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Bombadil
Half-elven
May 13 2014, 7:35pm
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Has This Question Ever been discussed?
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Athelas... Kingsfoil
Also, Simbelmyne... Evermine...
Is there some
"RealWorld equivalent"?
Bomby would Absolutely LOVE to grow those!
But, Can't figure out what
might be this answer?
Maybe
"Moahunter",who was an Extra in Laketown
Might know what they used in our FAVORITE
Movies
Thang youAll
Berry
Buch
Bomby
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BlackFox
Half-elven
May 13 2014, 7:39pm
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From Tolkien Gateway: "Tolkien mentioned that Simbelmyne is an imagined variety of anemone. In appearance, Tolkien compares Simbelmynė to the European anemone, a small white flower growing among the grass or Anemona pulsatilla, the "pasque flower"[5]." (http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Simbelmyn%C3%AB)
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Henry David Thoreau
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BlackFox
Half-elven
May 13 2014, 8:02pm
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A nice summary of its possible inspirations: http://middleearthnews.com/...-on-real-life-plant/. The most likely candidates appear to be wintergreen, greater plantain, mint, and basil.
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Henry David Thoreau
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Darkstone
Immortal
May 13 2014, 8:31pm
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http://archives.theonering.net/...E88EBEA00011C04.html
As for athelas:
Another interesting association connected with the Tamarisk is, that it is the only tree now found growing amid the ruins of Babylon. Ker Porter thought that he discovered some traces of the celebrated hanging-gardens, and on an artificial mound there stood a tree
which the Arabs called Athela. It was hollow with age, and its branches bending downward gave to it the aspect of a weeping willow. The boughs were graceful and richly verdant, though its large trunk was old and rugged. Some travellers have described this lonely relic of the ancient grandeur this solitary tree as a Cedar, others as a willow; but Aucher, in 1835, gathered some specimens which he preserved, and which were considered by botanists to be the Tamarix pycnocarpus. The Arabs regard this tree as sacred, because, after the battle of Hillah, the Calif Ali reposed under its shade. It is thought to be as old as the time of Herodotus, B.C. 440.
-The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies The Club Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails, Volume II, by Anne Pratt, 1855-1866.
Of course as per 1 Samuel 22:6, Saul is sitting under a tamarisk tree when he hears about David coming back. That is, the Return of the King.
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Philosoraptor sez:
What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how its supposed to be.
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
May 13 2014, 9:06pm
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But if not, you can just add it to the list!
(Not sure if you saw it. Good times! )
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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Moahunter
Rohan
May 15 2014, 5:39am
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Didn't see any Kingsfoil .......
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on set but I was there when someone was searching for some.
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