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[Mhaedros]

Not even Ngugi's answer is what I'm looking for! In fact his guess for the last riddle was closer (hinthint)

[Veteraan]

Let's play serious for a change:

Old Man River Willow

[Mhaedros]

Indeed, but how did he rule?

[Flinn]

now, you made me even more confused

on a first instance I too assumed Tom was the right answer, but actually it is never said that he is the master of the Old Forest (he did not command directly the trees or the animals in it, for instance; it is obvious, by his character, that he did not command the attack of the trees to the Hedge, etc). It is said that Tom is the master of "wood, water and hill", but I assume that it means that he has the power to affect all the living beings in the country he picked for himself (which is not just the Old Forest, but at least a part of the Barrow Downs too; I assume he picked these lands because of the bad fame they had, so that he would not be bothered by men or hobbits).

The only other "power" I reckon in the Old Forest is the Old Man Willow; it is said that its dwelling (the Withywindle valley) is "the heart of all the strange happenings in the Old Forest" and that the OMW "seemed to have some measure of control over the forest, inspiring much of the anger that permeated the limbs of the trees" (depending on the interpretations of the legendarium, the OMW could be a Huorn); IIRC he controlled the other trees via its roots and via all the water that is flowing through the old forest and that gathered in the Withywindle stream (where its roots lied)

edit: Ninjad by the good Vet, it took me too much to write my answer I think I answered to the second part of the question; if needed I can expand

[Veteraan]

Sonny, I will concede this one to you as you gave the complete answer, if Mhaedros agrees of course.

Besides, you already repped me in, what again will be, a failed attempt to get me to change red for blue.

[Flinn]

let's Mhaed decide, and in any case I don't have a good question ATM

ps. you are not red now anyways, what color is the Censor?? Crappy brown??

[Mhaedros]

Tell you what, I'll rep you both You are of course correct about the Old Man Willow and his power over the water. We'll let Flinn take the next question, as his answer was the most complete.

None were more dangerous than the Great Willow; his heart was rotten, but his strength was green; and he was cunning, and a master of winds, and his song and thought ran through the woods on both sides of the river. His grey thirsty spirit drew power out of the earth and spread like fine root-threads in the ground, and invisible twig-fingers in the air, till it had under its dominion nearly all the trees in the Forest from the Hedge to the Downs.

[Flinn]

ah specifically it used air too, I forgot about that, my bad

argh, now you put me in a difficult situation; let's see

not a hard one, it needs just a bit of memory: apart from the House of Tom and the Dingle (Withywindle valley), which other specific place of the Old Forest we know of?

[♔atthias♔]

ah specifically it used air too, I forgot about that, my bad

argh, now you put me in a difficult situation; let's see

not a hard one, it needs just a bit of memory: apart from the House of Tom and the Dingle (Withywindle valley), which other specific place of the Old Forest we know of?

the place where the bucklander burnt many trees afther the trees assalied them

[Flinn]

indeed, it is called the Bonfire Glade; your turn and your rep

[♔atthias♔]

who was the power of terror and of hate and what seeds did he sow?

[Flinn]

mm again, my subscription here went to the green fields.. mhe

anyhow, I assume you refer to Melkor (Morgoth) and to the seeds of discord and mistrust he sow after he was released from imprisonment and freed on Valinor; specifically he alluded to the "realms of middle earth that were awaiting the Elves" or to the fact that "the Valar were holding the Elves in Aman to allow the Atani to rule the middle earth" and so on.

[♔atthias♔]

mm again, my subscription here went to the green fields.. mhe

anyhow, I assume you refer to Melkor (Morgoth) and to the seeds of discord and mistrust he sow after he was released from imprisonment and freed on Valinor; specifically he alluded to the "realms of middle earth that were awaiting the Elves" or to the fact that "the Valar were holding the Elves in Aman to allow the Atani to rule the middle earth" and so on.

very close but not the exact answer I was looking for but you are VEEEEEEEERTY close
if you need a hint just tell me

[Flinn]

very close but not the exact answer I was looking for but you are VEEEEEEEERTY close
if you need a hint just tell me

I don't have any extra clue, so yes a hint will be welcomed

[♔atthias♔]

I don't have any extra clue, so yes a hint will be welcomed

read the end of the silmarilon

[Flinn]

*cough cough* well sorry for not being back before but I was busy with other stuff; I can't recall what's written at the end of the Silmarillion and reading it would be petty for me, so if anyone else would like to finish the answer, please do so.

I'll remit this rep point to the meritable ones with pleasure

[Macilrille]

It appears that we shall not get an exact answer to this question- I do not think I could provide a better one than the one given.

The thread serves its purpose though, even when only few are playing it, for others read and learn- even I have seen three or four questions that I did not know the answer for or where to look to find it, so it is all good. Hence I shall necro it somewhat and bring it back to life by a new question before it dies entirely.

It is a fairly easy one:

Which stories did Tolkien himself consider his great ones? How many and their names to be specific.

[♔atthias♔]

It appears that we shall not get an exact answer to this question- I do not think I could provide a better one than the one given.

The thread serves its purpose though, even when only few are playing it, for others read and learn- even I have seen three or four questions that I did not know the answer for or where to look to find it, so it is all good. Hence I shall necro it somewhat and bring it back to life by a new question before it dies entirely.

It is a fairly easy one:

Which stories did Tolkien himself consider his great ones? How many and their names to be specific.

see that is a question I dont known the answer to and will happly learn from the good answer

[Gallus]

I could be totally wrong here, but I think I remember reading that he thought his great work would be the Silmarillion, with three particular stories more fleshed out - the story of Turin, the story of Beren and Luthien and the fall of Gondolin. So I guess that's my answer.

[Ngugi]

The Father Christmas Letters on one hand, naturally, and I bet the epic lyric of The Cat and the Moon, found in that other compilation, what was it called, LotR?, whatever; let's sing!