The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum


Visit The *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo Page

Go Back   The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum > Middle-Earth Discussions > The Books
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 09-10-2006, 04:11 PM   #11
Lalwendė
A Mere Boggart
 
Lalwendė's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
Posts: 4,737
Lalwendė is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.Lalwendė is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lalaith

Fea, in answer to your question about the sun: in Norse (and Germanic) culture, unlike Graeco/Roman, the sun is female. She is called Sol, and will be devoured by a wolf at Ragnarok, the final battle. Some people maintain that Baldur was a sun god, and others that Frey (fertility god) was, but I'm not so sure.
And Tolkien's Sun was female, and the Moon male, unlike the usual Sun-Male, Moon-female tradition in the West, and in the Middle east as far as I recall?
__________________
Gordon's alive!
Lalwendė is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:10 AM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.