tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post1523593605332694931..comments2024-03-22T08:47:33.246-04:00Comments on Alas, not me: Two Quick Observations on Goldberry Thomas Hillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645380693097266173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post-89186723339951435832017-09-08T08:23:50.493-04:002017-09-08T08:23:50.493-04:00Thanks, Tamas, that's a great catch.Thanks, Tamas, that's a great catch.Thomas Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645380693097266173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post-13428874203674443782017-09-08T07:32:04.570-04:002017-09-08T07:32:04.570-04:00I always find it telling what sort of words Tolkie...I always find it telling what sort of words Tolkien invented for his world-building languages as they reflect his view of his own subcreated world at any point of its development very well.<br />For instance we find the Q(u)enya nouns tavaril "dryad, spirit of woods" and wingil "nymph, foam-spirit_ in the vocabulary; these were created quite early (before the writing of LotR), and although we can't really find beings categorized as such in LotR, it indicates that these featured in Tolkien's imagination and it is quite possible that Goldberry belonged to this "class".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107774568512632935noreply@blogger.com