1.The Children of Húrin
    2.The Fall of Gondolin
    3. War of the great jewels

  • @marcusmusings
    @marcusmusings Před 3 lety

    my favorite story in the Sillmarillion

  • @stefvanroey8191
    @stefvanroey8191 Před 3 lety +1

    Children of hurin next!

  • @thecaffeinatedbookwyrm3051

    I read The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun in a closed library on a rainy Sunday. Perks of dating the maintenance engineer of a library system.

  • @tadeorodriguez6115
    @tadeorodriguez6115 Před 3 lety

    Does anybody know the outro song ?

  • @AL-yq9tz
    @AL-yq9tz Před 3 lety

    Rich Evans...he's the elf maiden of MY heart.

  • @harrypaulin980
    @harrypaulin980 Před 3 lety +6

    This is why we follow on Twitter. CZcams notifications never work fast enough.

  • @Ben_vaughan5
    @Ben_vaughan5 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m 11 and am getting my first horror book today I’m gonna get the shining

  • @turtleanton6539
    @turtleanton6539 Před 3 lety

    Supreme

  • @JRCSalter
    @JRCSalter Před 3 lety +2

    If anyone ever says that Tolkien hasn't created any decent female characters, I'll always point them towards Lúthien Tinúviel.

  • @Max1990Power
    @Max1990Power Před 3 lety

    ahhhhhh geek scream. please make a ballad for my favourite Beleg Cuthalion. Beren & Luthien, Tristan & Isolde Robin Hood & Marion

  • @culturestudios3500
    @culturestudios3500 Před 3 lety

    My magic bookstore had a copy of the Silmarillion with THE most beautiful cover I've ever seen. I bought it for R25 which in $ I think is just less than $2. It's still in a good condition despite being a used book and this makes me want to read the Middle Earth books Sooooo bad.

  • @AnonymousOnimous
    @AnonymousOnimous Před 3 lety +3

    Figures Pips emerges for the story with the most doggos ever. He is a curious beast.

  • @jjkthebest
    @jjkthebest Před 3 lety +3

    Ooh this is cool. It's been ages since I read that thing, and while it was loads of fun, I don't intend to do it again.

  • @chadia25
    @chadia25 Před 3 lety

    the Silmarillion is my favorite book ever. I love it more than Lotr.

  • @stephenbarrett8861
    @stephenbarrett8861 Před 3 lety +1

    The light from the Phial of Galadriel is the light from that same Silmaril.

    • @TheLegendarium
      @TheLegendarium Před 3 lety

      Nice catch!

    • @stephenbarrett8861
      @stephenbarrett8861 Před 3 lety

      @@TheLegendarium when I was about 10 I used to play as Tulkas fighting Morgoth in my back garden. I’m a bit of a Tolkien nerd.

  • @purtyboi4901
    @purtyboi4901 Před 3 lety

    Either the Ainulindalë or the story of Feanor. I feel like both are really important to the Silmarillion as a whole, and set up key plot points for the rest of the book. The former introduces Morgoth and his place in Middle Earth (most casual Lord of the Rings fans are only familiar with Sauron, and when introduced to Morgoth are like "wait, what? who?"), the latter introduced the Silmarils and their importance to the world as a whole (books literally named after them). I feel like an understanding of Morgoth and the Silmarils should be established before delving into any of the other stories.
    I'd also like to see a deep dive into Galadriel, and all of her versions and rewrites in LotR, Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales

  • @nosferatum791
    @nosferatum791 Před 3 lety

    Which story next? Maybe how Feanor created Silmarils and what where the consequences of creating them, or how Elves appeared in Middle-Earth or what was Melkor doing in M-E before Elves appeared there.

  • @extranamentesatisfactorio5670

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️