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Post by Stormrider on Jan 25, 2009 10:41:12 GMT -6
From: Lord_Algamesh (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2003 11:53 PM
Faramir makes the statement in Chapter 5 of our Week Six reading: "For I deem it perilous now for mortal man wilfuly to seek out the Elder People." in reference to the Elves of Lothlorien. Why does he choose to use the word "perilous". What sorts of perils did the Men of Gondor expected from such a meeting? Do the Rohirrim hold the same opinions or have they formed their own belief structure concerning the Elves? * * * From: Aeleorn Sent: 5/5/2003 8:01 AM I think that people often fear what they do not know. In the Middle Ages, people here were afraid of other cultures and thought them perilous too. (like the Muslims who had a more developped culture back then). Or look at some of the tribe wars in Africa now. They accuse each other of witch craft and other tricks. Mostly these problems arise when culture and living habbits aren't alike.
Men and Elves had other interests and grew apart. Men now think the elves perilous because they no longer know them. Elves are something you've only heard of and in very few occasions see. People in our Middle Ages were also afraid of witches, trolls, elves,... Maybe Tolkien used some of this history and put it in LOTR, since it was his intention to write a new saga. The fact that people in the middle ages (even before and after) were afraid of Elves, Trolls and Dwarves is a result from the alienation of men and elves in Middle Earth during the third and fourth age...
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