The Silmarils and Rings

[Lady Ashley]

I didn't realize this until later, and then thought it was really cool...I noticed that the Three Elven Rings and the Silmarils are counterparts! I was amazed! :o

There's the Air Silmaril to Vilya, the Ring of Air. (this Silmaril having been the one Earendil carried onto his boat into the heavens.)

Then there's the Earth Silmaril to Narya, the Ring of Fire. (this Silmaril having been tossed into a "gaping chasm filled with fire.")

Lastly, there's the Sea Silmaril to Nenya, the Ring of Water. (this Silmaril having been cast into the Sea.)

Isn't that cool!? :thumbs: It would seem that the Elves still miss the precious Silmarils and pined away for them... mecry :(

[Daughter of Finarfin]

Funny that Gandalf, bearer of Narya, fell into the fire also (in Moria), and Galadriel went over the sea. I can't find a connection between Elrond or Gil-galad to air, so this post was kind of pointless.

[Lady Ashley]

No, no, good point, Finarfin's Daughter! You are absolutely right about Gandalf and Galandriel! I never thought about that! :elfeek: :o :cool:

JRR was SO a genius. notworthy

[Daughter of Finarfin]

Yes he certainly was! The only connection to Gil-galad and his ring I can find is that is that Gil-galad means "Star of Radiance."
Oops! I just realized a big one for Elrond though, he was Earandil's son!!! I feel stupid now.

[Mirkgirl]

Manwë, lord of Air and Wind
Aulë, earth's substances, he's a smith too - fire
Ulmo, water

The most powerful three.

[Finrod Felagund]

Feanor: greatest smith of his time
Celebrimbor: greatest smith of his time
Silmarils: most powerful
Rings: most powerful
Maybe another way of JRR detailing how the elves had diminished, their greatest works weren't even close to the old stuff

[Grond]

Actually I was just going to post that Celebrimbor was Feanor's grandson so it should come as no surprise that he would seek to emulate the greatest craftsman the world of Middle-earth had ever known. The three Elven Rings were exactly that, a tribute to a grandfather whose works could never be duplicated... only emulated. :)

[Lady Melody]

Maybe it has a hidden meaning... Some people never learn, and history ALWAYS repeat itself, in many masks, but still the same basics.:mmmm:

[Maedhros]

The three Elven Rings were exactly that, a tribute to a grandfather whose works could never be duplicated... only emulated.
Actually, there is a direct reference to this in the Legendarium.