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03-07-2002, 12:28 PM | #1 |
Pile O'Bones
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Faerie
aye...what is it ?...I have a rough sort of idea but do any of you folk out there have anything a bit clearer. It's not something JR mentions too often but it does crop up in some of the early stuff.
Ta....Paul.
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03-07-2002, 12:52 PM | #2 |
Wight
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Grrr... I'm sure that was mentioned somwhere in the book of lost tales 1. I just cant find it. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
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03-07-2002, 02:02 PM | #3 |
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If you'd like to know all about Faerie, as Tolkien described it, and are willing to read about it for a long time, I highly recommend his essay "On Fairy Stories". You can find it in "The Tolkien Reader" and probably elsewhere, too. It's a great read; hard, but great!
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03-07-2002, 02:37 PM | #4 |
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Faerie is another name for the Undying Lands in the West - Valinor and maybe Tol Eressea as well. The word is used once in the Hobbit, and a few times in other places (including "Smith of Wotton Major").
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03-08-2002, 12:45 PM | #6 |
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In The Hobbit, it says that Tharanduil's people were descended from the elves that 'never went to Faerie in the West'. I think, in this context at least, Faerie means Valinor.
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