Iceland in Tolkien's Work? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 07-02-2007, 01:52 AM

I'm very glad Rune is here - do you learn all this cool stuff at school in Denmark?

Wasn't this Leif the famous Leif Erikksson (he who the mobile phones were named after? As was 'Bluetooth' named after Harald Bluetooth?)?

So what you are saying is that some Icelanders were still expansionist and still tough guys in every sense of the word? That to me rings true again with Numenor as this was essentially a peaceful society at forst containing one or two 'bad apples' and as it grew they came more to the fore. I have to say Hobbits certainly don't have the adventuring spirit inherent in them that Icelanders/Numenoreans had!

Course there is also the small matter that Numenoreans, like Vikings in general, had the habit of setting up new societies on the shores of the home continent (Vikings for example setting up: Dublin, Isle of Man, much of Northern Britain, Normandy etc).

Inetersting that you say Erik was 'more Norwegian' than Icelandic. Maybe the 'Black Numenoreans' could be termed in a similar way - they were more 'Middle-earth' than 'Numenor' - i.e. more of the old country (Morgoth tainted) than of the new, slightly Elvish island?

07-02-2007, 01:52 AM	#12
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I'm very glad Rune is here - do you learn all this cool stuff at school in Denmark? Wasn't this Leif the famous Leif Erikksson (he who the mobile phones were named after? As was 'Bluetooth' named after Harald Bluetooth?)? So what you are saying is that some Icelanders were still expansionist and still tough guys in every sense of the word? That to me rings true again with Numenor as this was essentially a peaceful society at forst containing one or two 'bad apples' and as it grew they came more to the fore. I have to say Hobbits certainly don't have the adventuring spirit inherent in them that Icelanders/Numenoreans had! Course there is also the small matter that Numenoreans, like Vikings in general, had the habit of setting up new societies on the shores of the home continent (Vikings for example setting up: Dublin, Isle of Man, much of Northern Britain, Normandy etc). Inetersting that you say Erik was 'more Norwegian' than Icelandic. Maybe the 'Black Numenoreans' could be termed in a similar way - they were more 'Middle-earth' than 'Numenor' - i.e. more of the old country (Morgoth tainted) than of the new, slightly Elvish island? __________________ Gordon's alive!