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Old 02-22-2003, 09:30 PM   #1
The Lady of Ithilien
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Hearing and sight

In "The Valaquenta," it is said:
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Their (Manwë and Varda) halls are above the everlasting snow, upon Oiolossë, the uttermost tower of Taniquetil, tallest of all the mountains upon Earth. When Manwë there ascends his throne and looks forth, if Varda is beside him, he sees further than all other eyes, through mist, and through darkness, and over the leagues of the sea. And if Manwë is with her, Varda hears more clearly than all other ears the sound of voices that cry from east to west, from the hills and the valleys, and from the dark places that Melkor has made upon Earth.
This reminds me of the Numenoreans' Hills of Hearing and Sight, Amon Lhaw and Amon Hen, respectively, in Gondor. Is there any mention in JRRT's writing and interviews or in Christopher Tolkien's publications and (if any) interviews of a connection between this part of The Silmarillion and that part of The Lord of the Rings?
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