tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120372371184097111.post2893817695592039526..comments2023-01-07T21:51:48.750+01:00Comments on Parma-kenta: Thoughts on reading about EntsTroelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120372371184097111.post-68665781761866337382011-05-21T20:37:11.457+02:002011-05-21T20:37:11.457+02:00As for the Ents, I think good arguments could be m...As for the Ents, I think good arguments could be made either way. <br /><br /><i>Visually</i> (which appears to have been Tolkien's primary guide with Orc-men and Man-orcs) they do look like trees, and I think that Tolkien did think of them as somehow representing the view of trees and forests ('<i>nobody cares for the woods as I care for them</i>')<br /><br />On the other hand, I appreciate that their designation as the shepherds of the trees gives them a rather human-like role to fulfil - <i>shepherding</i> trees rather than <i>being</i> trees. And of course they are, in their reactions to the world, remarkably human.Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120372371184097111.post-85293395769884240762011-05-21T20:19:12.975+02:002011-05-21T20:19:12.975+02:00You are very welcome to pass my ideas on to Lucas ...You are very welcome to pass my ideas on to Lucas -- I'd be proud if they should prove useful. <br /><br />I am aware of the limititations of <i>Mythprint</i> and I wondered if I should post this, but if I can contribute to prompting a follow-up article, it will certainly be worth it.Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120372371184097111.post-43885400795144856572011-05-19T16:58:07.697+02:002011-05-19T16:58:07.697+02:00I think that there are several routes that could b...<i>I think that there are several routes that could be pursued if the article had been a little longer […]. So, all in all this was, in my view, a very promising article that was unfortunately cut too short […].</i><br /><br />Yes, this is true, and it's an unfortunate side-effect of the size of the publication. Lucas's piece was about 1,000 words, and very seldom can I give an author more space. I wish I could. I would like to increase the length of <i>Mythprint</i>, but because one-third of our subscribers are still taking the publication in print form, the costs of postage make this impossible.<br /><br />Your own thoughts above are very welcome indeed, and I would be happy to pass them on to the author. As for "tree-men" versus "man-trees" … As in Danish, in English the most important element comes last and whatever precedes it is a modifier. I would say, in spite of the chapter on their origin which Tolkien added to his "Silmarillion" material after the fact, that "tree-men" is the better solution. Wouldn't you agree that the Ents are more like men than they are like trees? They do resemble trees, but in their cognition, speech, movement, moods, etc., they are far more like men than trees. (The original Spanish compound Lucas used is <i>hombres-árbol</i>. In Spanish, unlike Danish and English, modifiers follow their key nouns.)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.com