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**lindil** · 11-25-2000, 08:59 AM

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Re: Smith of Wootton Major

I love Smith the most deeply written and beautiful of all of JRRT's shorts [w/ a niggle after that] not having read Aotrou and Itroun [sp].
It caputures the mature beauty of his writings and hints at the dunedain/eldarin relationships that must have occured in the 2-4 th ages but to which we are told relatively little.[we are shown in ME mostly nobles interacting
[ie Galadriel and Aragornor Beren and Thingol]
The king coming into the village unrecognized and scorned by mostshows to me the depth to which Christ had penetrated his thinking.
And the need [which Fantasy and myth and true religion provide] to have the connection w/ truth and beauty renewed and rediscoverred by each generation.
I especially love the parts about his singing and the smithwork.
I also seriously contemplated using the picture of Alf w/ the extremely long knife about to cut the 24 year cake as a logo for my knife sharpening business!
lindil

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11-25-2000, 08:59 AM	#2
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 144</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Smith of Wootton Major I love Smith the most deeply written and beautiful of all of JRRT's shorts [w/ a niggle after that] not having read Aotrou and Itroun [sp]. It caputures the mature beauty of his writings and hints at the dunedain/eldarin relationships that must have occured in the 2-4 th ages but to which we are told relatively little.[we are shown in ME mostly nobles interacting [ie Galadriel and Aragornor Beren and Thingol] The king coming into the village unrecognized and scorned by mostshows to me the depth to which Christ had penetrated his thinking. And the need [which Fantasy and myth and true religion provide] to have the connection w/ truth and beauty renewed and rediscoverred by each generation. I especially love the parts about his singing and the smithwork. I also seriously contemplated using the picture of Alf w/ the extremely long knife about to cut the 24 year cake as a logo for my knife sharpening business! lindil </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.