Flammifer
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I wondered if the properties attributed to Emeralds in either Medieval Lapidaries, or in the Bible, might illuminate this question?
Medievals thought that Emeralds had some properties which might be useful to Earendil?
So, I don't think there is much to go on in Medieval or Biblical references about Emeralds that can help to tell us why Strider might have made this baffling addition.
I remain, like Prof. Olsen, uncertain as to how we should read Strider's insistence on a green stone.
Has anyone had any good ideas?
Medievals thought that Emeralds had some properties which might be useful to Earendil?
- Helps travelers resist exhaustion and mitigates the fatigue of travel
- Reduces or eliminates impatience
- Resists the Devil
So, I don't think there is much to go on in Medieval or Biblical references about Emeralds that can help to tell us why Strider might have made this baffling addition.
I remain, like Prof. Olsen, uncertain as to how we should read Strider's insistence on a green stone.
Has anyone had any good ideas?