Re: Summary of Riddle responses

From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)

Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 12:18:55 +0000

baidins@dori.cis.udel.edu (Juris Baidins) writes:

>Thanks to all who responded with answers (some 15 people).

>Drawn to a stranger, a girdle-breaker
>was a greycloak born in the year of trees
>defied the powers while still standing tall
>yet entrapped by the sweetest power of all.

>Three candidates came out best: Luthien Tinuviel, Elwe Thingol and
>Beren One-hand.

>Luthien ...
>  Problems with her case is the contortion
>needed for greycloak and the year of trees.

Greycloak may be a problem, but I thgink it is a safe bet that
she was born while the trees still shone.

>Elwe Thingo ...
>Finally, his decision to
>go to war may have broken the Girdle (this is the weakest part of the
>case, the poster was not sure if this caused the Girdle to break).

The Girdle was lifted when Melian left. This was caused by Thingol's
death.

>Beren One-hand
>... was also born during the first age.
>The main problem I have with Beren is the greycloak contortion.

The first age, or in full, the first age of the sun. The trees
had been dead for centuries at the birth of Beren.

Klaus O K

References

Summary of Riddle responses
baidins@dori.cis.udel.edu (Juris Baidins)
Fri, 21 May 1993 18:30:14 +0000