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The '''''Ósanwe-kenta''''' or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought" is a | The '''''Ósanwe-kenta''''' or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought" is a manuscript by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], written in c. 1959-60 as a typescript of eight pages, published in [[Vinyar Tengwar 39|''Vinyar Tengwar'' 39]] in 1998. A related manuscript, "Etymological Notes on the ''Ósanwe-kenta''", was published in [[Vinyar Tengwar 41|''Vinyar Tengwar'' 41]] in 2000. | ||
In the framework of the [[legendarium]] of [[Middle-earth]], the text is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by [[Pengolodh]] of [[Gondolin]]. | In the framework of the [[legendarium]] of [[Middle-earth]], the text is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by [[Pengolodh]] of [[Gondolin]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 1 August 2010
The Ósanwe-kenta or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought" is a manuscript by J.R.R. Tolkien, written in c. 1959-60 as a typescript of eight pages, published in Vinyar Tengwar 39 in 1998. A related manuscript, "Etymological Notes on the Ósanwe-kenta", was published in Vinyar Tengwar 41 in 2000.
In the framework of the legendarium of Middle-earth, the text is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by Pengolodh of Gondolin.
The subject-matter is sanwe-latya (Quenya for "thought-opening", but better translated as "telepathy"). Pengolodh included it as an appendix to the Lhammas because of the implications of tengwesta ("grammar, language") on thought-transmission, i.e. with the development of language, telepathy became more difficult and all but fell out of use among the "incarnated" (those beings with hröa).
