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Man-of-the-Wold · 01-21-2002, 05:14 AM

Nah, very simple explanation. Ghan-buri-Ghan is refering to the Numenoreans coming out of the sea metaphorically. One has to thing in anthropological terms of a primitive people without words for ships, sailing and so forth.

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"The Eldar called them Druedain, admitting them to the rank of the Atani, for they were much loved while they lasted."

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Man-of-the-Wold Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: With Tux, dread poodle of Pinnath Galin Posts: 239	Nah, very simple explanation. Ghan-buri-Ghan is refering to the Numenoreans coming out of the sea metaphorically. One has to thing in anthropological terms of a primitive people without words for ships, sailing and so forth. ************** "The Eldar called them Druedain, admitting them to the rank of the Atani, for they were much loved while they lasted." [ January 21, 2002: Message edited by: Man-of-the-Wold ] __________________ The hoes unrecked in the fields were flung, __ and fallen ladders in the long grass lay __ of the lush orchards; every tree there turned __ its tangled head and eyed them secretly, __ and the ears listened of the nodding grasses; __ though noontide glowed on land and leaf, __ their limbs were chilled.