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Humble by Nature: review and reflections
No. Though it is a good idea
frankbeswick, on 08/18/2024
Review of the Battle of the Five Armies
InTolkien's universe there were no dwarf and human intermarriages. Dwarfs maintained hope of eternal life
frankbeswick, on 08/18/2024
Dwarfs in Fairy Tales
The Yellow Dwarf doesn't end well. The princess and her lover die.
Can't say about the yellow skies, sorry.
Tolovaj, on 08/18/2024
Surprise at Stonehenge
Almost certainly
frankbeswick, on 08/18/2024
Dwarfs in Fairy Tales
She wants to make a prank. When the little men fall, they make noise, they are exposed and vulnerable, and she can have a good look at them. This is exactly what they hate.
Tolovaj, on 08/18/2024
Surprise at Stonehenge
Perhaps even the oxen were assisted by laying logs to act as wheels, constantly taking the log from the rear to become the lead log.
blackspanielgallery, on 08/18/2024
Review of the Battle of the Five Armies
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Dwarfs having no afterlife means that they might cease to exist!
Was it possible within the J.R.R. Tolkien universe for dwarfs, elves and men to intermarry?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/17/2024
Gardening in Difficult Conditions
I have never heard of these juices
frankbeswick, on 08/17/2024
Review of the Battle of the Five Armies
Tolkien presented dwarfs as having no afterlife, elves were reincarnated, men were taken to heaven or hell
frankbeswick, on 08/17/2024
The Infancy Narratives: the story behind Christmas
The apparition has not been accepted by the church.
frankbeswick, on 08/17/2024
Humble by Nature: review and reflections
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Some Unitedstatesian landlords allow their tenants to buy the property when their tenancy payments are at the level of the house value.
Does such an ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/17/2024
Small is Beautiful: the New Economics
We have traińs and buses
frankbeswick, on 08/17/2024
Small is Beautiful: the New Economics
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The United States has intercity and interstate bus transportation in addition to train travel.
Is there such a transportation mode in the British Isles?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/17/2024
The Infancy Narratives: the story behind Christmas
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Some online sources associate Saint Paul with witnesses to Jesus Christ's crucifixion. They consider Saint Paul as for Jesus Christ's death and against Our Lady ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/17/2024
Review of the Battle of the Five Armies
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The second paragraph to the last subheading, The battle, advises us that " I was, however, irritated that Thorin's reference to his destiny after death in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/17/2024