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Ailios · 02-01-2003, 08:37 AM

In RoTK Tolkien writes in the index, where he explicitly refers to the rhyme, "[the] Seven stars, of Elendil and his captains. ... [They] originally represented to single stars on the banners of each of seven ships (of 9 [three times three]) that bore a palantir; in Gondor the seven stars were set about a white-flowered tree, over which the Kings set a winged crown."

Moreover, he writes that the Seven stars in the emblem of Durin represented the Plough.

c.c.

02-01-2003, 08:37 AM	#21
Ailios Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Forochel Posts: 28	In RoTK Tolkien writes in the index, where he explicitly refers to the rhyme, "[the] Seven stars, of Elendil and his captains. ... [They] originally represented to single stars on the banners of each of seven ships (of 9 [three times three]) that bore a palantir; in Gondor the seven stars were set about a white-flowered tree, over which the Kings set a winged crown." Moreover, he writes that the Seven stars in the emblem of Durin represented the Plough. c.c. __________________ Ailios