Elves vs Elves (Comparing Languages & Culture from Lord of the Rings & Dragon Age)
I dive into an in depth analysis of Elves from two geek franchises, Dragon Age and Lord of the Rings. I compare not only their physical appearances, but their social status, their magical talents as well as their language. Come geek out and see what is different and what is the same between Elves from Thedas and Elves from Middle-earth.
For those of you who are visual, here is the list of Elven words and phrases I compare. If any of you are linguists, feel free to comment your observations as well.
Dragon Age / Sindarin (Lord of the Rings)
Falon / Mellon
Abelas / Nienor
Solas / Egleriad
Ghilan'dor / Mithrandir
Lath / Meleth
Vhenan / Emel, elu
Ma serranas / Hannon le.
Fen / Draug
Harel / Gost
Fen'Harel / i dhraug o gost
Lin / Agar, sereg
Andruil / Andúril
Ir abelas. / Im boe nienor.
Da'len / Hén
Ar lath ma. / Melethon le.
Atish'an / Sídh
Bellanaris / Uir
Din / Goroth; i eryth
Elgar / Laith, Faer
Halam / Meth, teleth
Revas / Lethad
Vallas / Teithad
Andaran atish'an. / Be hád od sídh dorthon.
Atish'all vir abelasan. / Boe minag i girith en eithel nienyr.
Ma harel lasa. / Le úgerth enni.
Ar tu na'lin emma mi. / Agar lín tiriathon or lang nín.
Halam sahlin. / Boe hi têl.
Ar lasa mala revas. / Lethad lín annon le.
Arlathan. / Sadomeleth; Melthol sad
Revasan. / Lethad dorthol sad.
Dareth shiral. / Mae or lend lín.
Melana / Lú; Anor
why are you compairing both of these @binkyprod
I've always been fascinated with the languages in the Lord of the Rings books, and Tolkien was a linguist. I know he based himself on existing languages. I also know that the Old English language heard in LotR is real Old English. Tolkien did the very first translation of Beowulf from Old English to modern English.
I also happen to have a fascination/obsession with Elves. I was curious myself to compare the two Elven languages from two very different franchises. One book and movie, the other a video game. I have limited knowledge and skills to fully study the two Elven languages, but I took what I knew and what I had to see if I could find similarities or patterns within these two languages.
I thought this was very interesting. I love this kind of stuff but I've never seen these movies. I've got to get on it. I'm sure I would enjoy it.
If you like Fantasy, you'll enjoy the Lord of the Rings for sure. The theatrical version is not as magical as the Extended versions. The extendeds are more like the books. They're longer, but can easily be watched as though they were 6 movies instead of 3, if you prefer shorter films. Dragon Age is a video game, but you can find game play footage without commentary, pieced together as though it were a movie on YouTube. It has amazing story and characters. If you're a gamer though, playing the game is a much more enriching experience. Origins is the first one, followed by the Awakening expansion. Then DA2, with Legacy DLC (important for lore context), and then Inquisition, with Jaws of Hakkon, Descent DLCs and Trespasser is the conclusion of Inquisition. If you were wondering what to do in some of your spare time, you've got hours of dragon, magical, elven lore with which to fill that time.
Thank you for this clarification and explanation
thank you
havent watched any of these execpt lord of th rings ..guess the rest will be gr8t
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Thanks for the information😉😉
This is my post of the day! awesome work @binkyprod you should play dark souls its got some really cool lore, big lord of the rings fan so I really enjoyed this 100% upvote
Cool. I'll check out Dark Souls. I'm glad you enjoyed my elven geeking out ;)
very interesting
lord of the rings is epic and still holds that touch of magical realism
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