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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: HairOfTheDog
I'm pretty wishy washy on this. It wouldn't take much to change my opinion...
10,781 posted on 06/25/2002 12:06:20 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: Overtaxed
ACKKK! - There are a whole lot of mysteries today!
10,782 posted on 06/25/2002 12:06:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom; JenB
I hope Jen is researching!.... She started this and she is missing!
10,783 posted on 06/25/2002 12:07:32 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
You know, just hearing Gandalf saying "There is a union now between the two towers...Orthanc and Barad-Dur" is enough to convince me. ;-)
10,784 posted on 06/25/2002 12:08:55 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: All
I'm off for my check-up and then to see the movie. See you all later! Have this little debate cleared up before I get in, would you? LOL
10,785 posted on 06/25/2002 12:10:20 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: 2Jedismom
We shall try 2J... we shall try! have fun!
10,786 posted on 06/25/2002 12:11:22 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom
You know, just hearing Gandalf saying "There is a union now between the two towers...Orthanc and Barad-Dur" is enough to convince me. ;-)

I'm with you. (Is there a version of LoTR with Gandalf's lines in red?)

10,787 posted on 06/25/2002 12:11:42 PM PDT by ksen
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To: HairOfTheDog; JenB; Overtaxed
I hope Jen is researching!.... She started this and she is missing!

Typical elf.

10,788 posted on 06/25/2002 12:13:26 PM PDT by ksen
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To: 2Jedismom
You know, just hearing Gandalf saying "There is a union now between the two towers...Orthanc and Barad-Dur" is enough to convince me. ;-)

Sold.....

10,789 posted on 06/25/2002 12:16:12 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: ksen
Are the Istari (wizards) the same as the Maiar? I haven't come across the answer yet in my reading.

Yes... from the Encylopedia of Arda

Istari
The Wizards

Dates: Came to Middle-earth c. III 1000. Saruman was slain in III 3019 and Gandalf left Middle-earth in III 3021; the fates of the other Istari are unknown

Race: Ainur

Division: Maiar

Pronunciation: ee'staree

Meaning: 'Wise Ones'

Other Names: Ithryn, Wizards

Titles: Istari is a plural term; the singular form (equivalent to 'wizard') is istar

The order of Wizards, the Maiar who came to Middle-earth after the first millennium of the Third Age. Of these, five came to the northwestern regions; Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, Alatar and Pallando.

10,790 posted on 06/25/2002 12:17:41 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: ksen
Frodo is hearing Gandalf read the "All that glitters is not gold" letter.

Sigh....wish they could have gotten that part in the movie.

10,791 posted on 06/25/2002 12:18:16 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: ksen
Typical elf.

Maybe she's off practicing the flutophone. :)

duets with Borogroves

10,792 posted on 06/25/2002 12:20:57 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog
UPDATE:

Sam is singing a song about Gil-Galad now, boy, he sounds a lot like Sting.
10,793 posted on 06/25/2002 12:21:21 PM PDT by ksen
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To: ksen
Keep going.... I have never heard that version....
10,794 posted on 06/25/2002 12:22:07 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed; JenB; g'nad; 2Jedismom; Corin Stormhands; All
Gandalf is a Maiar, Sauron is(was?) a Maiar, balrogs are fallen Maiar, Aragorn has Maiar blood. Sheesh there are more Maiar connections in LoTR than you can shake a stick at, bunch of troublemakers.

I suppose the fact that Aragorn has Maiar blood contributes to why Sauron would fear him.

UPDATE:

Strider is reciting the story of Berin(sp?) and Luthien. ;^)
10,795 posted on 06/25/2002 12:26:48 PM PDT by ksen
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To: ksen; JenB
Sauron is listed as a Maiar, but not an Istari in the Enclyclopia of Arda... is this a fine distinction?
10,796 posted on 06/25/2002 12:32:28 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Doesn't "Istari" refer to those Maiar that were sent to Middle Earth?
10,797 posted on 06/25/2002 12:33:55 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: ksen
And I wouldn't go shaking sticks at Maiar... they take that kind of thing seriously.
10,798 posted on 06/25/2002 12:34:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Overtaxed
Borogroves
10,799 posted on 06/25/2002 12:34:31 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Borogroves
10,800 posted on 06/25/2002 12:34:32 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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