05-05-2010, 08:18 PM | #41 |
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Dark crowns in a giant green bowl,
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05-05-2010, 09:08 PM | #42 |
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Has anyone solved this yet?
Well, in the meantime, an easier one: A puzzle I am and a puzzle I tell; Say what I ask and thou might fare well.
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Tolkien's letters claim that Tom was intentionally left an enigma - a riddle. Tom told the hobbits to recite a rhyme if they got into trouble (say what I ask).
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05-06-2010, 12:08 AM | #44 | |
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Hint: The way that your guess falls short is with the line, "say what I ask." Bombadil did not require of them that they recite the rhyme, whereas the thing/person/place I am thinking of requires you to say something.
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Yes! Good answer! The West Gate requires that you "Speak, friend, and enter" which ends up being a riddle itself.
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05-06-2010, 07:33 PM | #48 |
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This is Entmoot. The dark crowns are the heads of the Ents, and the impatient sounds far below are coming from the little hobbits at their feet.
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Here's another one: Not by our faces Nor our measure Can you tell Which we are. But if you know us You will find us Beneath the ground, perhaps? we aren't The only ones who blend together with our opposites, you see, we confuse the other races because we're little hairy beasts. This one takes some artistic license, and is supposed to be funny, not insulting...Good luck!
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I'll start with the obvious and ask: is it Hobbits?
They are little and hairy, and I guess you could call Man a beast, because they are of the same class (I think). Hobbits like to live underground, their faces look like Men, their stature is similar to Dwarves... Is the formatting part of the riddle?
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Which we are. who blend together with our opposites,
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Male and female (opposites) are indistinguishable to other races
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My next guess will be.... Edoras 'ras' is an elvish translation of horn. Edoras is at the end of the white mountain range. It is located near the mountain Starkhorn. Tolkien describes it as a windswept place (blowing), Theoden and Theodred would obviously know it. If this is correct, I all but had the answer with Hornburg - I just didn't consider the need for a translation.
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The Elvish is merely another avenue you guys can take in solving my riddle. Keep trying. Y'all are right on the heels of figuring this one out. ADDITIONAL NOTE: This riddle has nothing to do with the White Mts. or with Rohan. I'm just saying that the Rohirrim would be familiar with it. The educated ones, anyway. Last edited by Keith K : 05-07-2010 at 01:07 PM. Reason: additional note |
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Following the good example.
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Hmm. LotR, right? ............................ .....nothing comes to my mind.
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Since you guys seem stumped with the "end of my range" riddle, here's one to play with in the meantime.
The Unnamed Ringbearer I am an unknown, of me no one sings. Yet, I'm one of the few who has handled the ring. Good luck, riddlers! |
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More or less in order... Sauron, Isildur, Deagol, Smeagol, Bilbo, Frodo, Bombadil, Frodo, Sam, Frodo, Gollum, Lava
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If that's the order, I'm going to guess Lava.
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The odd thing about this sort of riddle is that the answer is not actually stated in the narrative of LOTR. Rather, it is inferred. To solve it you guys have to trace the history of the ring to find a point where it was handled by an unnamed person. |
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So is it literally no one sings of this person ever, or just no one sings of this person in relation to the Ring?
Like, did the Barrow-wight touch it, or did one of the Council of Elrond (like Boromir), or did Galadriel touch it? Gandalf, I don't think, ever touched it. Did Shelob touch it?
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