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Nolofinwe
The Shire
Dec 31 2012, 3:05pm
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With these ‘magic’ related posts in mind, I observed the following relevant exchange which I don’t believe I picked up during my many reads over the years… or at least didn’t assign it its proper significance…
( I had an excellent idea a week or two ago, after having viewed the Hobbit when it came out, to rent the audiobook and listen to it during my rather lengthy commutes in the morning. I finished it quickly, and moved on to the Lord of the Rings… (Audiobooks w/ Robert Inglis are very well done, by the by))
Towards the end of Book 1, when Frodo, Strider, Sam, Pippin, Merry are making their way to Rivendell, and come across Glorfindel on the road, Glorfindel relates that Gildor passed word on to Rivendell that the hobbits were travelling un-protected and un-aided with the ring, and being pursued by the Nine. He then states “There are few even in Rivendell who can ride openly against the Nine… yet such as there were, Elrond sent North, South, East and West.”
It’s hard to draw a lot of specifics from that statement other than Glorfindel is mighty enough to ride openly against them, as are at least 3 others (presumably more…) but it’s a very interesting statement with regard to Elf power/strength/magic vs. dark power/strength/magic.
Glorfindel is older than Elrond (if indeed the Glorfindel of the 3rd age is the reborn Glorfindel who perished in the Fall of Gondolin) and one of the mighty Elf Lords of old… it was he who nearly destroyed the Witch King when Gondor/Elves of Rivendell&Havens obliterated the armies of Angmar. I wonder who else rode out from Rivendell to seek the Hobbits… possibly Elrohir/Eladan, others we do not know of.
In any event, I find it interesting that only a few of the Elves can "ride openly against the Nine". Even as fell wraiths, they’re the fell wraiths of men. I would’ve thought that almost any Elf would be a match for them… much as Legolas was entirely un-affected by the King/Armies of the Dead.
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'The problem of magic' in Tolkien
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noWizardme
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Dec 18 2012, 11:53am
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A thought about games
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noWizardme
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Dec 18 2012, 1:33pm
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Galadriel and semantics
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CuriousG
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Dec 20 2012, 7:37pm
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Magic vs Blessed
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Cyberia
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Dec 21 2012, 12:22am
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Elvish magic (a helpful/distracting thought from "On Fairy Stories"
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noWizardme
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Dec 21 2012, 4:12pm
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Palantiri vs Skype
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CuriousG
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Dec 20 2012, 10:14pm
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Or the palantir as YouTube?
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noWizardme
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Dec 21 2012, 6:59pm
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Gandalf's magic: a wizard's must
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CuriousG
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Dec 21 2012, 2:51am
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Compare & Contrast: Terry Pratchett's witches
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noWizardme
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Dec 27 2012, 12:55pm
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Magic and knowledge to Medieval witch hunters
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 2:06am
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A problem of terminology
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Mim
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Dec 23 2012, 6:41pm
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Magic & Grace of Valar/Aman/Undying Lands
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 24 2012, 3:38pm
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You can add to that
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sador
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Dec 24 2012, 4:33pm
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The dark side of magic: Nazgul
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CuriousG
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Dec 24 2012, 7:56pm
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passive elven magic
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Cyberia
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Dec 24 2012, 10:10pm
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Light vs. Dark..
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 25 2012, 4:56am
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Perception of Lorien (and Imladris for that matter)
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 25 2012, 4:09pm
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Good comparisons
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CuriousG
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Dec 25 2012, 4:24pm
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Yes
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 25 2012, 4:31pm
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Evidence of anger?
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 26 2012, 2:37pm
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Read Gandalf's explanation to Frodo
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 1:55am
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Well, to be fair...
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 28 2012, 9:26pm
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Please do!
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noWizardme
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Dec 27 2012, 12:45pm
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Hobbit magic (to add to the pot!)
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noWizardme
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Dec 27 2012, 6:21pm
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Elves/Rivendell
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Nolofinwe
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Dec 31 2012, 3:05pm
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