Seven Stars and Seven Stones - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Iarwain · 01-25-2003, 09:31 PM

They needn't have brought the actual stars with them, knowledge of the constellation would be good enough. I think that the poem refers mainly to Elendil's standard. Perhaps the gems on the standard that Aragorn bore were passed down from Numenor. That would put the Stars into a physical object.

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[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

01-25-2003, 09:31 PM	#4
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	They needn't have brought the actual stars with them, knowledge of the constellation would be good enough. I think that the poem refers mainly to Elendil's standard. Perhaps the gems on the standard that Aragorn bore were passed down from Numenor. That would put the Stars into a physical object. Iarwain [ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ] __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"