tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post6979452010225589706..comments2024-03-22T08:47:33.246-04:00Comments on Alas, not me: The Wonder of the Unexplained (TT 3.v.498)Thomas Hillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645380693097266173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post-78948116310190123732017-10-24T22:03:05.768-04:002017-10-24T22:03:05.768-04:00If we were to say, 'Odin', who would we me...If we were to say, 'Odin', who would we mean, in Middle-earth terms? In the English glossing of the Planetary naming of the days of the week, Mercury becomes Woden. In a draft Christopher Tolkien discusses in Morgoth's Ring (pp. 434-36), ElemmÃre seems identified with Mercury. Does ElemmÃre name a steerer, a planetary intelligence of that planet, too? And is this, then, the person whom (for whatever reason) they see? A sort of That Hideous Strength-y bit of The Lord of the Rings?<br /><br />David Llewellyn DoddsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post-88756337168478926042017-10-15T08:43:51.211-04:002017-10-15T08:43:51.211-04:00You know, I had crossed that out, but I guess I ju...You know, I had crossed that out, but I guess I just forgot to delete it. That quote from Judith Martin reminds me of Twitter, for some reason.Thomas Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645380693097266173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548876397286393746.post-40305412010384230602017-10-14T18:07:38.232-04:002017-10-14T18:07:38.232-04:00Don't make me call another convention of the C...Don't make me call another convention of the Celeborn Defense League. You know the last one ended in tears and blood.<br /><br />To reiterate: Galadriel would have been miserable if she'd spent 6,000 years married to a man who was just as powerful and strong-willed as she. As Judith Martin put it in her <i>Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior</i>, "if everyone tries to be interesting at the same time, [it] is a social disaster."Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572777569221103038noreply@blogger.com