Question on Palantiri

[edmund von tacchim]

Ignoring the recent film, I wondered if anyone could tell me where they have read of a palantir transmitting actual sounds.


From my recollections of the book(s), everything was shown & seen and while there was implication and understanding, there were no sounds heard as such.

[Morima]

A palantír transmitting sounds should be read of nowhere, cause palantíri do not transmit sounds (according to Tolkiens writings).

But a thing like the palantír is present in other books and stories, and maybe there they do transmit sounds. Perhaps some people mixed up.

[edmund von tacchim]

Glad that you said that because when I saw that on a quiz on this site, I felt I must be wrong. I haven't found anyone who has read the appendices and other books who can recall a palantir transmitting audio, either. I guess that means the trivia quiz is incorrect.

[Lindolirian]

First of all, this probably belongs in another room, but I can see wy you might think you'd put it in the quiz room considering your question was brought up by a quiz. Anyways, read the chapter in the Unfinished Tales on the Palantiri, it'll give you evrything you could ever want to know on them.

[lathspell]

If you read the LotR it seems to point out that the Palantiri do not transmit sound. And (it has been a while since I last read UT) I believe the story in UT states the same thing.

The he came. He did not speak so that I could hear words. He just looked, and I understood.

This is a quote from The Palantir - LotR. It doesn't transmit sounds, but someone may transmit his thoughts with it, and so speak with other persons.

greetings,
lathspell