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Post by Haldir on Aug 3, 2006 5:51:51 GMT -5
When she told Frodo not to touch the water, he didn't. What do you think would have happened if he did?
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Post by Eyalan on Aug 3, 2006 14:01:12 GMT -5
Cuz' if he would stir the water the vision would get all blurry?  |
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Post by Miluiel Greenleaf on Aug 3, 2006 18:39:46 GMT -5
Yeah, but I always thought there was some kind of magical essence that allowed him to see the visions and if the magical essence were disturbed then perhaps the vision would not show? Just throwing it out there...
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Post by Haldir on Aug 3, 2006 19:56:30 GMT -5
But it can't be that simple ... if he accidentally moved the water, he could just wait for it to calm ...
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Post by Miluiel Greenleaf on Aug 4, 2006 17:55:01 GMT -5
I don't know. Like I said, just throwing it out there. And curious, when did she say not to touch the water?
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Post by Haldir on Aug 4, 2006 17:59:50 GMT -5
""Do not touch the water!" said the Lady Galadriel softly."
-- FotR, The Mirror of Galadriel, Pg 478, paragraph 4 [[if you have the same version as i do]]
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Post by Elenawen on Aug 7, 2006 14:03:22 GMT -5
maybe it sort of de-purifies the water if they touch it (I know theres no such word as de-purify but you know what I mean). *shugs* I don't know, just a suggestion.
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Post by Eyalan on Aug 7, 2006 14:22:12 GMT -5
Nice theory, Elenawen.. Perhaps the water itself is something organic. Not just water, but alive under a spell or something. Did Galadriël cast a spell in th ebook before Frodo looked into the water?
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Post by Elenawen on Aug 7, 2006 14:29:49 GMT -5
She didn't cast a spell on it, but I just looked in fotr and it says this:
"With the water from the stream Galadriel filed the Basin to the brim, and breathed on it."
She breathed on it? I never even noticed that before...
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Post by Eyalan on Aug 7, 2006 14:36:28 GMT -5
Thanks for that quote, Elenawen. She breathed into it.... wait! She breathed 'life' into it? Could that be it? So it became something organic that would not be disturbed? Imagine that!
edit: Now I wonder wher she got those powers from. What was her ring about? Does anyone know?
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Post by Elenawen on Aug 7, 2006 14:57:42 GMT -5
her ring is called Nenya. I think it's the ring of water or something like that. *looks it up in book*
"This is Nenya, the ring of Adamant, and I am it's keeper."
That answer any of your questions?
What is Adamant anyway?
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Post by Eyalan on Aug 8, 2006 0:38:20 GMT -5
Adamant is the hard substance the white stone is made of  I looked up the powers of the ring: Nenya's power was preservation, protection, and possibly concealment from evil (which seems a bit unusual considering the fact that Sauron and his orcs have intruded upon Lothlórien before). Nothing is said about breating life into a basin ;D, But 'Ring of water' is indeed mentioned! |
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Post by Haldir on Aug 8, 2006 0:47:37 GMT -5
Hmm .. good research Eyalan! So ... Nenya can be connected to the Mirror, somehow ...  *looks at smilies happily* |
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Post by Tuilinn on Aug 10, 2006 14:42:43 GMT -5
her ring is called Nenya. I think it's the ring of water or something like that. *looks it up in book* "This is Nenya, the ring of Adamant, and I am it's keeper." That answer any of your questions? What is Adamant anyway? Adamant is an old fashioned word for diamond. |
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Post by Elnimara on Aug 11, 2006 21:00:28 GMT -5
My theory's not nearly as interesting as yours, but the first thing I thought of was that it would burn him. I think that steam coming from it when the vision was over in the movie gave me that idea. But I like the magic idea better!
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