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12-19-2002, 03:20 AM

Hi everyone
I was just wondering whether any of you dream about actual characters fronm Tolkein's world? And if you do dream in what setting?
Are you just any creature or do you take the shape of a specific character. it really would be exiting to find out whether there are any similar recurring dreams about his world. I only dreamt twice about such characters, myself and both times seemed to be so realistic that i spent weeks pondering about them. Does this apply to you too?

Earendil evening star · 12-19-2002, 06:40 AM

Yes its happened to me a couple of times
the last time was when i was reading ROTK and i had just got to the heartbreaking part where Sam has to part with his beloved pots and pans and he and frodo are crawling aound in ditches in the dark and the mountain is near. This part was so powerful that i dreamt about it that night, the setting was almost the same only in daylight (this is beacause i personally would feel more in danger in daylight that at anytime else because i would feel more exposed)
anyway, i had a dream about it, the funny thing was i cantactually picture who was there with me, i can sense their personalities (it was definately either just frodo and sam or all the hobbits). I actually quite enjoyed the dream as it was the first i've really had about my obsession.
My friends keep telling me that because i talk about it so much during the day, it doesn't come in my dreams. A bit of a disappointment really. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
but hey, a kinda boring dream??
i know but fun 4 me all the same
luv
elise

ps, i'm skiving in my computing class right now, project about input output and storage devices my *** !!!

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-19-2002, 08:36 AM

Sorry, since this is not a book discussion, the thread is being moved to the Novices and Newcomers forum. You may read and post there.

Airehiriel · 12-19-2002, 08:58 AM

I had a dream the the night before seeing TTT that I went to the theater and watched it, but when I left I couldn't remember anything that I saw. I was very distressed and thought that I had to see it again. Then I was in and out of dreams about scenes in the book, but I can't remember any of them!
I wish I would dream about it more often.

Meela · 12-19-2002, 01:44 PM

i cant remember most of my dreams. last night im pretty certain the entire cast of lotr, including ttt, turned up in my dream, possibly at lothlorien at some point

Manwe Sulimo · 12-19-2002, 02:52 PM

I have incredibly screwed up LotR dreams....

Most of the time I'm Aragorn. A few nights ago, I dreamed that it was TTT, except I had to get...somewhere....and there were no Rohirrim. So, I was in this big tunnel, killing demon-thingies with Andúril, and all of a sudden I pop out into a police academy.

Yep. Police academy. People with guns.

I "remembered" that I needed a bullet-proof vest for the filming of Helm's Deep, so I went to get one. Unfortunetly, no one wanted to give me one.

Then I woke up.

I need counseling....

arelendil · 12-19-2002, 02:57 PM

All the time! whether I'm asleep or not!

Many times, especially when I sleep with my curtains open and the moon on my face, I have dreamt about being carried away by giant eagles and being taken to Mirkwood. Where I got to dance and sing all night with random elves until Gandalf comes and tells me I have to leave, like 5 in the morning. He then processes to lift me back onto the eagle and I fly back to my bed and sleep soundly till morning! I have to have had that dream 20 times its the best dream ever!
[img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

AddictedtoRumil · 12-19-2002, 07:14 PM

Yep i had a dream that Haldir i woke up and went in the kitchen and Haldir was sitting at my table eating pancakes (lol!) and another dream that i pulled Legolas' hair and ran (lol!) that's about it. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: AddictedtoRumil ]

The Shadow In The East · 12-19-2002, 08:38 PM

i had a dream i was a fifth hobbit in the fellowship name herbert. the nazgul got me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] *shivers* )

Nianna Telmnar · 12-20-2002, 02:05 PM

I had this dream once where I was shopping in a supermarket and spotted some elves from lothlorien out doing some shopping! (maybe they were picking up the ingredients for lembas?)
just one more example of why you shouldn't have too much sugar before bed.

