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An [[Elvish]] term that clearly translates as '[[high heaven]]', though as it only appears in [[Bilbo]]'s rhyme quoted above, it's hard to be sure exactly what the term referred to. In [[Elvish]] cosmology, the world was enfolded in different layers of airs, and it seems that Tarmenel was a term for the highest or outermost of these - the '[[Over-heaven]]' mentioned later in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. | An [[Elvish]] term that clearly translates as '[[high heaven]]', though as it only appears in [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s rhyme quoted above, it's hard to be sure exactly what the term referred to. In [[Elvish]] cosmology, the world was enfolded in different layers of airs, and it seems that Tarmenel was a term for the highest or outermost of these - the '[[Over-heaven]]' mentioned later in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. | ||
[[Category: Cosmology]] | [[Category: Cosmology]] | ||
[[Category: Sindarin words]] | [[Category: Sindarin words]] | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 14 June 2010
An Elvish term that clearly translates as 'high heaven', though as it only appears in Bilbo Baggins's rhyme quoted above, it's hard to be sure exactly what the term referred to. In Elvish cosmology, the world was enfolded in different layers of airs, and it seems that Tarmenel was a term for the highest or outermost of these - the 'Over-heaven' mentioned later in The Lord of the Rings.
