Re: Lord of the Rings movie

David Peterson wrote:
>
> <<  Who in Lothlorien speaks Quenya, besides Galadriel? >>
>
>     Sorry to nab this out of context, but what is Lothlorien?
> Does it have
> something to do with Lord of the Rings?
Blasphemy! Well, for Tolkienist, that is ;-)

Loth Lorien is an (enchanted, some say) forest in Middle Earth, inhabited by
elves, led by Celeborn and Galadriel.

> Because it's the name of  one of the
> co-ops here at Berkeley down on South Side.  Most people just
> call it "Loth".  They were talking about it at dinner today.  Apparently
they have a tree
> house of some sort.
Which explains the name, since the elven city in Lorien is mostly built in
the trees.

Maarten

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