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Lalaith · 02-08-2007, 01:25 PM

Texadan makes a really good point. I've often wondered about the size of the Silmarils.
To go off on a bit of a tangent - I don't know if any of you have ever watched the original 1933 King Kong, but in that film the ape really varies in size from scene to scene, in what seems a deliberately symbolic move.
I always had a similar feeling with the Simarils. Depending on what episode I am reading, their size varies in my mind's eye. In the Beren/Luthien episode, I imagine the Silmaril they regain as about the size of a large pomegranate or even a small cantaloupe melon...but when Feanor wears all three on his brow, they cannot be bigger than plums.

Does anyone else have that feeling of the Silmarils changing in size?

02-08-2007, 01:25 PM	#6
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,876	Texadan makes a really good point. I've often wondered about the size of the Silmarils. To go off on a bit of a tangent - I don't know if any of you have ever watched the original 1933 King Kong, but in that film the ape really varies in size from scene to scene, in what seems a deliberately symbolic move. I always had a similar feeling with the Simarils. Depending on what episode I am reading, their size varies in my mind's eye. In the Beren/Luthien episode, I imagine the Silmaril they regain as about the size of a large pomegranate or even a small cantaloupe melon...but when Feanor wears all three on his brow, they cannot be bigger than plums. Does anyone else have that feeling of the Silmarils changing in size? __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling