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[[ | [[File:Tanya Weil - Olore Malle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Olórë Mallë'' by Tanya Weil.]] | ||
'''Olórë Mallë''', also known as the ''Path of Dreams'', was a path made by [[Lórien (Valinor)|Lórien]] from the [[Great Lands]] to [[Valinor]]. Lórien created the path at the bidding of [[Manwë]] who looked with sorrow upon the hiding of Valinor. It was a road by which the children of [[Men]] would at times come to Valinor in their sleep. It was a lane of deep banks and great overhanging hedges, beyond which stood many tall trees wherein a perpetual whisper seemed to live. [[Great glow-worms]] crept about its grassy borders. At the end of the lane stood a high gate of lattice-work that shone golden in the dusk. The gate opened up to winding paths leading into the fairest of all the gardens, and amidmost of the garden stood a white cottage, ''The Cottage of the Children''.<ref>{{LT1|I}}</ref> | '''Olórë Mallë''', also known as the ''Path of Dreams'', was a path made by [[Lórien (Valinor)|Lórien]] from the [[Great Lands]] to [[Valinor]]. Lórien created the path at the bidding of [[Manwë]] who looked with sorrow upon the hiding of Valinor. It was a road by which the children of [[Men]] would at times come to Valinor in their sleep. It was a lane of deep banks and great overhanging hedges, beyond which stood many tall trees wherein a perpetual whisper seemed to live. [[Great glow-worms]] crept about its grassy borders. At the end of the lane stood a high gate of lattice-work that shone golden in the dusk. The gate opened up to winding paths leading into the fairest of all the gardens, and amidmost of the garden stood a white cottage, ''The Cottage of the Children''.<ref>{{LT1|I}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 5 January 2012
Olórë Mallë, also known as the Path of Dreams, was a path made by Lórien from the Great Lands to Valinor. Lórien created the path at the bidding of Manwë who looked with sorrow upon the hiding of Valinor. It was a road by which the children of Men would at times come to Valinor in their sleep. It was a lane of deep banks and great overhanging hedges, beyond which stood many tall trees wherein a perpetual whisper seemed to live. Great glow-worms crept about its grassy borders. At the end of the lane stood a high gate of lattice-work that shone golden in the dusk. The gate opened up to winding paths leading into the fairest of all the gardens, and amidmost of the garden stood a white cottage, The Cottage of the Children.[1]
Etymology
Olórë Mallë is Qenya, from olórë ("dream") and mallë ("street").[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, pp. 259, 263
