The Revived Tolkien Trivia

Incidentally, some 4 chapters before the quotation by the speaker relating the 'orse 'alf-mention above, Eomer said of that said speaker (and thus not Eomer), "On foot? ...... Strider is too poor a name, son of Arathorn......Wingfoot I name you."
However, I assume that's not the timorous winged beastie of which you speak, as Strider could be certainly be described as a dude.
 
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However, I assume that's not the timorous winged beastie of which you speak, as Strider could be certainly be described as a dude
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Re Strider, correct, but you're certainly on the right path far. As are you, hope but in your case too far down the path...
 
The Roherim (apologies for spelling, I keep forgetting to go to my work locker) would have a wingged messenger god...
I always preferred the 8 legged horse of Norse mythology, as I prefer many Norse gods to their Grecian or Roman pseudo-counterparts. Their strengths seem more virtuous, and their vices less unholy, to me.
 
Definitely in the right NEIGH borhood, hope, but unlike Hermes the Middle Earth character I'm looking for is NOT a diety...
 
I only mentioned Strider for e laf, Grim. I expect y'all be looking for a horse, as I said earlier.
 
All accounts that I've read of this character would put him beyond thieving, Narkalui, and so will I deem any suggestion you might make in the event that your copy of Lord of the Rings leaps from its proximate exile and beleaguers you until you crack it open and make reference. :D

And I don't know about eight legs, hope, but close to eight-ty pages after far's Wingfoot reference, you'd be getting mighty warm...
 
Incidentally, coming back to the Wingfoot thing, I always thought that Eomer was being incredibly racist.

There they were, the three companions who had run all the way from Tol Brandir in 4 days, or whatever it was.
OK Legolas was (is?) an elf and you might expect it, but Gimli was a dwalf, with presumably only little legs and half a ton of chain mail to boot. Yet Eomer only praises Aragorn for his flying feet.
 
Well, at the end of the compliment he did say the songs would praise 3 friends...

Anyway, I brought my book home.
Hit up the index- persons, beasts, and monsters.
Shadowfax. No.
Snowmain. No.
Asfaloth. No.
Mearas. Ah ha!

Two Towers, King of the Golden Hall
"Thus spoke a forgotten poet long ago in Rohan, recalling how tall and fair was Eorl the Young, who road out of the North; and there were wings upon the feet of his steed, Felaróf, father of horses."

Two dudes, two Roherim legends, with an awesome song about them. Probably lots of awesome songs, but at least one that was sung, in text.
 
I like him too. Always found him more personally attractive than Aragorn. No wait. I'm thinking of Faramir. Dead sexy that one.
 
Yes Faramir was the best, although I never found him sexy.

I don't think I found any of them sexy actually.
Rosie Cotton perhaps, and Goldberry of course, but enough of that. :)
 
Goldberry for sure! Of all the characters, incidental to main, I think I would most like to be in a Goldberry / Bombadil situation in life.
 
You are indeed correct about Felaróf also, hope. A bell with winged feet (or would that be fete-d wings?:D) to you, along with the honor of posting the next challenge, and all rights and privileges heretofore ascribed to it.



*Takes Eomer off the administrative leave he'd been placed on for comments unbecoming a Rohirrim officer, coughs a little on butchered legalese, then takes a seat next to far and Narkalui to await the next challenge*
 
Ok didn't take as long as I thought it would.
Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forests long ago.
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Answer to the riddle, (without quotes is fine) bonus for riddler and why their riddle.
 
Well the description sounds like an ent, but it can't be an elvish description. Even a poor translation into the common tongue would have been far more flowery. And no elf would have spoken of anything at all being "'ere wrought was woe." Woe preceeded everything.

The style is rather Sam, but Sam never got near any ents other than Fangorn on the way back, and it ain't oliphaunts.

Maybe Bombadil, whose poetry wasn't that good, (better than mine nevertheless), and who could stretch the truth a bit when he felt like it.

OK. So now I've come up with several things I think it isn't, maybe I can look for something it is. :)


PS. Try nailing your bell to it's perch.
To misquote Michael Palin.
"If I hadn't nailed that bell to it's perch, it would have nuzzled up to those bars; bent 'm apart with it's little clapper; and VOOM!"
 
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You are correct that my riddler is nether elven, nor Sam.

;) next you'll tell my my bell is pining for the fjords.
 
What kind of talk is that?

Well I was right that it was entses.
Gandalf to Theoden. Page 2 of The road to Isengard.
 
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