ShadowFax..... Grey or White? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ebony · 01-29-2003, 03:13 PM

I hate to be a stick in the mud, but Tolkien never refers to Shadowfax as silver-grey. The quote from the book is: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>By day his coat glistens like silver; and by night it is like a shade, and he passes unseen.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Really he is not telling you what colour Shadowfax is at all - only that his coat glistens like silver, and is at night like a shade. He could be a shiny black horse for all we know.

01-29-2003, 03:13 PM	#22
Ebony Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: between a hard and a rocky place Posts: 22	I hate to be a stick in the mud, but Tolkien <I>never</I> refers to Shadowfax as silver-grey. The quote from the book is:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>By day his coat glistens like silver; and by night it is like a shade, and he passes unseen.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Really he is not telling you what colour Shadowfax is at all - only that his coat glistens <I>like</I> silver, and is at night <I>like</I> a shade. He could be a shiny black horse for all we know. __________________ Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.