He had brought many men with him; indeed all the survivors of the foray were now gathered on the slope nearby, two or three hundred strong. They sat in a wide semicircle, between the arms of which Faramir was seated on the ground, while Frodo stood before him. It looked strangely like the trial o...
The sheets submitted to us are of a poor quality much inferior to the paper now in general use for such purposes. Without venturing on a definite opinion, we record our suspicion that these sheets are much older than the dates of the supposed meetings of the Club, perhaps 40 to 50 years older, be...
One of the strange practices spoken of was that many of their warriors were women, though few of these went abroad to fight in the great battles. This custom was evidently ancient;(50) for their chieftainess Haleth had been a renowned amazon with a picked bodyguard of women. At this point a headi...
He resolved, therefore, now to send force against Hithlum; for in the eastward war he hoped ere long to have new help unforeseen by the Eldar. The assault upon Hithlum was bitter, but it was repelled from the passes of Erydwethrin. There, however, in the siege of the fortress of Eithel Sirion Gal...
R. R. TOLKIEN @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } PART FIVE MYTHS TRANSFORMED 367 Appendix: Synopsis of the Texts 432 Index 434 FOREWORD The Quenta Silmarillion, with the Ainulindalë, the Annals of Valinor, and the Annals of Beleriand, as they stood when my father began T...
There are, : however, several passages of interest for the study of the larger development of the legends. In the Tale, Tuor was the son of Peleg (who was the son of Indor, II. 160), but here he is the son of Fengel; while on a scrap of paper giving rough workings of the passage cited above* Tuor...
Gollum has picked up trail. Frodo and Sam journey by night down the slopes of Duath out into the dreadful waste of Gorgoroth.(34) [The grey cloaks of Lothlorien must be made more magical and efficacious. 'Are these garments magical?' asks Frodo. 'We do not know what you mean by magical,' said the...
The Mid-year’s Day, and in Leap-years the Overlithe, had no weekday name. The Lithe before Mid-year’s Day was called 1 Lithe, and the one after was called 2 Lithe. The Yule at the end of the year was 1 Yule, and that at the beginning was 2 Yule. The Overlithe was a day of special holiday, but it ...
Where is Gandalf? He comes in late [or later] and tells of Theoden's fall,(6) and Yoreth's words. They go to Houses of Healing, and Aragorn asks for athelas. He heals the sick. Yoreth says he must be king. After supper he heals many sick. Council next day. Gandalf's advice. Merry wakes up feeling...