Riddles in the Downs

[Huinesoron]

I keep coming back to this in the hopes of finding an answer that's not the obvious, but...

... is it just Maglor?

hS

[Urwen]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

I keep coming back to this in the hopes of finding an answer that's not the obvious, but...

... is it just Maglor?

hS

Yes.

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Yes.

Phew! It's beautiful - very poetic - but I was terrified I was missing some sneaky trick. I think you caught me out with an Obviously Turin riddle some time ago, so I'm on my guard.

I'll see what I can come up with; hmm, actually I have an idea, just need to see if it works.

hS

[Urwen]

And so the trend of editing song lyrics to make Tolkien riddles continues.

[Huinesoron]

Okay, the one I wanted to do doesn't work, but I came up with this instead:

A sister to a brother
A husband to a wife
A daughter to a father
A brother to a sister
A mother to a son
A husband to the first
A chain of six who never met,
But who died first?

No Hobbits are involved in the answer, so don't say I never do anything nice for you.

hS

[Urwen]

Hm.

I do have a plausible guess, but the last line invalidates it...

Unless... *looks at the riddle more closely*

Why does this remind me of well... *squints*

If the last question is literal, then I'll go with Mandos' interpretation, and say that Finwe died first.

But Finwe didn't die first, did he? Miriel did.

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Hm.

I do have a plausible guess, but the last line invalidates it...

Unless... *looks at the riddle more closely*

Why does this remind me of well... *squints*

If the last question is literal, then I'll go with Mandos' interpretation, and say that Finwe died first.

But Finwe didn't die first, did he? Miriel did.

The last question is literal, but not that flavour of literal. Neither Finwe nor Miriel are in the riddle.

(I believe Finwe was the first slain in Aman; Miriel just died.)

hS