Re: LOTR
| From: | Dan Jones <dan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 10, 2001, 20:02 |
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John Cowan escreva:
>Indeed. There are a number of crackpot theories: Tom is God (Eru Iluvatar),
>Tom is Aule (one of the chief Valar), Tom is the Lord of the Nazgul
>(have you ever seen them together?).
I think his Sindarin name "Iarwain Ben-Adar" gives a clue "The oldest
without father", maybe he's the first man. Because he can be understood by
everyone no matter what language they speak- he's escaped the curse of
Babel. This is T.A. Shippey's theory, BTW, not mine.
Dan
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semo la flamma, semo la casea
semo la tuta, semo la cambea
We are the spark, we are the flame
We are the people, we are the change
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