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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
4. Apparently there is a giant called NAN in Lost Tales 2. Well, nans tend to be old and female, and I presume this Nan had a sword.
Also the initials of 'not a number.'
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
1. GILIM is an anagram of Gimli ... and it saves the M (3rd letter) of Gimli until last.
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Both correct, and correctly derived. They're both found in the
Lay of Leithian, in Luthien's hair-lengthening song:
And all names of things
tallest and longest on earth she sings:
... Names she sought,
and sang of Glend, the sword of Nan;
of Gilim, the giant of Eruman;
Eruman = Eru + Man; I had to.
(If you want to get picky, there doesn't seem to be direct evidence that Nan is a giant - they could just be someone with a really big sword. Gilim, in contrast, is noted in the
Tale of Tinuviel for the length of their neck.)
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
5. TARLANG - TAR is used on roads and LANG could be a short form of 'language.'
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Also correct, and spot on for the cryptic half. According to - did I say obscure? - a deleted entry from Tolkien's
Guide to Names, Tarlang was a giant involved in building the White Mountains. He tripped and broke his neck, and his body became part of the fabric of the mountains - hence, he both built and became them.
(I wonder now if there's any connection to Harfang, home of the Gentle Giants of Narnia?)
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GILIM - I save a third of a dwarf for last; seek me at the meeting of man and Eru.
2.
ULBANDI - Backwards we fall, the headless onion and I; are we an ogre or ent we?
3.
A Wearyhearted, I splash through the water with the Mariner, second in line.
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NAN - But for my sword, you might think me an aged woman; I am not a number.
5.
TARLANG - From paved road and shortened speech, I build and become white.
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STONE GIANTS - We're tall and we rock! And some of us are more or less decent.
One to go! And it's far and away the most (or least?) obscure. I'll tell you know that 'second in line' means you're looking for the second letter in the name.
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