Eriol Estel. The only info I remember about Mallorn leaves is that they were used as lembas ' wrappings. Is there any description of their shape? I can't even find a description of the brooches that were on their cloaks. Of course, that could be because I've only checked the part where they're leaving Lothlorien. I'll find the reference somewhere. It's probably in an unindexed reference in 'Letters'.
Agh, I should get off my lazy rear end and look too, but I'm trying hard to remember if there is any description whatsoever in the book, but am coming up blank. Will keep checking Its bark was silver and smooth, and its boughs somewhat upswept after the manner of the beech; but it never grew save with a single trunk. Its leaves, like those of the beech but greater , were pale green above and beneath were silver, glistering in the sun; in the autumn they did not fall, but turned to pale gold.
In the spring it bore golden blossom in clusters like a cherry, which bloomed on during the summer; and as soon as the flowers opened the leaves fell, so that through spring and summer a grove of malinorni was carpeted and roofed with gold, but its pillars were of grey silver. Its fruit was a nut with a silver shale; and some were given as a gift by Tar-Aldarion, the sixth King of Numenor, to King Gil-galad of Lindon. They did not take root in that land; but Gil-galad gave some to his kinswom an Galadriel , and under her power they grew and flourished in thegarded land of Lothlorien beside the River Anduin , until the High Elves at last left Middle-Earth ; but they did not reach teh height or girth of the great groves of Numenor.
After reading the above my imagination got edited and the Mallorn leaves got shorter. Last edited: Aug 28, Now, pardon my ignorance, where does it say that the brooches were shaped after Mallorn leaves? In the gift giving it is merely described as [a] green leaf veined with silver. Click to expand You're right GW! Thanks for making my whole thread totally irrelevant In defence, I suppose I always thought the leaves were Mallorn , because when describing the cloaks, an Elf said: " Leaf and branch, water and stone: they have the hue and beauty of all these things under the twilight of Lorien that we love: for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.
Also, on the film, the leaves used to wrap the lembas look the same shape as the ones on the cloaks. Mark Forums Read. Mallorn leaves What shape are mallorn leaves? Re: Mallorn leaves How are you making lembas?? Re: Mallorn leaves The thing to do would be to search for any pictures that Tolkien himself might have draw of Lothlorien. My door is in the shape of a mallorn leaf I always thought that they were shaped like beech-leaves. Sorry for the error; the Mallorn-leaf door is Here Ooops!
Find More Posts by Reumandar. Find More Posts by Lizra. Posts: Quote: Originally posted by Reumandar where did you get a recipe for Lembas? I'd really like to know. The Mallorn pl. Mellyrn were similar to beech trees in that their bark was smooth and silver-grey, but their leaves, which were green above and silver beneath, were much larger and longer than those of beech trees and turned a clear gold in autumn. The golden leaves did not fall like those of other deciduous trees; they remained on the tree throughout the winter.
They fell only in the spring, when golden flowers bloomed on the branches and new leaves sprouted, turning the entire forest a bright gold. Mallorn trees were more alive and had a greater presence than other trees. Actual beech trees do the same thing. Some deciduous trees, including beeches, hold onto their leaves year-round to deter animals from snacking on their twigs.
The leaves, too, were larger than the 2- to 4-inch leaves of beeches the better to wrap lembas bread, of course. Finally, the University Parks at Oxford are littered with beech trees , particularly cultivars of European beech Fagus sylvatica like Copper beech and Pendulous beech.
We know Tolkien had a deep love of nature, and his passion for wood-walking is evident in the work he left behind. Tolkien, J.
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