Today in Middle-earth, I Lithe [Midsummer's Eve]
| June 30, 2009 |
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on I Lithe, Midsummer’s Eve:
- Elrond studies the weapons and map (1341)
- Arwen comes to the City (1419)
The Chief Days : I Lithe : Midsummer’s Eve : Mid-year’s Eve
I Lithe, 2941 (S.R. 1341)
1. Elrond studies the weapons and map.
(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-earth)
“So the time came to midsummer eve, and they were to go on again with the early sun on midsummer morning.
Elrond knew all about runes of every kind. That day he looked at the swords they had brought from the trolls’ lair, and he said: “These are not troll-make. They are old swords, very old swords of the High Elves of the West, my kin…. ‘”
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 61- 63 Hobbit)
I Lithe, 3019 (S.R. 1419)
1. Arwen comes to the City.
(from the appendices)
“It was the day before Midsummer when messengers came from Amon Din to the City, and they said that there was a riding of fair folk out of the North, and they drew near now to the walls of the Pelennor…”
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 309 RotK)
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