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Mithalwen · 06-20-2014, 06:41 AM

Huh? I though5 I had solved this? Will get my clue up over weekend probably.

Ivriniel · 06-20-2014, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Huh? I though5 I had solved this? Will get my clue up over weekend probably.

Mithalwen · 07-02-2014, 12:39 PM

Everyone knows me.
Last and first was I.
Nobody knows me.
Noble light on high.

Memory lingers;
The song of the singers,
The rings on other fingers.

Ivriniel · 07-02-2014, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Everyone knows me.
Last and first was I.
Nobody knows me.
Noble light on high.

Memory lingers;
The song of the singers,
The rings on other fingers.

wasn't that tom bombadil (last first) or else eru

Mithalwen · 07-02-2014, 05:49 PM

Not Bombadil or Eru. Neither of whom fit the rest of the riddle.

Galadriel55 · 07-02-2014, 07:02 PM

Is it your fav?

Everyone knows me. - duh, High King.
Last and first was I. - Last of the High Kings (whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea et cetera), first of... I dunno.
Nobody knows me. - no clue.
Noble light on high.

Memory lingers;
The song of the singers, - Gildy Galdy was an Elven Thing of whom the harpies madly sing...
The rings on other fingers. - Elrond's and Gandalf's.

Ivriniel · 07-02-2014, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Is it your fav?

Everyone knows me. - duh, High King.
Last and first was I. - Last of the High Kings (whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea et cetera), first of... I dunno.
Nobody knows me. - no clue.
Noble light on high.

Memory lingers;
The song of the singers, - Gildy Galdy was an Elven Thing of whom the harpies madly sing...
The rings on other fingers. - Elrond's and Gandalf's.

Makes sense

Memory Lingers: ...
Last and First was I (first Elvish High King of Nolor born in Middle Earth? Turgon was a Valinor-head wasn't he)
Nobody knows me: as Ereinion?
Noble Light on High: That spear thingy he had that shone like the brightest star stuff, whatever, or like that. High as in 'oven is on high' hahaha

Mithalwen · 07-03-2014, 02:16 AM

Yep, poor love was rather incinerated. First king in lindon and to be High King of Eldar not just Noldor iirc.

Nobody knows me... Not even Tolkien himself seems to have come to a definitive conclusion as to who his Daddy was , which is unusual for a king... he was a relatively early character whose first appearancw was circa 1936 and thirty odd years later he has wandered through the three houses of Finwë's sons ending up maybe as Orodreth's but in the circumstances I am not sure last word wouldhave been final. Christopher admitted he probably made a mistake assigning him tp Fingon from a single note but it seemed the simplest option at the time. I sometimes wonder if the name Ereinion was a joke referring to the indescision... I digress

Noble light on high.... Gil-galad , means starlight. His quenya name is Artanaro, noble flame.

So despite her lack of respect for my beloved, the thread is back to Galadriel

06-20-2014, 06:41 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Huh? I though5 I had solved this? Will get my clue up over weekend probably. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-02-2014, 12:39 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Ok.well late is better than never, I hope. Everyone knows me. Last and first was I. Nobody knows me. Noble light on high. Memory lingers; The song of the singers, The rings on other fingers. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-02-2014, 05:49 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Not Bombadil or Eru. Neither of whom fit the rest of the riddle. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-02-2014, 07:02 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,517	Gildy-galad? Is it your fav? Everyone knows me. - duh, High King. Last and first was I. - Last of the High Kings (whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea et cetera), first of... I dunno. Nobody knows me. - no clue. Noble light on high. Memory lingers; The song of the singers, - Gildy Galdy was an Elven Thing of whom the harpies madly sing... The rings on other fingers. - Elrond's and Gandalf's. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

07-03-2014, 02:16 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Yep, poor love was rather incinerated. First king in lindon and to be High King of Eldar not just Noldor iirc. Nobody knows me... Not even Tolkien himself seems to have come to a definitive conclusion as to who his Daddy was , which is unusual for a king... he was a relatively early character whose first appearancw was circa 1936 and thirty odd years later he has wandered through the three houses of Finwë's sons ending up maybe as Orodreth's but in the circumstances I am not sure last word wouldhave been final. Christopher admitted he probably made a mistake assigning him tp Fingon from a single note but it seemed the simplest option at the time. I sometimes wonder if the name Ereinion was a joke referring to the indescision... I digress Noble light on high.... Gil-galad , means starlight. His quenya name is Artanaro, noble flame. So despite her lack of respect for my beloved, the thread is back to Galadriel __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace