1973

Jan 12, 2019
2019/1/12 21:55:24 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Hi, So I was watching a film on Tolkien on youtube and obviously I know the year of his death but then it hit me.....
1973:
3 for the elves, 7 for the Dwarves, 9 for men, 1 for Sauron.
1973 in reverse, I know it's a coincidence but it's pretty near the mark. Thought I'd share that.

Urulókë

Jan 13, 2019
2019/1/13 0:50:26 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

I've seen that meme rolling around, yes. I've even seen a couple of papers/books that take this "numerology" to quite the extreme - if you squint hard enough, you can prove anything!!!

Paulies

Jan 13, 2019
2019/1/13 1:29:17 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

I totally agree, I was just surprised it hadn't struck me before, I don't do superstition. :)

Arbor

Jan 13, 2019
2019/1/13 18:51:33 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Which books please. Surely something from the edge of the leaf litter under the Tolkien Tree.

Urulókë

Jan 13, 2019
2019/1/13 19:40:23 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Ummmm.. I haven't ben collecting or listing these out, so I am a bit rusty. Let me see... The following actually found real publishers and so aren't too far "out there". I'll see if I can find other links to papers etc. but for some I don't want to give "link juice" to if you know what I mean.

https://amzn.to/2VPtL8V
Alchemy in Middle-Earth: The Significance of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Mahmoud Shelton

https://amzn.to/2VOEQqC
J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth by Bradley J. Birzer

http://www.councilofelrond.com/litart ... mythology-and-numerology/

Arbor

Jan 13, 2019
2019/1/13 19:49:00 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Thank you.
Thanks for the C of Elrond link. Fortunately I have those 2 books.

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