The Hobbit and the deeper mythology

barrelrider110 · 10-19-2009, 10:36 PM

"From that the talk turned to the great hoard itself and to the things that Thorin and Balin remembered. They wondered if they were still lying there unharmed in the hall below: the spears that were made for the armies of the great King Bladorthin (long since dead), each had a thrice-forged head and their shafts were inlaid with cunning gold, but they were never delivered or paid for; "

Bladorthin was the name Tolkien was to have given Gandalf; except when you pronounced it -- it sounds like "bladder-thin," hardly fitting for a wizard.

10-19-2009, 10:36 PM	#21
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	"From that the talk turned to the great hoard itself and to the things that Thorin and Balin remembered. They wondered if they were still lying there unharmed in the hall below: the spears that were made for the armies of the great King Bladorthin (long since dead), each had a thrice-forged head and their shafts were inlaid with cunning gold, but they were never delivered or paid for; " Bladorthin was the name Tolkien was to have given Gandalf; except when you pronounced it -- it sounds like "bladder-thin," hardly fitting for a wizard. __________________ “"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling