The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Gollum?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it Gollum saying to Sam " ‘We’re not in decent places" in response to Sam saying, "it can’t be tea-time even, leastways not in decent places where there is tea-time?"
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Here is the new one:
See the truth of what I have told you and how you have been unjustly cast out.
See the truth of what I have told you and how you have been unjustly cast out.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Good guess, but wrong.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Not spoken by Fëanor.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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So, spoken to Fëanor….
And thus, out of the scope of my head…
And thus, out of the scope of my head…
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yes to Inanna (except for the 'scope of mind' part) and yes to Jude.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Found it - and it hardly got changed at all!
Melkor (not yet Morgoth) trying to sow discontent in Fëanor for his own nefarious purposes. Didn't go well for him.Behold the truth of all that I have spoken, and how thou art banished unjustly.
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Yup!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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From the Hobbit?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Túrin?
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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No, he was long since dead at this point.
Unless you subscribe to the notion that he's just sleeping, ready to wake up and save the world in The Last Battle.
Unless you subscribe to the notion that he's just sleeping, ready to wake up and save the world in The Last Battle.