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We already had a theme about doors, and so for March, Jessica Kleeberger suggested a challenge about Walls.
They are the opposite of doors: where doors connect, walls divide. They represent a line of defence between what's inside and the outside. They can be build especially for this purpose, like Rammas Echor around the Pelennor fields and the mighty walls of Minas Tirith.
Walls can also be metaphorical - the barrieres we erect around ourselves to protect our feelings. Sometimes it is very hard to overcome them and let someone inside... Imaginary or real, they can be a symbol of separation, like the one in Berlin during the cold war. They divide nations and races, separate families.
Your story or picture can be about building such walls, but also overcoming them.
For the general rules about writing your story or drawing a picture for Teitho, check our rules page on the Teitho website!And the winners are:
Like Father Like Son by Scribe of TelcontarProtection’s Cost by M.B. Anchor 2nd place
They Come Crumbling Down by lotrfn 1st place
Waking the Dead by Finfinfin 3rd place
Happy reading and congratulations to the winners!
Your Teitho-moderator,MirachRavaia
Teitho - August and September: *Consequences*
This month we are delighted to report that voting and submissions are up and that many of you replied to last month’s survey about making the new rules permanent. Here are the results!
One consequence of the survey is that most of the new rules will be kept. Another is that the challenge for August and September will be:
Consequences!
Consequences are usually a result or effect of a particular action or condition, often one that is bad or inconvenient but not necessarily so. A negative consequence could be sleeping in and missing an important meeting. Forgeting to shut a gate and letting an animal get free. Or, more seriously, le
Teitho: *five ingredients* winners
For the months of July and August, we once again have a delicious recipe for you to prepare. The ingredients are all listed below, but how you mix-n-mash them is completely up to you! As all great cooks make recipes their own by adding little touches and intriguing twists, don’t forget to spice the result with your favourite flavours. This month, let's see what you can bake for our hungry Middle-Earth and Arda appetites!
The five ingredients are:
humorous friendship momentspilled bloodstarsmisplaced bookflying creature
Each item on the list must appear in your story at least once, either physically or in dialogue. You don't have
Teitho: *Songs* winners
The theme for June and July is Songs. Thanks to Shire Rose for the suggestion!
Songs have been used since language was invented, and for a wide variety of reasons. Some songs preserve history, or make it easier to remember a list. A love song can melt our hearts, while a battle song can stir us to action. Others are cautionary tales, and some are purely for entertainment.
There is no end to the ways that songs can be used. Perhaps a Gondorian farmer sings to himself to help keep a steady rhythm as he harvests his grain. Sailors from Dol Amroth might sing a chanty together as they hoist the sails at the start of a journey up the Anduin, to h
Teitho: *Customs* winners
Our theme for May and June is Customs. They are defined as cultural ideas — a patterned way of behaving that is considered characteristic of a social system. Customs regulate social interactions. Do you shake hands, bow or kiss when greeting someone?
Customs or traditions are unwritten ways of doing things, handed down from one generation to another. They vary from society to society and differences in customs can create confusion, unintentional faux pas or even conflict.
How do customs figure in Tolkien’s work? The Hobbits have a custom of giving gifts on their birthdays, rather than receiving them. Faramir and his men take a
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