What was the Arkenstone? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 08-05-2000, 01:02 PM

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It is the silmarillion !-kind of

Iimagine the arkenstone was the repressed [unpublished] silmarillion
coming into his glorified children's tale and that thequalities are identical because JRRT used the exact same language to describe them both [with out realizing it ?] out of a desire for [ the tale of the Silmarills] to get out one way or another.
sub-conscious allegorical sub-creation I would call it.
I always thought it strange that they buried it and didn't put it atop his tomb,so all could see.

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08-05-2000, 01:02 PM	#11
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Haunting Spirit Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> It is the silmarillion !-kind of Iimagine the arkenstone was the repressed [unpublished] silmarillion coming into his glorified children's tale and that thequalities are identical because JRRT used the exact same language to describe them both [with out realizing it ?] out of a desire for [ the tale of the Silmarills] to get out one way or another. sub-conscious allegorical sub-creation I would call it. I always thought it strange that they buried it and didn't put it atop his tomb,so all could see. </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.