Re: Mepbm 2950 riddle...

From: zubla@sprynet.com (Greg Chapman)

Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Ignacio Mas Ivars <nacho@canexp4.etsin.upm.es> wrote:

>Hi all!:

>	I have found a 2950 riddle I want to confront the answer I think. The
>riddle is:

>	A Dwarven kingdom was there it is said
>	a place of great wealth and great dread.
>	Of the people there now are none
>	and the  keep of the place has been by the golden won.

>We think that the answer is Khazad-dum. Any ideas...?

My first thought was also Moria, but I tried to think how the
word golden applied to the Balrog or Gandalf (vague reference
to Gandalf being a member of the sun, and the sun is a golden
orb; all seemed to far of a reach).  So the last line doesn't
fit for Moria.  Therefore we need another fallen Dwarven
kingdom.  The ones in the old West fell into the sea.  Not
very golden.

While MEPBM is the war of the ring (sort of), 2950 happens
about 100 years before those events.  Which means Bilbo has
not done the events in The Hobbit yet.  So my guess is some
variation on: The Lonely Mountain.  And since Smaug called
himself Smaug the Golden, the last line now fits.

My two cents,

Greg

References

Mepbm 2950 riddle...
Ignacio Mas Ivars <nacho@canexp4.etsin.upm.es>
Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Mepbm 2950 riddle...
Ignacio Mas Ivars <nacho@canexp4.etsin.upm.es>
Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000