Peter Jackson: Amon Hen a "place of worship"?? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 09-29-2003, 02:20 PM

Could the songs the Elves sang for Yavanna be constituted as a sort of worship?That's the only thing I can think of off the top of my (eternally weary) head. Then again, the songs themselves have nothing to do with a particular place of worship.Which leads me to believe that if Peter Jackson really knows his Middle Earth, his use of the word "worship" did not have much of a religious connotation per se, though then again, it could have been Jackson's particular interpretation of what Amon Hen means for the characters overall. Maybe he did see some notion of religious worship in the book, and chose to incorporate it into the film.

09-29-2003, 02:20 PM	#4
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Could the songs the Elves sang for Yavanna be constituted as a sort of worship?<P>That's the only thing I can think of off the top of my (eternally weary) head. <P>Then again, the songs themselves have nothing to do with a particular <I>place</I> of worship.<P>Which leads me to believe that if Peter Jackson really knows his Middle Earth, his use of the word "worship" did not have much of a religious connotation per se, though then again, it could have been Jackson's particular interpretation of what Amon Hen <I>means</I> for the characters overall. Maybe he did see some notion of religious worship in the book, and chose to incorporate it into the film. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~