Re: 2950 encounter

From: udah045@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk (Gary Duke)

Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <s.norcott-0105961650230001@cutler-lab-b.mcbl.ucl.ac.uk>, s.norcott@ucl.ac.uk writes:
> Does anybody know the answer to this riddle:
>
> Before the inland sea that now is there
>    There stood a place high in the air
>       And atop this northerly spire
>          The smithy's work sent forth it's fire
>
  I think you want the northern of the two lamps that the Valar set up to
illuminate Arda soon after the creation of the world. I seem to remember one
was called Illuin, but I don't remember which it was, nor if I am confusing it
with something else (check the Silmarillion)... anyway, they were made by Aule,
the smith of the Valar, and I dimly remember something about an inland sea
being left where one stood when Morgoth threw them down. Of course, I may be
barking up the wrong tree entirely... <shrug>

--
Gary Duke, Maths Dept, King's College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS
Email: G.A.Duke@kcl.ac.uk, UDAH045@kcl.ac.uk "Gods play games with the
fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board,
and look all over the place for the dice."(Soul Music, by T Pratchett)

References

2950 encounter
s.norcott@ucl.ac.uk
Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000