Nurumaiel · 12-20-2002, 02:18 PM

I've had two LOTR dreams that I can remember (it goes a long way back [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]).

1. It was the night after FOTR came out. I had just composed a song for Boromir, and afterwards I had fallen asleep. My dream was that I was walking on my street and suddenly I heard this great rush of wind. Then I was lying flat on my back on the ground, and Merry and Pippin were running away from me. I went into the forest (I live in one) and found Boromir fighting Uruk-hai, and then suddenly he just fell off a cliff (weird). I ran over to a place in the forest I call 'Amon Hen' because it looks so much like it, and I saw Aragorn and Faramir discussing battle plans. I approached them and planned with them, the Uruk-hai attacked, and I woke up.

2. This dream creeped me out, though it may just sound funny. I was on a great green plain with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, and there was this little cottage ahead of us. Aragorn went into the cottage and brought the rest of us with him, and there were Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, my brother Sean and Boromir. I went over to the window and looked out, and I saw these three Nazgul standing on the top of a hill. Aragorn saw them too and ran out, Legolas and Gimli following him, saying they were going to scout around. We waited in the cottage, and we heard footsteps outside. Crawling to the window I looked out and saw a Nazgul at the door. The other two were circling the house, peering in all the windows. It was incredibly supensful, and most frightning. Just as the Nazgul at the door began smashing it down, the back door (where did that come from?) opened and there was my other brother (who looked amazingly like the Boromir I'd imagined [not movie]). He brought all of us out to a dark alley, where I woke up.

Both were very weird, now that I think about them, especially no. 1, but no. 2 really stirred up that fear of Nazgul I've had almost all my life. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] 'Twas frightning in the extreme. But amazingly fun at the same time. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

~Nurumaiel

12-19-2002, 03:20 AM	#1
Thallassa Guest Posts: n/a	Are you dreaming too? Hi everyone I was just wondering whether any of you dream about actual characters fronm Tolkein's world? And if you do dream in what setting? Are you just any creature or do you take the shape of a specific character. it really would be exiting to find out whether there are any similar recurring dreams about his world. I only dreamt twice about such characters, myself and both times seemed to be so realistic that i spent weeks pondering about them. Does this apply to you too?

12-19-2002, 06:40 AM	#2
Earendil evening star Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 26	Yes its happened to me a couple of times the last time was when i was reading ROTK and i had just got to the heartbreaking part where Sam has to part with his beloved pots and pans and he and frodo are crawling aound in ditches in the dark and the mountain is near. This part was so powerful that i dreamt about it that night, the setting was almost the same only in daylight (this is beacause i personally would feel more in danger in daylight that at anytime else because i would feel more exposed) anyway, i had a dream about it, the funny thing was i cantactually picture who was there with me, i can sense their personalities (it was definately either just frodo and sam or all the hobbits). I actually quite enjoyed the dream as it was the first i've really had about my obsession. My friends keep telling me that because i talk about it so much during the day, it doesn't come in my dreams. A bit of a disappointment really. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] but hey, a kinda boring dream?? i know but fun 4 me all the same luv elise ps, i'm skiving in my computing class right now, project about input output and storage devices my *** !!! __________________ "Earendil,the Evening Star,and most beloved of the elves,shone clear above" Chapter vII

12-19-2002, 08:36 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,645	Sorry, since this is not a book discussion, the thread is being moved to the Novices and Newcomers forum. You may read and post 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...'

