This blog is dedicated to my thoughts, musings and ponderings on Lord of the Rings and the Tolkien legendarium as a whole.
Category: SnippetsThere appears to be some significance surrounding these numbers throughout Tolkien's 'legendarium'. Some of this is evident in the old rhyme Gandalf mutters to himself as he rides with Pippin to Gondor:
"Tall Ships and Tall Kings, three times thr... [MORE]
The Dragons were created in the First Age by Morgoth. It is stated in several places that they are 'great spirits', which suggests that they may be fallen Maiar (like Sauron and Curumo). Dragons were capable of breeding on their own, and the maps in Th... [MORE]
Apparently J R R Tolkien did not like the Black Speech, finding it vulgar and distasteful. This perhaps we can see in that he wrote very little of it - the inscription on The Ring, and the short sentence spoken by Grishnákh in The Two Towers are v... [MORE]
During the Fourth Age Orthanc was searched by King Elessar, and he found there many heirlooms of Isildur, among them the original Elendilmir, the Star of Arnor, which suggested (but not proved, as some have said) that Saruman had found (and probably de... [MORE]
"Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall"
Glorfindel was the one who made the prophecy about the Witch-king. Made at the Battle of Fornost in the year 1975 of the Third Age, it was fulfilled in the year 3019, when Meria... [MORE]