奥陶和伊陶的歌谣 (1945)

《领主与夫人之歌》（英语：The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun）是作家J·R·R·托尔金写的一首诗，写于1930年，1945年12月发表在文学期刊《威尔士评论》上。叙述一对布列塔尼贵族夫妻为了想要孩子而与女巫交易，虽然得一对双胞胎，但却付出惨重代价的故事。

2016年11月，这首诗由研究托尔金的学者Verlyn Flieger编辑出版。

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is a poem of 508 lines, written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1930 and published in Welsh Review in December 1945.

Aotrou and Itroun are Breton words for "lord" and "lady". The poem is modelled on the genre of the "Breton lay" popular in Middle English literature of the 12th century, and it explores the conflict of heroic or chivalric values and Christianity, and their relation to the institution of marriage.

Thematics

In the poem, Aotrou and Itroun are a couple of Breton nobility. They are childless, and Aotrou seeks the help of a witch. When Itroun is with child, the witch reappears, revealing herself as the Corrigan, and asks for Aotrou's love as payment. Aotrou sacrifices his knightly honour to Christian values, and breaks his word.

Cursed by the Corrigan to die in three days, Aotrou takes the consequences and places his trust in Providence:

Aotrou died after three days, followed by his wife with a broken heart. They are buried together, and they do not live to see their offspring grow up – something that has been interpreted as a judgement on Aotrou for excessive family pride.

Publication

The lay was originally published in The Welsh Review in 1945 but had been unavailable for decades. A book form, edited by the Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger, was published in 2016.