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03-28-2002, 12:30 AM
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The Rogue Elf
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A Connection, Perhaps?
I found this pretty interesting: while I was sifting through books on greek mythology I found that one of Atlas' seven daughters was named Maia. And also, in Middle-eastern mythology there was an actual city called Uruk, mentioned in Gilgamesh. Pretty cool, eh?
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03-28-2002, 07:40 AM
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'Sober' Mullet Frosh
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Tolkien had to base his mythology on something, though he favoured northern european sources.
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03-28-2002, 08:27 AM
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Hoplite Nomad
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there are several things that pop to mind
the city in tol erressa is avolllone nar is fire in arabic numemnor is andor the land of the gift and doran is greek for gift i'm sure there are tons more
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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03-28-2002, 08:28 AM
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Hoplite Nomad
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also if you check of the EDDA which we know he borrowed heavely from it is amazing just how much he did
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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03-28-2002, 11:37 AM
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Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien
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I was on a plane a few weeks ago and was looking through the magazine they put in the seat pocket to see what movies they were showing on the longer flights this month. Imagine my surprise when one of them had a guy named Rohan in it!
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