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Forum: The Books
03-14-2012, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 18,526
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Galin
Can I ask what you mean by Christopher Tolkien...
Can I ask what you mean by Christopher Tolkien enforcing a definition for a definitive version of The Silmarillion? In the Foreword to the 1977 Silmarillion Christopher Tolkien notes that he set... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
03-11-2012, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,097
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Galin
Well I wanted to be the first! but now...
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Well I wanted to be the first! but now... The Olorin version carries a somewhat outnocuous idea in my opinion, as I don't understand why Galadriel would need to consider the jewel to keep her... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2012, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 24,175
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Galin
I made a collection of some of the passages (not...
I made a collection of some of the passages (not all of them) relating to the imagined transmission and authorship of the texts. It might (or might not) help with forming opinions to some of the... |
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Forum: The Books
03-02-2012, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 18,526
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Galin
Lindil
For better clarity maybe, I'm...
Lindil For better clarity maybe, I'm talking about characterizing (for example) Qenta Noldorinwa as an internal variant to later versions of the same text; that is, external and superseded drafts... |
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Forum: The Books
03-01-2012, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 18,526
Posted By
Galin
True, and not that you were referring to this,...
True, and not that you were referring to this, but I am also seeing (what I perceive) as a tendency in some to treat all of Tolkien's variations, or at least many of them, as 'internal' instead of... |
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Forum: The Books
02-27-2012, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,631
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Galin
Well, when in doubt I employ the Tale of Years...
Well, when in doubt I employ the Tale of Years (or Annals) with the number I know they were written to reflect, or 9.582. There are other matters concerning which we have JRRT writing something... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2012, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,631
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Galin
The general idea (one of them anyway) in the text...
The general idea (one of them anyway) in the text Aman is that 144 years of change and growth in Aman will be equal to 1 year of change and growth in Middle-earth -- in other words, if an Elf in Aman... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2012, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,631
Posted By
Galin
I'm not sure I agree that any special meaning...
I'm not sure I agree that any special meaning behind 144 means that it did not yet represent the equivalent of 144 Solar Years, or that it should not be taken literally as a number. This is... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2012, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,631
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Galin
The larger amount of 144 does seem to hail from...
The larger amount of 144 does seem to hail from the later 1950s at least... and I think the Elven long year (144 years) had already been published in 1955 in any case... ... but the timeline of... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-24-2012, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,817
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Galin
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-24-2012, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,817
Posted By
Galin
Yes that's it, and I'm not sure I would add these...
Yes that's it, and I'm not sure I would add these characters myself. But this tree has changed a bit since last I saw it: for example formerly Orodreth was still Galadriel's brother and the father of... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
02-13-2012, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,095
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Galin
Part of the reason I say that Tolkien's original...
Part of the reason I say that Tolkien's original idea was that the Mallorn-trees existed in Lothlorien, and did not begin to flourish there only under Galadriel's influence. Although it's strange,... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
02-06-2012, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,095
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Galin
It was Tolkien's original idea that the...
It was Tolkien's original idea that the Mallorn-trees were in Lothlorien from very early on. And one of the 'problems' I find with the new idea is that, in the later history of Galadriel and... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
02-06-2012, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,095
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Galin
As an aside: I actually tried to work out the...
As an aside: I actually tried to work out the concept of mallorn-trees not growing in Lindon, as it might be applied to the fuller history of Nerwende Artanis (somewhat vague as it is). I found it... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-05-2012, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,939
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Galin
By the way I found this interesting commentary...
By the way I found this interesting commentary from Patrick Wynne, member of the linguistic editorial team currently publishing 'new' linguistic material from the Tolkien Estate. He noted on the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-04-2012, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,939
Posted By
Galin
As far as sound goes anyway, a version of...
As far as sound goes anyway, a version of unvoiced th existed in early Quenya but it merged with -s- in that language. Feanor did not agree that this should be allowed and would have called his... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-04-2012, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,939
Posted By
Galin
I think Anardil is attested by Tolkien, noting...
I think Anardil is attested by Tolkien, noting that Roman has asterisked the meaning 'Sun-lover' but not the name itself. As for the suggested meaning, I would agree with it as of today (and would be... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-04-2012, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,939
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Galin
The root MEL- means 'love, as a friend'. And we...
The root MEL- means 'love, as a friend'. And we do have Melian 'Dear gift'. Would *Melgalad possibly hold the right sense you're looking for? I'm not sure, but we do have attested Malgalad, so the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-03-2012, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,939
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Galin
Hello! Hmm, maybe...
*Narwen 'Sun-maiden,...
Hello! Hmm, maybe... *Narwen 'Sun-maiden, flame-maiden' (primary stress on first syllable). Compare Arwen and Narwain. Or maybe... *Galadeth could be 'Light-woman, woman of light' (Galadriel... |
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Forum: The Books
01-26-2012, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 227,654
Posted By
Galin
Right. And as I noted earlier: 'John Rateliff...
Right. And as I noted earlier: 'John Rateliff notes the sense of finality (that the Silmarils were lost) in the 1926 Sketch of the Mythology and various versions of the 1930 Quenta Noldorinwa...' but... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-25-2012, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 72,371
Posted By
Galin
No Necrodancer then? But wait, she wouldn't...
No Necrodancer then? But wait, she wouldn't reveal that! Excelsior! |
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Forum: The Books
01-14-2012, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 10,988
Posted By
Galin
This has been a matter of debate, but for myself,...
This has been a matter of debate, but for myself, I currently fall on the side of Ciryatan leaving with Gandalf and the other bearers of the Three. |
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Forum: The Movies
01-12-2012, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 72,371
Posted By
Galin
You raise a good point: there were thousands and...
You raise a good point: there were thousands and thousands of females on Beorn's property, making his life sweeter every day. That's the buzz anyway :D |
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Forum: The Movies
01-11-2012, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 72,371
Posted By
Galin
But can a character do something arguably...
But can a character do something arguably outnocuous and simply claim that it's in ;) |
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Forum: The Books
01-11-2012, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,695
Posted By
Galin
Morte Darwen
Somewhat recently I stumbled across the following, and I wondered what others might think of it. In full context... ... |
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