andie, she/her, 26, united states. this blog is full of Tolkien. also other art, photos, fandoms, and big-eyes-emoji stuff, but mostly Tolkien. i tag! my girlfriend is bright ivanaskye, who is a lot, but not too much
if u r seeing urself in the mirror…………………………………………. u have eyes
The face of someone who is sympathetic to her girlfriend’s frustration at having her flight cancelled 2 days in a row due to unending NYC thunderstorms, but is sekritly gloating about spending 2 extra days and nights with her 😘😍😛
“Uinen, the Lady of the Seas, whose hair lies spread through all waters under sky. All creatures she loves that live in the salt streams, and all weeds that grow there; to her mariners cry, for she can lay calm upon the waves, restraining the wildness of Ossë”
or not ? i can only find three references to dancing. Vana dances. Lúthien dances. two hobbits dance at the party of special magnificence.
i’m presuming that Mr T was not a keen dancer.
i mean, Elves dancing… my word 🧐. but they’d look fabulous !
i wonder if he wanted to avoid the cheesy victorian ‘fairies’ thing, or even the cheesy Shakespearian thing of skipping fairies… so, no dancing.
what a pity ! bring on the dancing Elves !
Wow, are there really only three references? I’d automatically assumed that the Rivendell Tralalally elves and the partying Mirkwood elves danced… Doesn’t Gimli dance at some point?
I can’t remember about the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings but in the Silmarillion there is a sentence that makes clear that at least the elves in Valinor danced as part of festivities, so here are some dancing elves for you OP 🙂
‘Therefore Yavanna set times for the flowering and the ripening of all things that grew in Valinor; and at each first gathering of fruits Manwë made a
high feast for the praising of Eru, when all the peoples of Valinor poured forth
their joy in music and song upon Taniquetil. —
and they sang before Manwë and Varda
in their lofty halls, or danced upon the green slopes of the Mountain that
looked west towards the Trees.’
(from the chapter ‘Of the Darkening of Valinor’)
I think i’s a lovely image, many elves dancing on the green slopes of the Taniquetil, bathed in bright tree-light.
And from the Hobbit, all regarding Rivendell:
“None to be seen by this moon,“ said Elrond, and he gave the map
back to Thorin; and then they went down to the water to see the elves dance and
sing upon the midsummer’s eve.”
and
“Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!
Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!
The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;
Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.”
and
“Weariness fell from [Bilbo] soon in that house, and he had many a merry jest and
dance, early and late, with the elves of the valley.”
ephal ephalak idon hi-akallabeth 