Mallorn leaves

08-30-2000, 10:44 AM

What shape are mallorn leaves? I'm making lembas, and my sister and I have been arguing over what shape the leaves for the mallorn leaf wrapping are supposed to be. (you can tell by this how bored we are without school

) Any opinions, anyone?

08-30-2000, 06:13 PM

How are you making lembas??
Anyway I thought mallorn leaves were normal-shaped, although of course I'm probably wrong.

08-30-2000, 07:08 PM

The thing to do would be to search for any pictures that Tolkien himself might have draw of Lothlorien. Perhaps there was enough detail to get an idea.

From the description in The Two Towers, when Aragorn is tracking Merry and Pippin, we know that mallorns are a broad-leafed, deciduous tree.

To be fit for wrappings, they can't be shaped like oak leafs. They can't be thick and stiff. Perhaps more like a large fat maple leaf.

08-30-2000, 09:46 PM

It may be viewed here:

www.geocities.com/TimesSq...-fame.html

My cottage is "The Glass Talan".
Hope this proves helpful.

08-30-2000, 10:55 PM

Sorry, Glorfindel.

I didn't see a door, I didn't see a glass talon.

I ain't seen nothin'!

09-04-2000, 07:28 AM

I always thought that they were shaped like beech-leaves.

09-05-2000, 05:46 AM

i thought mallorn-leaves were shaped like thin flexible magnolia leaves...

and how are you making lembas? find a recipe somewhere?

aryne *

09-05-2000, 09:33 PM

Ooops! But try try again, as my old Gaffer used to say...

www.geocities.com/TimesSq...egend.html

Reumandar · 08-31-2002, 12:13 PM

where did you get a recipe for Lembas? I'd really like to know

Lizra · 08-31-2002, 01:11 PM

I'd copy the leaf on the brooches that were given to the fellowship. I've always pictured the Mallorn tree as similiar to the Aspen that grows out west in the USA. The leaves turn golden and make a wonderful sound.

ArwenEvenstar · 08-31-2002, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reumandar
where did you get a recipe for Lembas? I'd really like to know

i can pm u a recipe

Ñólendil · 08-31-2002, 07:03 PM

Mallorn leaves can be seen in this picture by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Artanis · 09-01-2002, 12:09 PM

That picture was beautiful.

ArwenE, could you also give me a recipe, please?

***Khamûl*** · 09-01-2002, 03:47 PM

There is a thread for Middle Earth Recipes here.

08-30-2000, 10:44 AM	#1
dunedain lady Guest Posts: n/a	Mallorn leaves What shape are mallorn leaves? I'm making lembas, and my sister and I have been arguing over what shape the leaves for the mallorn leaf wrapping are supposed to be. (you can tell by this how bored we are without school ) Any opinions, anyone?

08-30-2000, 06:13 PM	#2
bmilder Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Mallorn leaves How are you making lembas?? Anyway I thought mallorn leaves were normal-shaped, although of course I'm probably wrong.

08-30-2000, 07:08 PM	#3
Gilthalion Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Mallorn leaves The thing to do would be to search for any pictures that Tolkien himself might have draw of Lothlorien. Perhaps there was enough detail to get an idea. From the description in The Two Towers, when Aragorn is tracking Merry and Pippin, we know that mallorns are a broad-leafed, deciduous tree. To be fit for wrappings, they can't be shaped like oak leafs. They can't be thick and stiff. Perhaps more like a large fat maple leaf.

08-30-2000, 09:46 PM	#4
Glorfindel goldhair Guest Posts: n/a	My door is in the shape of a mallorn leaf... It may be viewed here: www.geocities.com/TimesSq...-fame.html My cottage is "The Glass Talan". Hope this proves helpful.

08-30-2000, 10:55 PM	#5
Gilthalion Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My door is in the shape of a mallorn leaf... Sorry, Glorfindel. I didn't see a door, I didn't see a glass talon. I ain't seen nothin'!

09-04-2000, 07:28 AM	#6
noldo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My door is in the shape of a mallorn leaf... I always thought that they were shaped like beech-leaves.

09-05-2000, 05:46 AM	#7
arynetrek Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My door is in the shape of a mallorn leaf... i thought mallorn-leaves were shaped like thin flexible magnolia leaves... and how are you making lembas? find a recipe somewhere? aryne *

09-05-2000, 09:33 PM	#8
Glorfindel goldhair Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry for the error; the Mallorn-leaf door is Here Ooops! But try try again, as my old Gaffer used to say... www.geocities.com/TimesSq...egend.html

08-31-2002, 12:13 PM	#9
Reumandar Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Land of Fire and Ice ('Tis a country You will never guess it) Posts: 103	where did you get a recipe for Lembas? I'd really like to know __________________ If envy were an illness the whole world would be sick (old Danish proverb) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then Thorondor bore up Glorfindel's body out of the abyss, and they buried him in a mound of stones beside the pass; and a green turf came there, and yellow flowers bloomed upon it amid the barrenness of stone, until the world was changed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh Potter you Rotter, Oh what have you done Your killing off the students, you think it's good fun

08-31-2002, 01:11 PM	#10
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I'd copy the leaf on the brooches that were given to the fellowship. I've always pictured the Mallorn tree as similiar to the Aspen that grows out west in the USA. The leaves turn golden and make a wonderful sound.

08-31-2002, 07:03 PM	#12
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Mallorn leaves can be seen in this picture by J. R. R. Tolkien. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

09-01-2002, 12:09 PM	#13
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	That picture was beautiful. ArwenE, could you also give me a recipe, please? __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

09-01-2002, 03:47 PM	#14
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	There is a thread for Middle Earth Recipes here. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

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