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Bêthberry · 08-29-2006, 05:59 PM

This vote thing is draggin' a bit.

+ +Chrysophylax Dives

His name violates Tolkien's number one rule about allegory. Reason enough!

His last name--Dives--is Latin for rich and to people in the Middle Ages--and we all know how much time Tolk spent there--Dives was the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. (Luke XVI 9 - 31). Apparently the House of Dives is still noted in Jerusalem. Unless it's been bombed recently of course.

So what has to go? This excrable academic scholarly parallel that ruins the story? Or the bad pun about a filthy rich dragon?

Will you not be persuaded by one of the Dead?

08-29-2006, 05:59 PM	#614
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	This vote thing is draggin' a bit. + +Chrysophylax Dives His name violates Tolkien's number one rule about allegory. Reason enough! His last name--Dives--is Latin for rich and to people in the Middle Ages--and we all know how much time Tolk spent there--Dives was the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. (Luke XVI 9 - 31). Apparently the House of Dives is still noted in Jerusalem. Unless it's been bombed recently of course. So what has to go? This excrable academic scholarly parallel that ruins the story? Or the bad pun about a filthy rich dragon? Will you not be persuaded by one of the Dead? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.