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    Identification of Borgil as Mars

    In the chapter "The Ring Goes South" there is another reference to a red star: "But low in the South one star shone red. Frodo could see it from his window, deep in the heavens, burning like a watchful eye that glared above the trees on the brink of the valley." This scene takes place right...
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    Identification of Borgil as Mars

    Wow! Thank you all for sharing all of this information! I think in this particular passage Tolkien may have had a more astronomical than mythological approach. After all, in the first drafts it was the Moon which rose in the East and prompted the Elves to sing, and the change to stars was...
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    Identification of Borgil as Mars

    Thank you, MithLuin! Looking at the passage in The Return of the Shadow, what originally roused the Elves to sing was the Moon, without any reference to stars. In Phase 1 of the manuscript it was a full moon, but Tolkien changed it to a new moon in Phase 3 of the manuscript (1939?). However...
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    Identification of Borgil as Mars

    Hi! As already discussed in Episode 13 around the 1:22:00 mark, "red Borgil" is normally associated to Aldebaran, with other candidates being Betlegeuse and Mars. I think Betlegeuse can be easily discarded, and Mars is normally discarded due to two reasons: 1. Although it can be seen around...
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    Throne inscription at Thorin's Hall in LOTRO (episode 131)

    Hi! I'm catching up with some past episodes and I noticed that during the field trip there were some questions about the runes on the throne at Thorin's Hall. I'm not sure if this was already answered on the live chat or in later episodes, but I believe it reads "Thrainul", that is, "Son of Thrain":
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    Rhudaurian symbols in LOTRO

    I've been thinking lately about the "blob" below the trees in the Rhudaurian symbol. Its association with a tainted, blooded land as seen in the colored versions in Garth Agarwen's tapestries would mean that the symbol cannot pre-date the tainting. Did Rhudaur use any distinctive symbol before...
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