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Forum: The Books
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In reference to the whole water/death thing that...
In reference to the whole water/death thing that has been brought up, I would like to note that water is the barrier between Middle Earth and the Undying Lands. Sailing over the ocean as a metaphor... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Bruce MacCulloch
Actually, Professor Tolkien's specific intent was...
Actually, Professor Tolkien's specific intent was to create a mythology. He even consistently referred to it as such. (Read the Letters regarding it.) |
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Max Müller referring to The Frog-King in On...
Max Müller referring to The Frog-King in On Fairy-Stories |
Forum: Quiz Room
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Replies: 35
Views: 9,251
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Bruce MacCulloch
Close enough - although technically arrows are...
Close enough - although technically arrows are ammunition , not weapons . Your go. |
Forum: Quiz Room
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Replies: 35
Views: 9,251
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Bruce MacCulloch
Sorry I took so long in asking the next question...
Sorry I took so long in asking the next question - I had some "things" come up. Anyway - here goes: What Numenorean weapons are reported as being "most greatly feared"? |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Indeed it might be Farmer Giles, but it isn't. ;)...
Indeed it might be Farmer Giles, but it isn't. ;) As to my scarceness of late, chalk it up to that affliction called life. |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: The Books
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Views: 6,861
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() If you were to use the search (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=search&search_forum=1) function, you would see this thread repeated over and over ... and over. There is a... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 21
Views: 6,082
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() Actually, it doesn't say that Morgoth created said spiders. Read it again. |
Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() That was quite a tricky one, Esty! You had me rummaging to find it for quite a while. smilies/wink.gif It was a little man, whose name he had forgotten that the Professor wrote of in "A secret... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,705
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() I found the passage you were referring to: I hadn't recalled that particular bit, and your thoughts on the subject help to throw some light on part of Sauron's reasoning behind his posing as Annatar. |
Forum: The Books
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Forum: The Books
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() Yes, mind your P's and Q's. smilies/wink.gif Sorry, old Celtologist joke there. smilies/tongue.gif |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 53
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() You do realize, of course, that posts like that are entirely uncalled for. |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 27
Views: 7,480
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() Wherever did you get this idea? There is a large body of documentation regarding the slavery practiced by the ancient Egyptians. Indeed, one of the great Biblical myths (Moses) revolves directly... |
Forum: The Books
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Bruce MacCulloch
![]() Actually, to be more precise, the field of study here is onomastics, the the science or study of the origin and forms of proper names of persons or places. smilies/wink.gif |
Forum: The Books
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Forum: The Books
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![]() I've already read HoM-E straight through at least once (Aiwendil is a very wise man), but I'm more than willing to give it another go. As to the poem mentioned above, other than in The Book of... |
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