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Curious
Half-elven
Apr 8, 12:01pm
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Happy Eclipse Day! (Or Wayward Tilion Day.)
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“Tilion was wayward and uncertain in speed, and held not to his appointed path; and he sought to come near to Arien, being drawn by her splendour, though the flame of Anar scorched him, and the island of the moon was darkened.
“…Tilion went with uncertain pace, as yet he goes, and was still drawn towards Arien, as he shall ever be; so that often both may be seen above the Earth together, or at times it will chance that he comes so nigh that his shadow cuts off her brightness and there is a darkness amid the day.”
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Ethel Duath
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Apr 8, 4:31pm
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unrequited love is to blame. I knew there had to be something behind all this science stuff . . . 
I hadn't remembered this, but I'm not at all surprised Tolkien addressed eclipses in his cosmology.
(This post was edited by Ethel Duath on Apr 8, 4:32pm)
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elentari3018
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Apr 9, 1:50am
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Thanks for this tribute to Eclipse day! =)
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glad Tolkien also had a reference to eclipses. :)
"By Elbereth and Luthien the fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" ~Frodo
"And then Gandalf arose and bid all men rise, and they rose, and he said: 'Here is a last hail ere the feast endeth. Last but not least. For I name now those who shall not be forgotten and without whose valour nought else that was done would have availed; and I name before you all Frodo of the Shire and Samwise his servant. And the bards and the minstrels should give them new names: Bronwe athan Harthad and Harthad Uluithiad , Endurance beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable.." ~Gandalf, The End of the Third Age , from The History of Middle Earth series
"He knew now why Beregond spoke his name with love. He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings."- Siege of Gondor, RotK
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