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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,985
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Phil The Balrog
Fun Fact: The sanskrit word for war means "desire for more cows", i believe. Sauron just wanted more cows. Duh. smilies/wink.gif |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 138
Views: 71,596
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Phil The Balrog
Belegthôlion meaning "Justice and Mercy" or something more menacing like Galenchilion meaning "Devil's Bane" Nilmerethion meaning "Demon Fang" Ringgaerion meaning "Righteous Anger"... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,314
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Phil The Balrog
Couple quickies, where are the Sils and Morgoth during the third age, during LotR time? Is Morgoth trapped out in the void or was he killed, if a Valar can be killed? If he's out in the void, thats... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,639
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Phil The Balrog
I think he meant the story of Arachne the weaver who was turned into a spider, by Athena i believe. |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,188
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Phil The Balrog
I was reading the Sil regarding the Valar and I'm confused as to the strength and power of the Valar relative to each other. Melkor is said to be the strongest, but equal to Manwe. However, Tulkas is... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,073
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Phil The Balrog
Y'know... i was just sorta resigned to the fact that Tom Bombadil was unsolvable, and inherently so. But reading that essay, man, thats compelling stuff. I've never heard a more thorough argument or... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 86
Views: 19,266
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Phil The Balrog
Does anyone every think about the fact that the name Tom Bombadil is pretty unique? Every other middle earth name is fairly similar - Elrond, Frodo, Gandalf, Morgoth, etc etc etc. They all have that... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 45
Views: 13,583
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Phil The Balrog
You know, i often wondered this same question. I would say that Hobbits are probably capable of evil, but certainly not predisposed to it. Almost like angels. In the Bible, the only bad angels were... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,763
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Phil The Balrog
Hey, its me again. In the Quenta Section 4 in HoME, Ungoliant is mentioned as coming "perhaps from the Outer Darkness." Is this referring to space, or the surrounding universe, and what is this... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,051
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Phil The Balrog
Is it elfin or elvish or what? who cares, on to my query... I just started reading the Shaping of Middle Earth (it reads alot like the Bible, I noted) and we have the Elves created or whatever.... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,360
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Phil The Balrog
Perhaps one of the most enchanting features or Tolkiens writing is the sense of depth behind his world. I just saw LOTR movie and even tho it only centered around the events in that relatively small... |
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