Posted: March 22, 1999 at 22:52:43: by Michael Martinez
: To expand on the lembas thing. They were made with a special
: corn by that was from Valinor. When the corn was given to the
: Eldar, it was warned that they should not give it to mortals,
: at least not much of it. If a mortal has a sizable quantity it
: makes them yearn to go to Valinor, something unheard of, at
: least until the end of the Third Age when Frodo, Sam, Bilbo,
: and Gimli all at least made it to Tol Eressëa.This is a bit different from what is published in THE PEOPLES OF MIDDLE-EARTH concerning Lembas. What is written in the note on the bottom of page 405 is that "it is said that, if mortals eat often of this bread, they become weary of their mortality. desiring to abide among the Elves, and longing for the fields of Aman, to which they cannot come." Also, Melian gave Lembas to Beleg, who in turn shared it with Turin, so it was not at all entirely unheard of that a mortal should be given Lembas prior to the Third Age.
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