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Forum: The Books
09-30-2002, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,652
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Estel the Descender
I read somewhere that Enya did write Lothlorien...I read somewhere that Enya did write Lothlorien based on the place in ME. I love the composition and I think that it is most suited as the sountrack for Lothlorien. As for Enya's Memory of Trees, I... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-30-2002, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 500
Views: 189,134
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Estel the Descender
I used my real name and translated it into...I used my real name and translated it into Elvish: Estel i-Dhadrantor Ohtarion. Then I shortened it and re-translated the second name into English: Estel the Descender. smilies/biggrin.gif |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
09-30-2002, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 43,933
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Estel the Descender
Actually sir, the Christians regard the...Actually sir, the Christians regard the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the eucatastrophe of the Christian story and not the Crucifixion. (Personally, I think that Jesus was trying to sing Psalm 22... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
09-01-2002, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
08-09-2002, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
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I have a few quotes...smilies/biggrin.gif I have a few quotes from a related thread called (Lack of) Religion in LotR: |
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Forum: The Books
08-01-2002, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,903
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Estel the Descender
Anyone who wants to be immersed into the world of...Anyone who wants to be immersed into the world of Middle-Earth should read The Hobbit. I also believe that just because The Hobbit is not as long or as complex as the LotR it is more 'for children'... |
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Forum: The Books
07-18-2002, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,080
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Estel the Descender
Uhh, have any of you guys read the Trilogy and...Uhh, have any of you guys read the Trilogy and Bible thread? smilies/confused.gif Anyone? smilies/rolleyes.gif Just wondering. . . |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-18-2002, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,815
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Estel the Descender
I know a little Sindarin--I just haven't any...I know a little Sindarin--I just haven't any basic proficiency yet, but am learning. smilies/rolleyes.gif I need somebody to talk to in the 'noble tongue.' |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
07-12-2002, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
I'm glad you made that clear ...I'm glad you made that clear smilies/biggrin.gif Of course, you probably are aware that Cahill was, to use Bultmann's term, demythologising. This kinda implies that, although Cahill did not say... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
06-30-2002, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
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...<span style="text-decoration: none;"> [Disclaimer: I am glad at the development of this thread. We who post here seems to have disproved the notion that the LotR is somehow an allegory of the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2002, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 13,272
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
06-22-2002, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
What kind of errors? smilies/confused.gif
...What kind of errors? smilies/confused.gif According to the footnote in Appendix F of the LotR, Frodo made a mistake in thinking that the Elves of Lorien used a different Eldarin language,... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
06-16-2002, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
I was told by my brother that using Christopher...I was told by my brother that using Christopher as an example was problematic. Let me ammend: Moses and St. Paul are to God what Bilbo and Frodo Baggins are to JRR Tolkien. In the Appendices and... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-01-2002, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 19,765
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Estel the Descender
I read in Froissart's <I>Chronicles</I> that a...I read in Froissart's <I>Chronicles</I> that a French squire used his two-handed sword as a lance during the battle of Poitiers. Presumably, he couched it like a lance. This was during the 1350s. ... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
06-01-2002, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
I actually know guys like these, and guess what,...I actually know guys like these, and guess what, they don't like The Chronicles of Narnia(which is supposed to be explicitly Christian) also. The only 'Christian Fantasy" they like are Veggie Tales.... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
05-07-2002, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
(Advanced warning! This is one loooooong essay....(Advanced warning! This is one loooooong essay. Advanced apologies for taking this much space. Furthermore I had intended this work for a thread that has now closed. Anyone interested could try to... |
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Forum: The Books
04-28-2002, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,589
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Estel the Descender
Actually, the Woses, the men of the Druadan...Actually, the Woses, the men of the Druadan forest helped the Rohirrim during the War of the Ring. Based on the way they are described, they resembled people of either Polynesian or African descent. ... |
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Forum: The Books
04-28-2002, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
[ April 28, 2002: Message edited by: Estel the...[ April 28, 2002: Message edited by: Estel the Descender ] |
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Forum: The Books
04-22-2002, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
Kalessin smilies/frown.gif
Profound...Kalessin smilies/frown.gif Profound apologies for having offended you thus: 'I feel this is doing me a disservice, both unfair and misleading.' Although I have never intended to imply that you... |
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Forum: The Books
04-20-2002, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
Quote from Master Underhill: 'I don’t think that...Quote from Master Underhill: 'I don’t think that acknowledging Tolkien’s Catholicism and its effects on his work poses any more danger of “appropriation” than acknowledging Tolkien’s Englishness and... |
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Forum: The Books
04-15-2002, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
Quote from Tolkien: 'Fantasy. . . certainly does...Quote from Tolkien: 'Fantasy. . . certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific verity. On the contrary.... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
04-15-2002, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
Tolkien wrote something about morality in 'fairy...Tolkien wrote something about morality in 'fairy tales' in his now famous essay On Fairy Stories, 'The stories of Beatrix Potter lie near the borders of Faerie, but outside it, I [Tolkien] think, for... |
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Forum: The Books
04-11-2002, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
I remember a time when works made by Tolkien and...I remember a time when works made by Tolkien and others were read only by 'nerds' or people obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons. But even then they do not really read them in the sense intentended by... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
04-08-2002, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 144,266
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Estel the Descender
Suilaid Mellyn,
It is true that Tolkin...Suilaid Mellyn, It is true that Tolkin infused into his books his concepts of what is good, what is evil, and what he believed was truth. And his concepts were influenced by by his brand of... |
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Forum: The Books
04-02-2002, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 48,721
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Estel the Descender
Before I continue, I have to ask this question:...Before I continue, I have to ask this question: please bear with me. Did any of you or do any of you play the Final Fantasy series? You know, FFVI-FFIX? As I have posted elsewhere, the thing... |
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