tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post3073119202226486819..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: Lord of the Rings and the King of the VisigothsThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-56436117269595030452020-02-26T08:10:56.500-05:002020-02-26T08:10:56.500-05:00Hint: translate the Sindarin word "pelennor&q...Hint: translate the Sindarin word "pelennor" into Latin.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-43240240766063357062008-05-24T15:52:00.000-04:002008-05-24T15:52:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-47263133497769896262008-05-24T15:40:00.000-04:002008-05-24T15:40:00.000-04:00I'm definitely no latin scholar! The only latin I ...I'm definitely no latin scholar! The only latin I know is Linnean, from species nomenclature - that and Harry Potter :) - Expelliarmus indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-80888362417563393042008-05-19T13:24:00.000-04:002008-05-19T13:24:00.000-04:00Tracy, are you sure you are not a latin scholar to...Tracy, are you sure you are not a latin scholar too? You are doing great!<BR/>Aragorn exactly as he is would not exist in history of course but there might be someone who inspired the character. I have a candidate in mind. I just need to do some research. Not that I am normally looking for where Tolkien got this stuff but I find it as I am reading Old English literature.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-89575565945346931932008-05-19T11:46:00.000-04:002008-05-19T11:46:00.000-04:00Wow, excellent research! There was also a town cal...Wow, excellent research! There was also a town called Rohan in France...<BR/><BR/>Is it possible that Aragorn is a composite character? He's more of an archetype, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>--KristinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-73123912302560388052008-05-19T11:23:00.000-04:002008-05-19T11:23:00.000-04:00Your research is excellent! And I agree, if Theode...Your research is excellent! And I agree, if Theoden really 'lived', then so did Aragorn! And I can imagine someone like him living many centuries ago - but that could be just wishful thinking :)<BR/><BR/>'Fraid my Beatles knowledge is sorely lacking - I can translate whole sentences of the Beatles lyric this week, but the title eludes me at the moment (I get crested or plumed something Way or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com