The Silmarillion in one word - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Macalaure · 12-20-2006, 08:10 AM

I'm a little surprised nobody made a thread like this after the two other 'in one word' went so well.

Since the Sil is not as universally loved as the LotR, I'm looking forward to some controversy!

I'll be starting with:

Terse

(hope it means what I think it means, since I had to look for a fitting word in a dictionary...)

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-20-2006, 08:12 AM

Formidable

(Great idea, Mac!)

Selmo · 12-20-2006, 09:24 AM

Mythic

.

Lalwendë · 12-20-2006, 09:57 AM

Glacial

Anguirel · 12-20-2006, 10:57 AM

Fateful

Bêthberry · 12-20-2006, 11:09 AM

(a) jewel

littlemanpoet · 12-21-2006, 06:51 PM

Splintered

Bêthberry · 12-21-2006, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Splintered

light?

alatar · 12-21-2006, 08:54 PM

Not to buck the system, but in lieu of having to post thrice, here are my three one words:

cyclical

"totally"

tome-ish

piosenniel · 12-23-2006, 09:03 AM

preliminary

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-23-2006, 10:21 AM

demanding

littlemanpoet · 12-27-2006, 08:46 AM

Bold

The Might · 12-27-2006, 08:57 AM

lore

High King Fingolfin · 12-27-2006, 11:18 AM

Epic

mormegil · 12-27-2006, 11:47 AM

Stupendous

Guinevere · 12-27-2006, 01:32 PM

Doomed !

Lhunardawen · 03-04-2007, 12:36 AM

nakakapagpabagabag

Bêthberry · 03-04-2007, 06:14 AM

'l' of a story.

(Note, I perpetually omit the first 'l' of the jewels' name.)

03-05-2007, 09:06 AM

Bleak

Iluvatar

loss

Knight of Gondor · 03-07-2007, 08:36 PM

Several one-word descriptions of the book that I can think of.

Tragedy

Destiny

History

Bible

But if I had to sum it all up, I would say lumenyáre.

04-07-2007, 09:39 PM

Revelation

Ren the Unclean · 03-16-2011, 07:11 PM

Emotional

The Silmarillion reads like a collection of legends and myths. Stories of this kind often carry a message that hits at a visceral level. And so many things in it are larger than life, like Feanor's passionate reactions to events.

Cirdan · 03-17-2011, 11:02 AM

After reading a couple of the more detailed and polished 1st age stories in Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion seems quite 'rough', as in rough draft outline, but even that is brilliant.

12-20-2006, 08:10 AM	#1
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	The Silmarillion in one word I'm a little surprised nobody made a thread like this after the two other 'in one word' went so well. Since the Sil is not as universally loved as the LotR, I'm looking forward to some controversy! I'll be starting with: Terse (hope it means what I think it means, since I had to look for a fitting word in a dictionary...)

12-20-2006, 08:12 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	Formidable (Great idea, Mac!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

12-20-2006, 09:57 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Glacial __________________ Gordon's alive!

12-20-2006, 10:57 AM	#5
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Fateful __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

12-20-2006, 11:09 AM	#6
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,977	(a) jewel __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

12-20-2006, 09:24 AM	#3
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	Mythic .

12-21-2006, 06:51 PM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Splintered

12-21-2006, 08:54 PM	#9
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Not to buck the system, but in lieu of having to post thrice, here are my three one words: cyclical "totally" tome-ish __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

12-23-2006, 09:03 AM	#10
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	preliminary __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

12-23-2006, 10:21 AM	#11
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	demanding __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

12-27-2006, 08:46 AM	#12
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Bold

12-27-2006, 08:57 AM	#13
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	lore __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-27-2006, 11:18 AM	#14
High King Fingolfin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the Wargs thrive, a.k.a. Madison, WI Posts: 437	Epic __________________ "Outside of a Warg, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a Warg, it's too dark to read." - Wargo Marx

12-27-2006, 11:47 AM	#15
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,636	Stupendous __________________ When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P. J. O'Rourke

12-27-2006, 01:32 PM	#16
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Doomed ! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-04-2007, 12:36 AM	#17
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	nakakapagpabagabag

03-04-2007, 06:14 AM	#18
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,977	'l' of a story. (Note, I perpetually omit the first 'l' of the jewels' name.) __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bêthberry; 03-04-2007 at 04:56 PM.

03-05-2007, 09:06 AM	#19
ADubiousSource Guest Posts: n/a	Bleak Iluvatar loss

03-07-2007, 08:36 PM	#20
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Several one-word descriptions of the book that I can think of. Tragedy Destiny History Bible But if I had to sum it all up, I would say lumenyáre. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

04-07-2007, 09:39 PM	#21
Neithan Tol Turambar Guest Posts: n/a	one word to rule them all Revelation

03-16-2011, 07:11 PM	#22
Ren the Unclean Newly Deceased Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Emotional The Silmarillion reads like a collection of legends and myths. Stories of this kind often carry a message that hits at a visceral level. And so many things in it are larger than life, like Feanor's passionate reactions to events. Last edited by Ren the Unclean; 03-16-2011 at 07:22 PM.

03-17-2011, 11:02 AM	#23
Cirdan Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In the Tower of Elostirion with my new Palantir Posts: 33	After reading a couple of the more detailed and polished 1st age stories in Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion seems quite 'rough', as in rough draft outline, but even that is brilliant.