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02-02-2009, 08:31 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Thanks. Both posts quite informative. Perhaps
Tolkien's toying with the use of giants in LOTR (and hints of them on Caradhras?) was a reflection of his later dissatisfaction with some elements of TH and wishes that more of it had been revised (to account for the [after LOTR came out] rather anomalous giants tossing game in TH?).
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02-02-2009, 02:13 PM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Thanks, pitchwife. Teach me to work from memory.....
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02-05-2009, 12:10 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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It may also be possible that giants were scrapped, as they are often seens as of human form and therefore possibly aligned good rather than evil. Where then would they fit into Middle-Earth? I think that Tolkien's desire to include giants or a giant race, aside from Ents, were his addition of trolls to the legions of the Dark Lord, not only including beasts of size but making the Enemy army even more terrifying.
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