Dangerous.
I am aware that I’ve gained a reputation for cruelty during my time in Middle Earth, but I assure you we have tales of our own about him. Were he not on the winning side of history, or were my Master’s folk deemed worthy of even an ounce of pity by the Eldar, I would not be the only Maia to have earned the moniker “Gorthaur”.
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Sauron says he usually at least wears a loincloth under there, but who’s to say
Hunting Horn, Musical Instruments
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Ivory
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“It had a visor (after the manner of those that the Dwarves used in their forges for the shielding of their eyes), and the face of one that wore it struck fear into the hearts of all beholders, but was itself guarded from dart and fire. Upon its crest was set in defiance a gilded image of Glaurung the dragon…”
Tolkien
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madtomedgar
replied to your post “admirable-mairon
replied to your post “Hello! If I remember…”
feel free to ignore but i always associated namo more with fungal aspects of decay as death is his wheelhouse and melkor being more about thermodynamics and changing of matter-states. but melkor being the genesis of fertilizer is delightfully ironic.
I quite like that too! I’d love me a mushroomy Námo *3* It’s definitely a property they might share too.
I have definitely written about Melkor teaching the Noldor about thermodynamics, and had Fëanor chip in like “cool story bro I figured out how to make diamonds myself like, last century” and Melkor was “>:U”
admirable-mairon
replied to your post “Hello! If I remember correctly after Melkor was released from his…”Maybe biology? As in how an elf works on the inside which you can’t know unless you’ve opened a couple of them up. I mean – That’s knowledge that should be technically terrifying but also sincerely useful
Holy shit you’re right X’D fuck me, that’s actually perfect. There’s no one to dissect in Aman so if they ever have to do surgery or set a bone or something their medical knowledge is WAY behind their knowledge of say, metallurgy. I mean, they’re immortals who don’t age or get sick except in ~spirit~, so it’d be of limited use in the first place, BUT, hey man, when you break your leg falling off a horse or have a little forge accident, knowing how blood and bones and organs work is probably pretty valuable! 😀 Just don’t ask him how he knows!
“…And this is the liver. It’s probably the tastiest of the organ meats”
“Come again?”
“Don’t worry about it.”
For that matter, knowledge of decay and decomposition might be something Melkor has a unique handle on that wouldn’t be readily taught elsewhere in Valinor. This might lead to them finding out about, say, fermentation, or fertilizers– both good and useful things!
admirable-mairon
replied to your post “Hello! If I remember correctly after Melkor was released from his…”
Maybe biology? As in how an elf works on the inside which you can’t know unless you’ve opened a couple of them up. I mean – That’s knowledge that should be technically terrifying but also sincerely useful
Holy shit you’re right X’D fuck me, that’s actually perfect. There’s no one to dissect in Aman so if they ever have to do surgery or set a bone or something their medical knowledge is WAY behind their knowledge of say, metallurgy. I mean, they’re immortals who don’t age or get sick except in ~spirit~, so it’d be of limited use in the first place, BUT, hey man, when you break your leg falling off a horse or have a little forge accident, knowing how blood and bones and organs work is probably pretty valuable! 😀 Just don’t ask him how he knows!
“…And this is the liver. It’s probably the tastiest of the organ meats”
“Come again?”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Good question!
It’s hard to imagine the Valar expressly banning any knowledge, even dangerous knowledge like sword making, but maybe certain trades or lines of inquiry became taboo amongst the Elves, even unlawful. Certainly the Valar wouldn’t stop the Elves from deciding amongst themselves that Melkorish Activities were no longer acceptable.
I’d give my left leg to know what information Tolkien thought Melkor was giving the Elves during that time; my guess is something related to ~the tainted realm of Science oOooOoOooO~ but what variety, I don’t know. They already had Aulë teaching them metalworking and mining and smelting etc., and the rest of the Valar were there to teach their specialties. Melkor’s contribution might have been to explain things in more depth than the other Valar. I could also see him giving more information about the Spring of Arda than his brethren, and spreading a less accepted telling of the Ainulindalë from his perspective– definitely biased, but not without truth. He might just have been teaching them crazy sex positions, who knows. And that is why double-reverse-upside-down-cowgirl is forbidden in Valinor to this day…
Celtic Brooch, Medieval Art
Rogers Fund, 1908
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Silver
masteroftheseas
replied to your post “Try: Ungoliant or Orome”
m o r e
would you have the whole world for thy belly??
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