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I think Tolkien writes in one of his published Letters that Galadriel is kindred in his imagination with the Virgin Mary. I may have the sense wrong, but there was something there if my memory serves me correctly.
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That is exactly the kind of love I was thinking about when I first read the first few replies on the thread. It seemed to me like a very religious type of respect and love. But then it is also very knightly. I guess the both of them are kind of similar... It is the kind of love and respect where a person would do anything for the person, idol, being. They would go into battle, slay mighty dragons. He most likely looked at Galadriel as being very "godly", as being very much above him. Much like a knight or a worshipper. I think his love towards Galadriel consisted of a wide variety of different types of love.
Such a nice thread for this time before Valentine's Day [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]