October 5, 2002

More on the Elves...
Rune of Mirkwood

For those who are fans of the Elves, as I am - (my alias is of a stone in the Great Greenwood, the first name given to the region of Mirkwood...) I thought the following would be of interest to you:

I wondered a couple of things in the Lord of the Rings movie: how did Legolas and the others keep so strong, not eating and sleeping (it seemed they just went on and on...) I found out that one of the Gifts of Galadriel was "lembas" - or Elven waybread (or deeper in origin, meaning "journey bread" or "life-bread". One bite of this elvin bread could sustain a full grown man. We never saw any of the Fellowship partake of this, but it was interesting to learn about. Also, in the Lord of the Rings, first with Saruman with Gandalf in Isengard - there is a glass with red liquid, like wine; then we see Elrond, speaking to Gandalf in his House in Rivendell, pouring himself a glass of red; last, we see Legolas walking with a beautiful pitcher in his hands, and it also contains red liquid or wine...Just curious ~ what kind of wine do you think the Elves drink? Must be nice tasting, as everything they created was of elegance and beauty.

In viewing the book, The Silmarillion, I noticed in the Index, a river that is in the Far East land of Ossiriand (Land of the Seven Rivers...)
by the name of Legolin. Legolas, the Prince of Mirkwood's name is relatively close to the name of this river...I wonder if he is named after it?There seems to be no mention of Legolas's mother either; only of his father, King Thranduil and we don't know much about him, either.