2025 Mythopoeia (David Walker)

Release Date: 2025.04.01
Reader: David Walker
Language: English
Organisation: The Tale of Ears
ISBN: n/a
Duration: 11 minutes
Unabridged: Yes
Country: UK
Licenced: No
Formats: Digital

Independent fan project made available on SoundCloud. Walker is a mountain guide, outdoor instructor and Tolkien audio enthusiast. He regularly speaks at Oxonmoot – the annual conference of The Tolkien Society – as well as being the creator of The Tale of Ears.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote “Mythopoeia” following a discussion on the night of 19 September 1931 that took place at Magdalen College, Oxford with C. S. Lewis and Hugo Dyson. Lewis said that myths were “lies breathed through silver”. Tolkien’s poem explained and defended creative myth-making. The discussion was recorded in the book The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter.