It began with the forging
of the great rings.
Three were given to the Elves:
Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings.
The Bearers of the Elven Rings:
Gil-galad, the King; Cirdan, of the Grey Havens;
and Galadriel, the Lady of the Golden Wood.
Nenya, the Ring of Galadriel,
wrought of mithril with a white stone
Gil-galad's ring, Vilya
gold with a blue stone, passed to his herald, Elrond.
And Cirdan gifted his ring, Narya
with a stone red as fire, Gandalf.
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"It is well known and accepted that all Egyptian art and architecture was set out upon a grid of squares [our graph paper is an equivalent] which allowed the precise determination of proportions and scale, matters never left to the whim of the artist." -Anthony West
Is the religious grid based on an earlier status of men and women when all men were the same height, weight, and proportion? And in the same time frame all women had exactly the same measurements? Some think the original masculine and feminine models closely resemble traditional Indian gods and goddesses, found in ancient temples throughout India. Tolkien seemed to describe the elves surrounded by gossamer 'brow' light characteristics, so the internal environment of Lothlorien and Rivendell remained free of all obstruction. Even the garden is composed of precisely matched natural tones, and detailed images of swans, statuary and geometric design.
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