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PotbellyHairyfoot
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Post Quote of the week Aug 5th/09
on: August 05, 2009 04:38
...but the Noldor were beloved of Aulë, and he and his people came often among them.Great became their knowledge and their skill; yet even greater was their thirst for more knowledge, and in may things they surpassed their teachers. They were changeful in speech, for they had great love of words, and sought ever to find names more fit for all things that they knew or imagined. And it came to pass that the masons of the house of Finwë. quarrying in the hills after stone( for they delighted in the building of high towers), first discovered the earth-gems, and brought them forth in countless myriads' and carved them in many forms . They hoarded them not, but gave them freely, and by their labour ebnriched all of Valinor




(I chose this quote mostly as a reference to look back on in the future)
Jewellers- This was something that the Noldor taught themselves to do, without the help of the Valar. At this time they were generous and shared the results of their workmanship, for the enrichment of everyone..
The also sought their own words for many things and made many changes in their language.

[Edited on 6/8/2009 by PotbellyHairyfoot]
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Post RE: Quote of the week Aug 5th/09
on: October 24, 2009 01:34
Interesting that the skill and the beauty initially focussed on pleasure ... of the craftsmen and the receivers of their works.

Could it be that the rot sets in when knowledge, skill and materials are possessed rather than shared, and possession turns to arrogance and greed and envy?

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on: October 24, 2009 09:20
It is just too bad that the love of jewelcraft by the Noldor sometimes went awry. I don't now if it was greed, envy, or just a love of beauty irregardless of the consequences of its production

The Silmarils were the first tragic venture by the Noldor into the making of jewels. They were probably the most beautiful of all the jewels created but they also caused the greatest trouble.

In the Second Age, the Gwaith-i-Mírdain of Eregion were tricked by Sauron into making the Rings of Power. In their eagerness to create new Jewellery they learned much, that they perhaps should not have learned, from Sauron, in his disguise as Annatar.

[Edited on 24/10/2009 by PotbellyHairyfoot]
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