Elves becoming rustic folk - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alchisiel · 11-16-2004, 01:17 PM

I'm reading the Lord of the Rings for the third time this year and while I was reading the Mirror of Galadriel chapter I never noticed a part of the paragraph:

"Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlorien will fade, and the tides of time will sweep it away. We must depart into the West, or dwindle to a rustic folk of dell and cave, slowly to forget and to be forgotten."

What does Galadriel mean by a rustic folk of dell and cave? Will they slowly become like men or what? Any thoughts?

11-16-2004, 01:17 PM	#1
Alchisiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: At The Golden Perch enjoying the best pint in the East Farthing! Posts: 68	Elves becoming rustic folk I'm reading the Lord of the Rings for the third time this year and while I was reading the Mirror of Galadriel chapter I never noticed a part of the paragraph: "Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlorien will fade, and the tides of time will sweep it away. We must depart into the West, or dwindle to a rustic folk of dell and cave, slowly to forget and to be forgotten." What does Galadriel mean by a rustic folk of dell and cave? Will they slowly become like men or what? Any thoughts? __________________ YOU shall not pass!! Even the smallest person can change the course of the future...