Why "Lord of the Rings"?

Gordis · 06-21-2006, 12:57 PM

I can't believe there is no such thread yet.

Maybe there is, but I failed to find it. In this case, sorry.

Now, simple question, why the Book is called "the Lord of the Rings"?

Who is the Lord of the Rings? Sauron, right. There is a quote about it:

Quote:

LOTR, Many Meetings:
`Hurray!' cried Pippin, springing up. `Here is our noble cousin! Make way for Frodo, Lord of the Ring!'
'Hush!' said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. `Evil things do not come into this valley; but all the same we should not name them. The Lord of the Ring is not Frodo, but the master of the Dark Tower of Mordor, whose power is again stretching out over the world! We are sitting in a fortress. Outside it is getting dark.'

Now, imagine Tolkien calling his book "Sauron"?!

So, perhaps, the Lord of the Rings was Frodo, after all...

Thoughts?

sun-star · 06-21-2006, 02:51 PM

I don't want to stifle discussion, but just for interest's sake:

http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=11063&

Great minds think alike

Gordis · 06-21-2006, 03:45 PM

WoW! I really missed this one: even the name is the same!

Thanks, sun-star.

So, let the admins close this thread and I shall bump the old one.

Please, don't post here!

***Valandil*** · 06-21-2006, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gordis

WoW! I really missed this one: even the name is the same!

Thanks, sun-star.

So, let the admins close this thread and I shall bump the old one.

Please, don't post here!

Your wish is my command...

(except that i'm only a mod)

closing

06-21-2006, 02:51 PM	#2
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I don't want to stifle discussion, but just for interest's sake: http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=11063& Great minds think alike __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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Gordis Lady of the Ulairi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 2,783	WoW! I really missed this one: even the name is the same! Thanks, sun-star. So, let the admins close this thread and I shall bump the old one. Please, don't post here!