Middle-earth Journeys

This is Gandalf, at the Council of Elrond.

Close, librislove, but it's not Gandalf

It was Elrond if I remember correctly.

that's right, Philipa - your turn!

"Thus we meet again, though all the hosts of Mordor lay between us..."

This time I looked it up, instead of relying on memory --Aragorn says this to Eomer at the end of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

librislove wrote:This time I looked it up, instead of relying on memory --Aragorn says this to Eomer at the end of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Oh good...I stumped even you! Well played your turn.

No,no--I meant I missed the last one because I thought I knew it, and did not look it up--and I should have known better. Believe me, I don't know all the quotes from memory! My LOTR is right next to the computer. Quote will follow later, folks!

Variations on "Don't be afraid," occur many times in LOTR--but whose utterance of "Fear not!" completely changes the way he is perceived?

I'm doing this from memory, librislove, but I think this is Aragorn, paddling through the Argonath. There are several of these transfigurations in LOTR; it would be interesting to collect them all!

Good on ya, Merry! I once did a bit of research into this concept, which occurs with Aragorn several times, with Gandalf, and with Frodo as well--I'm sure there are others. In the case of Aragorn at least, it seems to be part of the mythos of the hero. Your turn.

While I'm trying to find our next quote, let me ask you this: do you think Galadriel's big morph-out falls into the same category?

Good question--her change certainly seems opposite to that of Aragorn and Gandalf, but akin to what happens to Frodo at the Crack of Doom--hmmm.
I'll have to think... now see what you've done!

Now don't get carried away, librislove!

I think Galadriel's 'event' was very much like Gandalf's at Bag End with Bilbo.

I hadn't thought of that aspect....but it rings true.