12-19-2002, 08:58 AM	#4
Airehiriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 470	I had a dream the the night before seeing TTT that I went to the theater and watched it, but when I left I couldn't remember anything that I saw. I was very distressed and thought that I had to see it again. Then I was in and out of dreams about scenes in the book, but I can't remember any of them! I wish I would dream about it more often. __________________ Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? Job 11:7

12-19-2002, 01:44 PM	#5
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,118	i cant remember most of my dreams. last night im pretty certain the entire cast of lotr, including ttt, turned up in my dream, possibly at lothlorien at some point __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

12-19-2002, 02:52 PM	#6
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	I have incredibly screwed up LotR dreams.... Most of the time I'm Aragorn. A few nights ago, I dreamed that it was TTT, except I had to get...somewhere....and there were no Rohirrim. So, I was in this big tunnel, killing demon-thingies with Andúril, and all of a sudden I pop out into a police academy. Yep. Police academy. People with guns. I "remembered" that I needed a bullet-proof vest for the filming of Helm's Deep, so I went to get one. Unfortunetly, no one wanted to give me one. Then I woke up. I need counseling.... __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

12-19-2002, 02:57 PM	#7
arelendil Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eryn Lasgalen Posts: 202	All the time! whether I'm asleep or not! Many times, especially when I sleep with my curtains open and the moon on my face, I have dreamt about being carried away by giant eagles and being taken to Mirkwood. Where I got to dance and sing all night with random elves until Gandalf comes and tells me I have to leave, like 5 in the morning. He then processes to lift me back onto the eagle and I fly back to my bed and sleep soundly till morning! I have to have had that dream 20 times its the best dream ever! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Nai Vardo eleni ilye lumenn' enomentielvo siluvar!

12-19-2002, 07:14 PM	#8
AddictedtoRumil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 65	Yep i had a dream that Haldir i woke up and went in the kitchen and Haldir was sitting at my table eating pancakes (lol!) and another dream that i pulled Legolas' hair and ran (lol!) that's about it. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: AddictedtoRumil ] __________________ ~AddictedtoRumil~ You better move over Legolas Rumil's here

12-19-2002, 08:38 PM	#9
The Shadow In The East Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 13	i had a dream i was a fifth hobbit in the fellowship name herbert. the nazgul got me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] shivers )

12-20-2002, 02:05 PM	#10
Nianna Telmnar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: somewhere between here and there Posts: 68	I had this dream once where I was shopping in a supermarket and spotted some elves from lothlorien out doing some shopping! (maybe they were picking up the ingredients for lembas?) just one more example of why you shouldn't have too much sugar before bed. __________________ "Don't Panic."

12-20-2002, 02:18 PM	#11
Nurumaiel Vice of Twilight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: on a mountain Posts: 1,139	I've had two LOTR dreams that I can remember (it goes a long way back [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). 1. It was the night after FOTR came out. I had just composed a song for Boromir, and afterwards I had fallen asleep. My dream was that I was walking on my street and suddenly I heard this great rush of wind. Then I was lying flat on my back on the ground, and Merry and Pippin were running away from me. I went into the forest (I live in one) and found Boromir fighting Uruk-hai, and then suddenly he just fell off a cliff (weird). I ran over to a place in the forest I call 'Amon Hen' because it looks so much like it, and I saw Aragorn and Faramir discussing battle plans. I approached them and planned with them, the Uruk-hai attacked, and I woke up. 2. This dream creeped me out, though it may just sound funny. I was on a great green plain with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, and there was this little cottage ahead of us. Aragorn went into the cottage and brought the rest of us with him, and there were Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, my brother Sean and Boromir. I went over to the window and looked out, and I saw these three Nazgul standing on the top of a hill. Aragorn saw them too and ran out, Legolas and Gimli following him, saying they were going to scout around. We waited in the cottage, and we heard footsteps outside. Crawling to the window I looked out and saw a Nazgul at the door. The other two were circling the house, peering in all the windows. It was incredibly supensful, and most frightning. Just as the Nazgul at the door began smashing it down, the back door (where did that come from?) opened and there was my other brother (who looked amazingly like the Boromir I'd imagined [not movie]). He brought all of us out to a dark alley, where I woke up. Both were very weird, now that I think about them, especially no. 1, but no. 2 really stirred up that fear of Nazgul I've had almost all my life. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] 'Twas frightning in the extreme. But amazingly fun at the same time. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ~Nurumaiel __________________ In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand in every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.