11-29-2002, 03:19 AM | #41 |
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i don't think there's anywhere in Tolkien's works mentioning about his momma or siblings (perhaps no siblings!), no wife (maybe) and sticks with the dwarf all his life in Eressea... yet i don't think he hates caves, just not so fond of them. about his age, i think he's old enough (though not wise enough) because he once sang the song about Nimrodel but he couldn't finish it cuz he had forgotten much---wonder how long does it take for an elf to forget something???
oh yes, does anyone know about Legolas Greenleaf of Gondolin?
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No, Tolkien says (somewhere) that Legolas was a common enough name among elves. Also the Sindar of the Forest Kingdom were of the people of Thingol, not of Turgon. In fact Oropher (Thranduil’s father) disliked the Noldor intensely.
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11-30-2002, 02:34 AM | #45 |
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well, according to the BOLT, the Gnomes like to mix names, i mean they like to add a name to a name which has similar meaning or sound similar, like Turin Turambar. the same applies to Legolas Greenleaf.
legolas = greenleaf anyway, what would happen if the legolas greenleaf of gondolin (a.k.a laiqalasse) meets the legolas greenleaf of mirkwood in tol eressea. bet they yank each other's hair,
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12-30-2002, 01:13 PM | #47 |
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Legolas was alive when Bilbo found the ring but here wasn't alive 3000 years ago because he is 2000+ nearly 3000 but not yet.
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01-02-2003, 07:13 PM | #49 |
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In his earlier mythology Tolkien used to call the people we now know as the Noldor of “Gnomes.”
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01-03-2003, 04:48 PM | #50 |
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01-03-2003, 05:21 PM | #51 |
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Legolas is 3019 years old.
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01-03-2003, 05:45 PM | #52 |
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Legolas!! Less than 60 years old!
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It is unsure of Legolas' age though.
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gnomes were somehow related to the elves, uh, i don't think the noldor are called 'gnomes'..........
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'Gnomes' was the name of the Elves who followed Finwe to Valinor in eth earlier form of the mythology. Later Tolkien changed the name to the Noldor, like he changed a lot of other names of persons and places also, and genealogies, and other stuff.
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01-06-2003, 12:12 PM | #56 |
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The Hobbit.
maybe he wasn't born.
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02-02-2003, 05:12 AM | #57 |
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He was born because it says on Legolas profile thats he's 3019 years old.
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02-11-2003, 07:13 AM | #58 |
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honestly, that isn't his real age!! they just made it up so that he looks 'real'.
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02-13-2003, 02:38 AM | #60 |
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OMG! are we talking about the ELVES or just LEGOLAS!??
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