Tengwar in Reality!
Some people, after reading Tolkien's work, get to be excited by the beauty of some strange inscriptions found in the books. Most of those few are attracted by the beautiful Elvish letters incribed on the One Ring. It takes some further knowledge to understand that those letters are called Tengwar, used in this case to write the hideous Ring Verse in the hideous Black Speech.
The writing of the Ring can resemble a wedding ring to many Tolkien-fans who are about to marry! There have been some cases where the Ring Verse has been altered to something more sweet (like "...and in love bind them") and then inscribed on a ring. Elvish is a beautiful language, and it's ideal to express feelings and love, and seal them with a beautiful Tengwar inscription. Be it a wedding ring, a symbol of life-lasting bondage, or a tattoo, a symbol of life-lasting endurance and faithfulness. Tengwar came to be used in everyday reality, as a medium of expression.
Mainly after the Movie release, the Elfscript mailing list have received an amazing wave of requests from Tolkien fans who have decided to use the Elven Script to mark their rings or bodies, usually in the Elven language, and they sought advice from the linguists. I have decided to publish the results of this new 'fashion' here, of those who agreed to send pictures of their rings or tattoos.
If you belong in this fashion, and have a Tengwar wedding ring or tattoo (or anything else) that you wish to be shown here, please contact this page. Feel free to check our guide if you are interested on making a tattoo or ring or anything, and/or seek our humble help if you have something in mind. You can also check our new links page for more information on sites where you can learn more about Tolkien's languages, scripts and so on. Please note it's not the purpose of this site to make translations, so don't write e-mails requesting them. We can, however, provide help with finding resources and experimenting with fonts.
