Galadriel’s mirror - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 04-01-2003, 08:06 AM

Yeah, an Elven Palantir. Never thought of that. That brings us round to the whole Galadriel-Feanor thing. The Mirror is Her 'Palantir', & in the same way the Phial, containing the light of Earendel, is her 'Silmaril'.
At the same time, I think what the Mirror shows you is only what you have to confront, even some things which you may not know about, which may be in 'your' future but which in some way are already destined But that leads us into the area of fate/destiny. Tolkien was deeply influenced by Norse ideas, so you have to take into account Wyrd, which is the individual's destiny within this life, which is ultimately unavoidable.

04-01-2003, 08:06 AM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Yeah, an Elven Palantir. Never thought of that. That brings us round to the whole Galadriel-Feanor thing. The Mirror is Her 'Palantir', & in the same way the Phial, containing the light of Earendel, is her 'Silmaril'. At the same time, I think what the Mirror shows you is only what you have to confront, even some things which you may not know about, which may be in 'your' future but which in some way are already destined But that leads us into the area of fate/destiny. Tolkien was deeply influenced by Norse ideas, so you have to take into account Wyrd, which is the individual's destiny within this life, which is ultimately unavoidable. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."