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Can't rest until this important matter is settled. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(a quick search says it didn't have a name, fyi)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

For anyone else curious:

The Moth is the name given to a non-canonical small moth that comes to Gandalf occasionally, forewarning that Eagles are coming, or used by him to summon them.

- LotR wiki

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

non-canonical is key. It was a device used in the films to convey Gandalf using messengers to rely information. Had the moth (sorry, The Moth) been in the books, it absolutely would have had a name.

What will make you stay up longer instead of sleeping is wondering if it was the same moth. I say no, given the time span between events.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Had the moth (sorry, The Moth) been in the books, it absolutely would have had a name.

This is factually incorrect.

If The Moth had been in the books, it would have like seven names.

"Gandalf called him Message Bringer. And he was called Fuzzy One, and also Window Whacker; and the Elves in their tongue called him Nármelindo, or Flame Lover. But to the Enemy, he was Eagle Bringer, and Gandalf Saver, and the Men of the West called him Arisen Caterpillar."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If The Moth had been in the books, it would have like seven names

Came here to say this, and you said it far more eloquently than I would have, and provided examples! Well done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks! For the record, nár is the elven word for fire, and melindo is their word for lover 🤓