"Minor works" trivia - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-23-2006, 11:47 PM

I did start a thread to discuss the topic to which your question inspired me here. Thanks again for the wonderful idea!

Now for a new question:

In which cave did the Sea-serpent used to live (and people wished him back there)?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-07-2007, 01:01 PM

Once he lived in Pot, "at the bottom of the deepest sea". Perhaps he was crowded out by the number of other things that have allegedly gone there over the years. There's an article about his interior decoration in Better Caves and Wastelands issue 135 (June 1958).

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-07-2007, 01:14 PM

You're right, of course, Squatter! Darn, I knew I should have bought all issues of Better Caves and Wastelands - I have 134 and 136, but not 135...

Anyway, take it away - and not to Pot!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-07-2007, 01:19 PM

What is the North Polar Bear's real name?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 02-07-2007, 03:06 PM

Karhu, or so it was supposed from his signature...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-08-2007, 08:10 AM

Actually he does announce that his name is Karhu in one of his letters, but that's by the by. The thread is yours.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 02-08-2007, 01:03 PM

But he also wrote it under a picture (of rising sun behind the mountains): "Love from Karhu, Paksu, and Valkotukka" (this is from where I remember it)

Anyway.

How did Tídwald recognize Torhthelm in the dark? (easy one)

11-23-2006, 11:47 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I did start a thread to discuss the topic to which your question inspired me here. Thanks again for the wonderful idea! Now for a new question: In which cave did the Sea-serpent used to live (and people wished him back there)? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

02-07-2007, 01:01 PM	#2
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Lifestyles of the large and autothalassic Once he lived in Pot, "at the bottom of the deepest sea". Perhaps he was crowded out by the number of other things that have allegedly gone there over the years. There's an article about his interior decoration in Better Caves and Wastelands issue 135 (June 1958). __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-07-2007, 01:14 PM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	You're right, of course, Squatter! Darn, I knew I should have bought all issues of Better Caves and Wastelands - I have 134 and 136, but not 135... Anyway, take it away - and not to Pot! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

02-07-2007, 01:19 PM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Guess what I got for Christmas What is the North Polar Bear's real name? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-07-2007, 03:06 PM	#5
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Karhu, or so it was supposed from his signature... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

02-08-2007, 08:10 AM	#6
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Ursine nomenclature Actually he does announce that his name is Karhu in one of his letters, but that's by the by. The thread is yours. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-08-2007, 01:03 PM	#7
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	But he also wrote it under a picture (of rising sun behind the mountains): "Love from Karhu, Paksu, and Valkotukka" (this is from where I remember it) Anyway. How did Tídwald recognize Torhthelm in the dark? (easy one) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories