Re: The Hobbit, after all these years

randall.m@gmail.com said:
> I know Wikipaedia is not a robust source

Generally speaking, I'll agree with this. I have a feeling there's a subset
of pages that are so highly scrutinised that they're going to be pretty close
to correct. I'd put 25 cents on this being the case for the page on Gandalf.

Thanks for the pointer. That was an interesting piece of article.

> The Old Norse name Gandalfr incorporates the words *gandr* meaning "wand",
> "staff"

So what does it mean if you take a gandr at something?


gwynhefar@gmail.com said:
> From what I understand some of the Anglo-Saxon runes had tree
> associations, but others were associated with gods, or colours, or the
> four elements.

I love lists, so I've gotta dig up a list of these associations.


piratejenny@verizon.net said:
> I don't know enough about the magic system of the Germanic countries,
> but one of the meanings of the rune is the ash tree.

I can see that. You burn an ash tree (or any tree, really) and your left
with an ash. How much more magic can you get?


>> Except that one letter that became the 'y' like in "ye". That's associated
>> with the pointy things on roses.
>
> Yeah. I like that one. :-) It's pronounced like "th" though. And looks
> like of like a p.

It's a 'p' at half-mast.


>> I thought Thurisaz was associated with the Blackthorn tree, not rose
>> thorns. Also with the god Thor, of course.
>
> The letter/rune Wayne's talking about is thorn. At least that's the one
> I'm pretty sure he's talking about.

Yup, I was referring to the thorn. Thurisaz is a pretty cool name also.

Wayne