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From: congdon@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Richard Congdon)
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Subject: Re: Elbereth
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 12:18:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 12:18:28 1985
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I am quite sure most of you don't care who Elbereth is, but I feel
compelled to post this anyway. Elbereth is the Sindarin (grey elven)
name of Varda. She is the most powerful of the female spirits in Arda
(the world), the mate of Manwe who is the right hand man of Eru (i.e. God).
Among her many powers is the ability, when she and Manwe are on their
thrones, to here any pleas for help from anywhere in Arda. This makes er
especially important to the elves of middle-earth who are separated from
Aman the Blessed by more than the Ocean.  Furthermore, since her element
is light, she is particularly offensive to the minions of Morgoth/Melkor
(who feared her).
	There you have it. More than you want to read; less than I want
to write. Read the first chapter of the Silmarillion (Ainulidale, I
believe) for a more complete picture.
					RTC
					...ihnp4!gargoyle!paideia!richard

For he is a man, and that for him and many is sufficient tragedy. JRRT