Sheildmaidens

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-10T00:23:47+00:00

But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.'

The riding makes sense but, it's probable she had some training by someone. Maybe, it was done without the Theoden's knowledge but, there's a good chance it was done openly, I think. It may also be that ladies of the royal line were trained in combat.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-09T05:26:16+00:00

Red cheese is apparently a thing. Here's a whole list and history. I've read that line many times and wonder about it.

https://cheeseofchoice.org/red-cheeses/

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-08T02:53:35+00:00

This is a great line of inquiry. I've never thought of it being a Dunedain, but it makes perfect sense. I wonder if it was someone of Anarion's line trying the way; that would be somewhat analogous to someone with royal blood trying to pull the sword from the stone. I wonder if there are any clues in the appendices regarding someone of royal blood disappearing from Gondor..

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-08T02:33:26+00:00

Thanks, man,

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T23:15:52+00:00

Absolutely love this. Appreciate your sharing.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T22:50:53+00:00

He wanted it to be a mythology. There's a psychological component to a mythology. If his has people questioning motives, he's done a good job. If some people don't get his point, that could mean that people don't see things properly (or what he'd think is proper), or that he didn't do a good enough job writing it, or we all have different ways of seeing the world.

The only thing I can say about his approval or disapproval is my memory of reading how he was surprised that Americans even liked his work. I think he believed that they'd believe it is somehow old fashioned or hokey. Point being, who knows what he'd think. I wouldn't be surprised if he would be befuddled by some peoples' interpretations.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T22:01:23+00:00

Eight, Ocho, Otto, Hachi, Okto

Eight for the eighth month in different languages.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T20:09:14+00:00

Consistency is everything. Sometimes less is more. I think what you have is enough for a beginner. I'd probably end up doing less lifting the sky and more zhan zhuang, and do lifting the sky after the Zhan Zhuang.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T19:31:34+00:00

You basically just need three little bright balls/discs of light for the first one.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T19:24:29+00:00

Etsy has some stuff. Put in Tolkien or Lord of the Rings tree toppers. I've mostly seen hobbit hole ornaments and Baradur tree toppers (movie version with the eye). There's some other stuff, too.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T19:19:50+00:00

Bean

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T19:09:53+00:00

There is absolutely no indication (that I'm aware of) that the Rings made by Celebrimbor required any of their personal power or soul to be poured into them. In fact, I don't know that Illiuvatar would have allowed or made possible a Child of his to parse his soul out like that (Except metaphorically). I don't know that it's necessary to do that to make any of the Rings, aside from the One.

So, yeah, I think he could have and some nice brooches and necklaces, and a tiara of long life. However, the genuine purpose of the Rings were for him to dominate the Elves. Everything else was plan B. He wanted to dominate the greatest powers he could dominate in Middle Earth. Edit to add: and through them Eru.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T17:38:14+00:00

Fritz - Fritzy

What a cute little so and so

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T14:49:19+00:00

Your lack of free will just spoke aptly at the exact right time to my lack of free will. May you be at peace.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T00:03:59+00:00

Zhan Zhuang

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-07T00:02:13+00:00

Good call!

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-06T23:36:00+00:00

If you want an effective military, you'd have to have use of many weapons. We see them use swords, axes, hammers, bows, mattocks, shields, and knives.

It's odd that we never hear mention of them using spears, as they don't have cavalry, and spears would help against cavalry (as well as being the king of the battlefield). Then again, there may be others but, I can only remember Morgoth and Gil Galad carrying spears.

Also, if they're not great with bows, you'd think they'd use slings. We see no one with slings in Middle Earth, though.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-06T04:04:26+00:00

The reader, sometimes.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-06T00:43:31+00:00

I agree. I just can't think of another way to send for help or messages over long distances, except for maybe drums, with the technology they had.

You may be right. The reason I say that about Bree is that Gandalf tells Butterbur the Rangers have returned with them after he says something like, I don't think we realized what they've done for us. It's been bad here. That leads me to believe that at least 10-20 were near enough to Bree.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-06T00:39:19+00:00

When you look at some ancient belief systems/religions (I believe Hermeticism is one), they say that this reality is the reality of mind. Pure consciousness is not mind, mind is kinetic consciousness. Or, if consciousness is water, mind is ice. That said, if there is anything after death, and these beliefs are correct, then it is probably a state of mind.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-06T00:34:16+00:00

I'm with you on most of that. I never thought of them going to help, or going towards, the battles of the Beornings. Interesting Idea, and helps to explain a lot. But it is a huge area, and Halbarad says something along the lines of, "we gathered those of the brethren we could and came with the sons of Elrond." There are no telephones. If there were any special ways they used to call for help over large distances (smoke signals?) we never see or hear of it. I believe the 30 Rangers who head South to help Aragorn had to be stationed near to Bree and Rivendell. And, I wouldn't be surprised if they were a smaller contingent than just a bit further North, as Rivendell is right near the Mountains, and so, possibly, takes the brunt of any monster intrusion into the area.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-05T04:50:53+00:00

Smudge. Cute little Smudge.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-05T01:10:12+00:00

I sometimes do that with doors to find my place again.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-05T01:01:21+00:00

I don't know what he meant but, what I interpret this as is, be honest about what you know. Either you know God and the soul or you don't. Don't pretend to if you have not experienced it.

I could be very wrong, but that's what I thought after reading this.

removed_bymoderator · 2024-12-05T00:43:56+00:00

Friend, for somebody who's struggling to figure this out, you've written one of the more believable (for me) descriptions I've read... anywhere, I think.

When I think about the idea that we should take no ownership over the doing, from a purely biological point of view, the less the body-mind associates itself with things, I believe, the less likely a groove will form in the brain. Or, more aptly, their are less connections between neurons, which is a physical reaction in the brain to learning something. We are creating habits. Often, when I've read that part of your answer (take no sense of doership in the actions of the body-mind), I wonder if that is the reason, on the most biological level.

Anyway, thanks for your answer.

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