[Bear_in_RoseBear]

which of the Kellogg's cereal characters are the Sindar, then?

I dunno! But if you get into the "History of Middle-Earth" series, you find out that Tolkien originally referred to the Noldorin Elves as "Gnomes". The word comes from a Greek root meaning "to know", and he used it to designate the Elves that had the highest level of knowledge.

[Overtaxed]

Could this be Elrond?

There's lots of gardens at Rivendell.

[Fedora]

"I dunno! But if you get into the "History of Middle-Earth" series, you find out that Tolkien originally referred to the Noldorin Elves as "Gnomes". The word comes from a Greek root meaning "to know", and he used it to designate the Elves that had the highest level of knowledge."

So Snap, Crackle, and Pop are smarter than regular Elves--which is how they were able to invent the Silmarils. . .

Seriously, I didn't know that about the gnomes. That makes sense, though--from the Greek word "gignosko". Cool! Tolkien did some really interesting work on the etymology of folklore names. "Gandalf" also has the root-word "elf" in it in the original Norse epic Tolkien took the name from.