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Frodo Baggins · 12-28-2004, 03:54 PM

Curse of Mandos? What curse was that? I have forgotten.

I know not if this helps but while Vilya was "mightiest of the three" Nenya was known as the "Principle" ring. I that that means it was a sort of "leader" among the Three.

Boromir88 · 12-28-2004, 03:57 PM

It's not clear which was the mightiest of the three. LOTR says Vilya, the Sil says Nenya, Lost tales says Narya. Unless Tolkien specifies in one of his letters, which I have not read, which one he means to be the mightiest.

Or...

By saying all three are the mightiest maybe they are all equal?

12-28-2004, 03:54 PM	#1
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12-28-2004, 03:57 PM	#2
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	It's not clear which was the mightiest of the three. LOTR says Vilya, the Sil says Nenya, Lost tales says Narya. Unless Tolkien specifies in one of his letters, which I have not read, which one he means to be the mightiest. Or... By saying all three are the mightiest maybe they are all equal?