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01-15-2005, 12:30 PM | #1 |
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Lorien
1.) It sounds to me by the description of the books that the two Loriens (from Valinor & Middle-Earth) were equally beautiful (which do you think is the fairest?). Since the light of the two trees has perished in Valinor, that light seems to be present (although in small measure) in Lothlorien, where Galadriel was ruling. The Elven rings gave power according to the measure of the wearers & in the UT, Galadriel was reffered to as the greatest of the Noldor, save Feanor & that within her tresses, the light of two Trees were ensnared which everyone held a marvel. So this could be responsible for that unearhtly light within lothlorien & even Gandalf sings about it in the TT. Could it be that Lorien in ME was fairer than that of Valinor after the death of the two Trees? It is obvious that Galadriel had made as a memorial by what she saw before the two trees died.
2.) Was lothlorien more fairer than Doriath? 3.) Before Celeborn & Galadriel dwelt in Lorien, the silvan elves that lived there were plenty in numbers & they were happy & free even w/out Galadriel, but at the war of the ring, Lorinand was changed to Lothlorien due to the adjustments that Galadriel had worked via Nenya. So everyone was happy go lucky until the destruction of the One & all things contrived by the Three began to fade. So by the time Arwen lays herself in Cerin Amroth, why was it deserted? If the silvan folks of lorien were happy even before Galadriel & her usage of Nenya, why desert the Mallorns, & why sing no more... & the light fade?
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01-15-2005, 12:45 PM | #2 |
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For your questions:
1. The trees of Lorien ME were immortal, just as the ones of valinor, by the power of Nenya to alter time. Valinor's Lorien was spoiled by Ungoliath and Morgoth, and thus is reduced in beauty. However, the ME Lorien was unspoiled excepting periodic invasions, and all of these were defended against. Just as Valinor declined in beauty upon the destruction of the trees, the perfection of Lorien upon its creation was preserved and added to when Nenya was introduced. Thus, the immortal Lorien in mortal ME must be fairer than the despoiled Lorien in Valinor. 2. I will need to consult the book on this, as I would expect such a question to be answered in a song. 3. First, the time of the elves is over in Middle Earth, the passing of an age (One might ask why the dwarves did not resurface as the world was made safe again.) Second, perhaps the Sindar there had been tempted to the light of the trees and the Noldor king and queen as had the Eldar before. The light of Galadriel may have attracted the forest Elves just as the light of Valinor drew the High Elves across the sea.
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01-16-2005, 12:50 AM | #3 | |
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01-16-2005, 07:02 AM | #4 |
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In the Appendices, Tolkien says that two foreign trees were introduced to Middle-Earth- The White Tree of Numenor, and the Mallorn of Lorien. Both of these trees resemble the Two that existed in Valinor, and are mortal versions of the darkened trees. Lady Galariel could easily have brought the mallorn itself to Middle-Earth, just as the kings of Numenor were gifted the White tree from the valar.
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01-20-2005, 07:52 AM | #6 |
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I, with my small knowledge, shall now come and interrupt your peace and harmony Because I disagree with you all. I think that Lórien of Valinor was fairer.
It was in Valinor. The reason might sound stupid, but in Valinor all was basicly more beautiful. Nothing never died there (except some elves, but we won't discuss it now). The Valar, Lórien and Estë lived there. I suppose that they had more power to make their Lórien beautiful than Galadriel had with Nenya. And all the light didn't go with the two trees; the sun came, and the moon. And they stayed in Valinor longer than in Middle-Earth. So I can't see any reason why Galadriel's Lórien would have been more beutiful than Lórien of Valinor. |
01-20-2005, 08:02 AM | #7 |
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I gotta go with Thinlómien on this one. Galadriel could only make her Lorien as a copy of the original. Granted the true Lorien no longer had the Two Trees, but Lothlorien didn't either and it was just a wood in Middle Earth.
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01-21-2005, 04:16 PM | #8 |
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Methinks the Lorien comparison is a bit like trying to compare Gondolin with Tirion.
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01-21-2005, 06:14 PM | #9 | |
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One other Mallorn grew outside Lórien which hasn't yet been mentioned: the one that grew from Sam's seed in the Shire.
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01-22-2005, 05:42 PM | #11 |
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Two Trees of Valinor
The Two Trees of Valinor did not grow in Lorien, they grew on Ezellohar outside the gates of Valmar. Ungoliant and Melkor never entered Lorien and Este's land. Also the great Emerald brooch that was given to Aragorn in Lorien was originally made for Galadriel (who gave it to Celebrian, who gave it to Arwen, who left if for Aragorn)by Celebrimbor and enabled it's wearer to see the beauty in things more clearly. (Unfinished Tales) Lothlorien was no doubt the closest thing to Valinor in ME, but not as splendorous.
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