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Since it is a recurring theme in literature, Tolkien could have gotten the idea of the Elessar from these Grail romances. Green is oft associated with healing powers, since it is the color that is closest to Nature and the Earth. The Grail was said to have magical healing powers, so authors would associate all healing allegories with it. That is why the Grail has been associated with the Cup of the Last Supper, green stone(s), and women (some say that the Grail is actually the womb of Mary Magdalen), all of whom are associated with healing.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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