Re: MEPBM riddle help needed

From: jaede@acsu.buffalo.edu

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Keith G. Parker wrote:
>
> morgwraith@aol.com  writes:
> >
> > Round its tower was kept a watch
> >    by those with eyes so keen
> >      But its deep darkness was not such
> >        as to keep the elven lights unseen
> >

> >
> Okay, let's for a second assume that the "elven lights" were
> thePhial of Galdriel.  Then either Morgul or Ungol would work.

This really has to be Barad Ungol. The Silent Watchers were thwarted by
the Elven Light in the phial.  I don't think Minas Morgul works because
there is no elf-light connection there.

> > A second riddle:
> >
> >  In a forest lived he
> >     as hearty as the proverbial tree
> >       During the struggle he helped as he could
> >            but, in the end, he did as he would.
> >
> > Failed with Fangorn, Quickbeam, Radagast, Legolas, Thranduil, Tom
> > Bombadil, Celeborn, Old Man Willow, Ghan-buri-Ghan and Gandalf is
> > unconfirmed by me as wrong also.
> >

It appears that Morgwraith has not tried "Treebeard" even though he did
try "Fangorn."  GSI is irregular in its handling of synonyms.  A friend
of mine had a riddle for which the answer was clearly the place known as
Khazad-dum or Moria. He answered "Khazad-dum and GSI actually changed
the entry to "Moria" and the reiddle was resolved successfully. On the
other hand, I once had a riddle which referred to the sun as the "heart
of fire." Cleverly consulting my Silmarillion, I answered "vasa," which
is the elvish word for the sun which literally means "heart of fire."
No good.  I had to go back and answer "sun."

Anyway, I'd try Treebeard.

And I sure hope this is an important artifact.  This would be a lot of
work for a +500 nailfile.

Mark

References

MEPBM riddle help needed
morgwraith@aol.com (Morgwraith)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM riddle help needed
kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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MEPBM riddle help needed
morgwraith@aol.com (Morgwraith)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM riddle help needed
kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000