Tolkien Trivia

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:01 am

Orphin and Rumil

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:52 pm

Close enough, EL! (I think it is Orophin.) I proclaim you Trivia Queen!

And you're next!

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:10 pm

Oooops sorry Merry it was a typo...that I didn't catch...

Level 2

Who is said to have devised the Gardens of Faramir?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:08 am

If memory serves me (and we know my track record

) it was Legolas who brings Elves from his woodland home to restore Ithilien's gardens.

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:11 am

Your memory is serving you well Philipa...it was indeed Legolas who devised the Gardens of Faramir.....your turn...

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:39 am

Just have to interrupt and say, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could visit those gardens? I wonder what plants they would be home for? I'm picturing a kind of formal, Mediterranean style with lots of lemon trees, roses, lavander, rosemary, gravel walkways, and a fountain.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:15 pm

Hmmm merry, I like that thought. Surely the Woodland Elf would educate himself on the local flora. OH the possibilities....

Level 2

I was born to a human father and a Noble Elf but never content in life was I. Cursed and never loved by the one of my choosing I fell to my death.

Who am I?

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:10 pm

Although I think I am wrong I am going to hazard a guess. Morwen's daughter, Nienor.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:57 pm

No bruce...shall I give you a hint?

Before leaving home I stole my father's sword.

Lindariel · Post by **Lindariel** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:08 pm

Philipa, I must admit, I am a tad stumped. There were only three marriages between a human man and a noble elven female:

Beren and Luthien, whose son was Dior;
Tuor and Idril, whose son was Earendil;
and
Aragorn and Arwen, whose son was Eldarion.

None of these sons match your description.

This almost sounds like Maeglin (except both his parents were elves), who was cursed by his father Eol the Dark Elf, fated to love Idril who loathed him and married Tuor instead, and fell to his death during the fall of Gondolin when he tried to kidnap Idril and Earendil. However, there is no mention of him taking Eol's sword before he and Aredhel his mother fled Eol's abode to return to Gondolin.

So, for the time being, I am truly stumped!

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:19 pm

Either I am having the largest senior moment or its so obvious I can not see it. I have to bow out.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:17 pm

Well it seemed I have mislead you both. The answer is Maeglin and it appears his parantage was the misleading part. The sword he carried away from home was called 'Anguirel' which he had stolen from Eol. So it seems Lindariel has won this round even with the twist in the intentions.

BTW, my referrences for the story of Anguirel was from Tolkien's World From A to Z by Robert Foster as well as The Encyclopedia of Arda

Lindariel · Post by **Lindariel** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:11 pm

Ah! Interesting to learn more about that second sword forged by Eol! After checking back in my copy of The Sil, I found the reference to Maeglin stealing it -- in the story of Turin Turambar! There's no mention of it in the section entitled "Of Maeglin." Neat how these stories tend to twist back on one another, isn't it?

Hmmmm . . . so now it's my turn to come up with a question, eh? OK. I think this one is about a level 2.

I am one of Professor Tolkien's many "White Ladies." What is my name in my incarnation as "The Intercessor"?

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:30 pm

Did not Aredhel, the White Lady of Gondolin step in between her son Maeglin, and Eol's javelin?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:43 pm

I believe so bruce...talk about your disfunctunal family.