three questions I need the answer too

unregistered · 12-13-2002, 06:26 PM

Ok I have a couple of question I really need answers to and the sooner the better!

1. Who is Chryosophylax

2. Who forged the Great Lamps and what were the names of them

3. What was the purpose of the Trees of Valor and where were they?

Thanks guys I much appreciate it

***Rían*** · 12-13-2002, 06:34 PM

Um, may I ask why you're asking? Is this for a trivia thing?

I'll answer just the first one for now, as I was just reading about Chryosophylax last night to my kids - he's the dragon in JRRT's story "Farmer Giles of Ham".

unregistered · 12-13-2002, 06:48 PM

Oh one of my friends asked me a couple of questions about the book and their were a couple that I didn't know, so I told him I would try to find out.

Anyway if you do know the answer to the other question it would be great to have an answer

thanks!

Dunadan · 12-13-2002, 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by unregistered
2. Who forged the Great Lamps and what were the names of them

Aule (one of the Valar) made them, and they were called Illuin and Ormal.

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3. What was the purpose of the Trees of Valor and where were they?

Same as the lamps: to illuminate. The difference was that they were side-by-side in Valinor instead of at opposite ends of the world. They were made by Aule's spouse Yavanna.

A web site which answers all such questions is the Encyclopaedia of Arda: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm

Dain · 12-13-2002, 07:46 PM

Lamps of the Valar

The two great globes, Illuin and Ormal made by the Valar to light the Earth in the spring of Arda. The Lamps were wrought by Aule filled with light by Varda and hallowed by Manwe and were set atop great pillers of stone .

Trees of Valinor

White Telperion and Laurelin the Golden, one of the Greatest creations of the Valar. Created by the song of power of Yavanna and the tears of Nienna, the Trees were born when Valinor was fully established. They grew on the Ezellohar, outside the western gates of Valmar, whence their light illuminated Valinor, Eldamar, and later Tol Eressea

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 12-13-2002, 08:03 PM

That is from the Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster. I had typed that up in the same thread that had been posted in the LotRs forum which I eventually deleted.

Foster has good reference material.

Ñólendil · 12-14-2002, 04:21 AM

unregistered, "Trees of Valor" is some kind of error -- either "Trees of the Valar" is meant, or "Trees of Valinor", though I do not remember either title being used of the Two Trees (located in Valinor, where the Valar, the Authorities of the World, lived, admittedly).

12-13-2002, 06:26 PM	#1
unregistered Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 85	three questions I need the answer too Ok I have a couple of question I really need answers to and the sooner the better! 1. Who is Chryosophylax 2. Who forged the Great Lamps and what were the names of them 3. What was the purpose of the Trees of Valor and where were they? Thanks guys I much appreciate it

12-13-2002, 06:34 PM	#2
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Um, may I ask why you're asking? Is this for a trivia thing? I'll answer just the first one for now, as I was just reading about Chryosophylax last night to my kids - he's the dragon in JRRT's story "Farmer Giles of Ham". __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

12-13-2002, 08:03 PM	#6
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	That is from the Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster. I had typed that up in the same thread that had been posted in the LotRs forum which I eventually deleted. Foster has good reference material. __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

12-14-2002, 04:21 AM	#7
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	unregistered, "Trees of Valor" is some kind of error -- either "Trees of the Valar" is meant, or "Trees of Valinor", though I do not remember either title being used of the Two Trees (located in Valinor, where the Valar, the Authorities of the World, lived, admittedly). __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

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12-13-2002, 06:48 PM	#3
unregistered Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 85	Oh one of my friends asked me a couple of questions about the book and their were a couple that I didn't know, so I told him I would try to find out. Anyway if you do know the answer to the other question it would be great to have an answer thanks!

12-13-2002, 07:46 PM	#5
Dain Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Leeds, England Posts: 20	Lamps of the Valar The two great globes, Illuin and Ormal made by the Valar to light the Earth in the spring of Arda. The Lamps were wrought by Aule filled with light by Varda and hallowed by Manwe and were set atop great pillers of stone . Trees of Valinor White Telperion and Laurelin the Golden, one of the Greatest creations of the Valar. Created by the song of power of Yavanna and the tears of Nienna, the Trees were born when Valinor was fully established. They grew on the Ezellohar, outside the western gates of Valmar, whence their light illuminated Valinor, Eldamar, and later Tol Eressea