Ring of fire, Ring of Air, Ring of ? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alfirin · 10-25-2008, 06:12 PM

yeah sorry about that, I always get Nenya and Vilia confused, probably because to me, blue is the color or water (the blue sea) and white that of air (air is invisible), not the other way around. I can of course see the logic of the other way round (the sky is blue, and water is, in and of itself colorless).
The Japanese use aether (or as I learned it, "spirit") as the fifth element? I always assumed that they used the Chinese system, where element five is metal, which is seperate from earth (or is it that earth is divided into metal and wood, my mind seems to be confused on the subject)
On a related note what do you think the stones in the rings are. Galadriel specifcally refers to her ring as being the ring of adamant so it fairly safe to assume a diamond. The ovios idea is that the other two are a sapphire and a ruby, but they could be diamonds as well, as diamonds do come in colors (the Hope (blue) being an obvios example, along with such famous exmaples as the Dresden (green) the Tiffany (yellow) and the Hancock (purply-red). A part of me almost wants to believe they are all diamonds if not a type of elf gem more pure and perfect than any found in nature. Certainly each stones is proably truly exceptional; Vilia's diamond is probably waht in the gem trade is often referred to as a "Golconda" Narya's stone if a ruby is likely a "pigeon's blood" ruby and Nenya Sapphire likey makes the finest stones of Kashmir look grey.

10-25-2008, 06:12 PM	#3
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	yeah sorry about that, I always get Nenya and Vilia confused, probably because to me, blue is the color or water (the blue sea) and white that of air (air is invisible), not the other way around. I can of course see the logic of the other way round (the sky is blue, and water is, in and of itself colorless). The Japanese use aether (or as I learned it, "spirit") as the fifth element? I always assumed that they used the Chinese system, where element five is metal, which is seperate from earth (or is it that earth is divided into metal and wood, my mind seems to be confused on the subject) On a related note what do you think the stones in the rings are. Galadriel specifcally refers to her ring as being the ring of adamant so it fairly safe to assume a diamond. The ovios idea is that the other two are a sapphire and a ruby, but they could be diamonds as well, as diamonds do come in colors (the Hope (blue) being an obvios example, along with such famous exmaples as the Dresden (green) the Tiffany (yellow) and the Hancock (purply-red). A part of me almost wants to believe they are all diamonds if not a type of elf gem more pure and perfect than any found in nature. Certainly each stones is proably truly exceptional; Vilia's diamond is probably waht in the gem trade is often referred to as a "Golconda" Narya's stone if a ruby is likely a "pigeon's blood" ruby and Nenya Sapphire likey makes the finest stones of Kashmir look grey.