The Silmarillion: Chapter Two: Of Aulë and Yavanna
An Unexpected Podcast: Talkin' Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
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🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 172 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we return to the heart of Arda and explore one of the most beautiful contrasts in all of Tolkien’s legendarium: the brilliant craftsmanship of Aulë and the life-giving grace of Yavanna.
Aulë, the Smith of the Valar, is restless with creativity — shaping mountains, forging the deep places of the earth, and longing for minds to teach. Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits, watches over every green thing that grows, from towering forests to the smallest blades of grass. Their desires clash, intertwine, and ultimately give birth to some of the most important beings in Middle-earth’s history. Join us as we journey chapter by chapter through The Silmarillion—unraveling Tolkien’s myths, symbols, and hidden connections to The Lord of the Rings.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of an unexpected podcast is brought to you by our newest Lord of Gondolin on Patreon, Mr. John Powell. Thank you. |
| 0:06.5 | Hello, friends and welcome to an unexpected podcast. I'm Ez. And I'm Lane. |
| 0:21.8 | And we're talking Tolkien. |
| 0:24.2 | We're coming to you from the Shire of America and the beautiful state of Ohio from the North Farthing Studios of Mount Vernon and the bag end of a little village called Amanda. |
| 0:34.9 | This episode, we are celebrating the Yulavana. Did I get that right? You lavana? |
| 0:41.2 | Yeah, yeah. I just fixed the typo for you there too. |
| 0:44.9 | Right on time because I was about to say toad. I was ready to say toad because that was T Odee you had in there. |
| 0:52.0 | And that technically, if I'm being fanatic about it, was, |
| 0:54.5 | oh, |
| 0:55.4 | you got the silent E, |
| 0:57.4 | it jumps over, |
| 0:58.3 | there was no extra X, |
| 0:59.9 | X, yeah, |
| 1:00.8 | nothing. |
| 1:01.3 | So it was just silent E is what I saw. |
| 1:05.1 | Anyways, |
| 1:05.7 | this is the tide season as we, |
| 1:07.9 | huh? |
| 1:11.1 | Tide season as we, as we, huh? Tide season as we hang with Aulei, Yovanna, and some secret children. |
| 1:18.6 | Who really came first in chapter two of Aule and Yvana? |
| 1:25.8 | Bless it. |
| 1:26.9 | The doc in all of its true power is back and it's unexpected. |
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