A World of Fantasy
Origins of Melmiriel
The elven language is usually reserved to the initiated, but for those
who know JRR Tolkien and his characters all along his "Lord of the Ring"and his various stories", it's inside THE SILMARILLION
that we shall find the origins of my "nick" here.
- The prefix "MEL" which means "LOVE" can be noticed in Melian
(got from Melyanna, meaning: "very precious gift".
The root of the word can also be found in the SINDARIN word :
"mellon" (friend).Ref: the inscription on the west portal of Moria.
- As for "MIRIEL", Tolkien tells us, still in THE SILMARILLION, that
"MIR" means "JEWEL" (in Quenya "mire") as in Elemnire, Gwaith-Mirdain,
MIRIEL, Nauglamir, Tar-Atanamir.( NOTE that the suffix "IEL" is typically
elfish too! )
° All those Elven "words" and lexics can also be found in the bright
analysis made by the President of the FEE ( Federation des Etudes
Elfiques) Mr Edouard Kloczko, in his quite recent work:
DICTIONNAIRE DES LANGUES ELFIQUES.
° I'll end my "presentation" with a short poem found in Book II,
Chapter 1 of the Lord of The Ring, MANY MEETINGS, (an elven song
of course ;-)
***Quotes***
" As Bilbo, Frodo, Aragorn and Lady Arwen passed out of
the Hall of Fire, a single clear voice rose in song.
It went thus (Sindarin or Grey-Elven) :
" A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath
Fanuilos le linnathon
nel aer, sí nef aearon!"
***english translation by Tolkien
in "The road goes on and on"***
"O Elbereth Star-kindler, (white) glittering slants-down
sparkling like jewels from firmament glory (of) the star-host
to-remonte distance after-having-gazed from
tree-tangeled middle-lands, Fanuilos, to thee I will chant
on this side of ocean, here on this side of the Great Ocean
"
To his surprise, Frodo saw that Aragorn's dark cloak was throwned back,
and he semmed to be clad in elven-mail, and a star shone on his breast.
Frodo stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the
elvish song fell like clear jewels of blenched words and melody.
"It is a song to Elbereth" said Bilbo!They will sing that and other
songs of the Blessed Realm many times tonight."
The true Catherine Escarras
I was born in Marseilles on february 15th 1947.
I still live there or rather try to survive !!
My mother had Italian origins, my father Basque origins, and my great great grand mother Irish!
It makes some sort explosive mixture !
My astrological sign : AQUARIAN (Beware of disasters!)
Height : 1m60, you are advised to ignore the extra kilos!!!!
I'm auburn all over, sometimes gingery, blue-eyed, white pale skin,
Faeries are said to appear so, and the same is said of Elves!
I studied at Aix-en-Provence University from 1965 to 1969, then from 1972 to 1974.
(Licence es-Lettres and Mastery in English Litterature and linguistics)
Within the gap I studied at University College London.
I travelled to and from England lots and lots of times as well as the United States, and also France!
Particularly Normandy and Paris!
Refusing to stay with the status of the french National Education, I started writing poems and still do as often as possible !
I play music when allowed to make noise!!
(Piano and Synthethiser KN 2000 Technics)
I draw and sometimes paints!
I always lack time..........