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Forum: The Books 02-01-2010, 01:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,767
Posted By Erchamion
Well, there's nothing in LOTR to suggest it...

Well, there's nothing in LOTR to suggest it wasn't 100% corporeal. Gollum saw 4 fingers on his hand, Aragorn seemed to think that Sauron's form was solid enough to fight - "Let the Lord of the Black...
Forum: The Books 01-29-2010, 06:31 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 14,631
Posted By Erchamion
I always had the impression that Ents, Eagles,...

I always had the impression that Ents, Eagles, and Dragons were lesser Ainu (or at least eala) spirits. The Ents and Eagles are described as receiving 'spirits from afar' (I think the quote was...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 01-27-2010, 10:28 AM
Replies: 221
Views: 135,442
Posted By Erchamion
The answer being: three, one to actually do it...

The answer being: three, one to actually do it and two to fight off Orcs so the lightbulb can live in simple peace with the Hobbits.
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-27-2010, 06:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,280
Posted By Erchamion
OK, sorry; how do I move it?

OK, sorry; how do I move it?
Forum: The Books 01-27-2010, 05:35 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,576
Posted By Erchamion
Thanks! Very much so. (It's...

Thanks!



Very much so.

(It's interesting how Chesterton manages to 'have it both ways'. Certainly it gets used as a symbol of Alfred's victory - "the White Horse stamps in the White Horse...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-27-2010, 05:06 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,280
Posted By Erchamion
Middle-earth trivia

Just normal trivia game: ask a question, whoever gets it right poses the next question, etc.'

Probably should stick to Hobbit/LotR/Silm, as HoME gets complicated (and usually has contradictory...
Forum: The Books 01-26-2010, 08:38 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,576
Posted By Erchamion
Chesterton knew it was pre-Anglo-Saxon. In the...

Chesterton knew it was pre-Anglo-Saxon. In the Ballad of the White Horse, when he plays the harp among the Danes, Alfred says:

"All things achieved and chosen pass,
As the White Horse fades in...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 01-26-2010, 04:13 AM
Replies: 169
Views: 90,170
Posted By Erchamion
The Savegre Valley in Costa Rica was very much...

The Savegre Valley in Costa Rica was very much like how I've always imagined Rivendell, a beautiful green valley which was a spot of "tamed" (with orchards and stuff - but still rural/not-built-up)...
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