Inderjit S
07-21-2003, 07:26 PM
In the Dangweth Pengolod Pengolod says to Ælfwine
Not even the seeing stones of old could wholly unite those that were sundered, and they and the masters that could make them were few Dangweth Pengolod; HoME 12
This is undoubtedly a reference to the Palantir so who do you think made the Palantir? Which of the skilled craftsmen could create them? It seems to me that there may have been more then the 7 stones known to M-E, as well as the master-stone in Eressea.
Gandalf mentions the possibility of Feanor making the Palantir that Pippin had looked into, maybe the Seven Stones were gifts from Feanor to his seven sons? Was it he that first made the Palantir? But Quendi and Eldar mentions his unwillingness to teach new 'crafts' to the Eldar (Though this was about him not teaching other Eldar Valinorean) what was the exception with the Palantir? Did he view them as helpful to the Eldar? Or maybe he learnt their making off his father in law, Mahtan, who the Published Silmarillion claims taught Feanor much about metal-work, and why couldn't such a great craftsmen teach Feanor other things? Maybe he learnt how to make it from Aule, or maybe Aule himself taught Feanor (He is mentioned in the Statute of Finwe and Miriel to be a 'lover of Feanor'(hehe)). It is evident that a privileged few craftsmen could make them, but one wonders who they were....
Not even the seeing stones of old could wholly unite those that were sundered, and they and the masters that could make them were few Dangweth Pengolod; HoME 12
This is undoubtedly a reference to the Palantir so who do you think made the Palantir? Which of the skilled craftsmen could create them? It seems to me that there may have been more then the 7 stones known to M-E, as well as the master-stone in Eressea.
Gandalf mentions the possibility of Feanor making the Palantir that Pippin had looked into, maybe the Seven Stones were gifts from Feanor to his seven sons? Was it he that first made the Palantir? But Quendi and Eldar mentions his unwillingness to teach new 'crafts' to the Eldar (Though this was about him not teaching other Eldar Valinorean) what was the exception with the Palantir? Did he view them as helpful to the Eldar? Or maybe he learnt their making off his father in law, Mahtan, who the Published Silmarillion claims taught Feanor much about metal-work, and why couldn't such a great craftsmen teach Feanor other things? Maybe he learnt how to make it from Aule, or maybe Aule himself taught Feanor (He is mentioned in the Statute of Finwe and Miriel to be a 'lover of Feanor'(hehe)). It is evident that a privileged few craftsmen could make them, but one wonders who they were....