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'''1420''' - A postal group for those interested in the drinks of Middle-earth. Publishes The Morning After (about 3-4 times a year).
{{quote|In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole and that means comfort.|[[The Hobbit]], "[[An Unexpected Party]]"}}
'''Amon Hen''' - San Jose del Cabo, B.C.S. Mexico
 
'''Amon Sûl''' - Halifax and area.
'''Smials''' were the [[hobbit-holes]], inhabited by the well-to-do [[Hobbits]], luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. Their tunnels had rounded walls and branched to other rooms. However suitable sites for these large and ramifying tunnels were not everywhere to be found and many Hobbits lived in wood, brick or stone houses. The poorest, however, went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind with only one window or none.<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>
'''Andúnië''' - Atlanta, Georgia USA based group.
 
'''Armari''' - A postal group with no defined focus; which can be very tongue in cheek, good sense of humour required! Publishes Gondtengwen (about once a year at present).
The [[Great Smials]] of [[Tuckborough]] were large enough to have room for a hundred Hobbits.
'''Brandy Hall''' - Cologne (Köln) and Hessen, Germany - also a smial of Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft.
 
'''The Burrahobbits''' - Local group in Wisconsin, USA.
==Etymology==
'''Cerin Amroth''' - Local group in Indiana, USA.
The word ''smial'' is an invention of Tolkien based on the [[Old English]] word ''smygel''. Smial is a translation of the [[Hobbitish]] word ''[[trân]]'' ([[Rohirric]] ''[[trahan]]'' "burrow").<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref>
'''Far Westfarthing''' - Local group in Illinois, USA.
 
'''The Golden Perch''' - Telford based, with some postal members.
The names [[Smaug]] and [[Sméagol]] are related.
'''The Grey Company''' - Newport, Pontypool and valleys of South Wales.
 
'''HEREN HYARMENO''' (The Order of the South) - This is the oldest existing smial in the Southern Hemisphere, founded on 19 March 1989. It is based in São Paulo, Brasil.
==In real world==
'''Heren Istarion'' - Local group in New York City, USA.
"Smial" is a term used by [[Tolkien fan]]s to refer to divisions of Tolkien Societies.
'''Isengard''' - Birmingham area.
 
'''Khand''' - Postal; once based in Saudi Arabia, now in Shropshire.
==See also==
'''Lays of Leithian''' - A smial of Unquendor, the Dutch Tolkien Society. Local and postal.
* [[The Tolkien Society#Smials|Smials associated with The Tolkien Society]]
'''Lómelindi''' - Local group in Tennessee, USA.
{{References}}
'''Minas Tirith''' (The Cambridge Tolkien Society) - Cambridge and surrounding area. Publishes Anor (3 editions a year).
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'''Mundeli Sernieva'' - Central England. Publishes Mundo (about 4 a year).
[[Category:The Shire]]
'''Nigglings''' - A postal smial focusing on Middle-earth based fiction and sub-creation.
'''Northfarthing''' - London and home counties - the oldest in the Society and essentially the founding smial.
'''Rivendell''' - Grimsby, Louth and Lincoln area.
'''The Shire''' - Coventry area.
'''Southfarthing''' - Southampton area.
'''Taruithorn''' (The Oxford Tolkien Society) - Oxford & Aylesbury. Publishes Miruvor (3 editions a year).
'''Taruithorn International''' - The postal smial for those no longer in Oxford.
'''Tol Andúnë''' - Oahu, Hawaii.
'''Tol Harndor''' - Australasia & South Pacific postal.
'''Turin''' - Northern Italy, with an interest in Tolkien inspired art.
'''Vinyamar''' - Local group in British Columbia, Canada.
'''Westemnet''' - A cyberspace smial for the West Country.
'''Misty Mountains''' - Denver, Colorado.

Revision as of 19:20, 3 September 2012

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole and that means comfort."
― The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"

Smials were the hobbit-holes, inhabited by the well-to-do Hobbits, luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. Their tunnels had rounded walls and branched to other rooms. However suitable sites for these large and ramifying tunnels were not everywhere to be found and many Hobbits lived in wood, brick or stone houses. The poorest, however, went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind with only one window or none.[1]

The Great Smials of Tuckborough were large enough to have room for a hundred Hobbits.

Etymology

The word smial is an invention of Tolkien based on the Old English word smygel. Smial is a translation of the Hobbitish word trân (Rohirric trahan "burrow").[2]

The names Smaug and Sméagol are related.

In real world

"Smial" is a term used by Tolkien fans to refer to divisions of Tolkien Societies.

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
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