12-30-2003, 10:27 AM | #1 |
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What are the 'Seven Stars'?
From the poem about the Numenoreans in Exile:
"Seven stones and seven stars and one white tree." The seven stones are the palantiri, the white tree is the white tree. What are the seven stars? I imagine these are also the seven stars (above the tree and below the crown) on Elendil's emblem. I had wondered before if it was a double reference to the palantiri... but now I'm going on the opposite assumption - that they're distinctly something else. Anyone know? |
12-30-2003, 10:45 AM | #2 |
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Take a look at this thread: Seven stars
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12-30-2003, 11:24 AM | #3 |
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There is a reference somewhere in HoME to Varda making the seven stars about the time the elves awakened.
Edit: I am not currently with my books, but I found this reference on the web: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/tolk2.htm
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12-30-2003, 11:27 AM | #4 |
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Yes, it's the Valacirca, The Sickle of the Valar.
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12-30-2003, 11:33 AM | #5 |
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Artanis provided the link to the other thread, which should really be in this forum instead of the LotRs book forum, so I'll close this one, and move that one.
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