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White deer

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[[File:Pascal Yung - Deer.jpg|thumb|''Tales of the Hunt'' by Pascal Yung]]
<center>{{quote|Suddenly on the path ahead appeared some white deer, a hind and fawns as snowy white as the hart had been dark.|[[Flies and Spiders]], [[The Hobbit]]}}</center>
'''White deer''' were a type of [[Deer|deer]] found in the forest of [[Mirkwood]]. Along with two fawns, such a hind surprised [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Dwarves]] on the [[Quest of Erebor]] when they first entered [[Mirkwood]] forest.<ref>{{H|8}}</ref>

==Other writings==

An encounter with a white doe occurs in "[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]", preceding Autrou's meeting with a witch.

==Inspiration==

Magical animals of white colour were common in Celtic and Welsh mythology. The legends of King Arthur include a story about the pursuit of a large, white deer, leading to the arrival at the magical Sir Pellinore's well.<ref>Lars Noodén, "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/rel375.html Animal Symbolism in Celtic Mythology]" (paper for Religion 375 at the University of Michigan, 22 November 1992; accessed 12 March 2011)</ref>

[[Douglas A. Anderson]] has noted that the appearance of white deer in ''The Hobbit'' forebodes the approach by Bilbo and company to the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elven]] area of Mirkwood, as "''[i]n Celtic tradition, encounters with white animals (especially white deer) usually prefigure an encounter with beings from the Otherworld ([[Fairies|Faërie]])''".<ref>{{HM|AH}}, pp. 200-1</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
: The White Hart is the largest breed of deer found in northwestern Middle-earth (rumoured to have [[Fairies|Faerie]] blood). The suggested Sindarin name of this type of deer was ''Nimfiara'' in the early publications from MERP, later revised to ''Nimmerais'' (sing. ''Nimmaras'').<ref>{{ICE|2012}}</ref><ref>{{ICE|2023}} (linguistic contributions by [[David Salo]] and [[Arden R. Smith]])</ref>

'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
: The Extended Edition includes a scene in which a white deer appears as the dwarves try to cross the river in Mirkwood. [[Thorin Oakenshield|Thorin]] tries to shoot it down with an arrow but he misses. The deer later flees.

==See also==

*[[White cow]]

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Púkel-men

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[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Púkel-man.png|thumb|One of the Púkel-men]]
'''Púkel-men''' were the ancient carved images, that lined the road to [[Dunharrow]], the [[Stair of the Hold]], in the [[White Mountains]]. One statue was standing in each turn of the winding road; each resembled a man with clumsy limbs, squatting cross-legged with his short arms folded across his fat belly.

These were carved by the ancient, long-forgotten men of the [[Second Age]], perhaps related to the [[Oathbreakers]], who populated the [[White Mountains]]. The statues were thought to be in the likeness of [[Woses]] or [[Drúedain]], who also had made their homes there.<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}</ref> All had eroded over the years until some had no features except empty eye holes. The [[Rohirrim]] ignored the statues when they passed them.<ref>{{RK|V3}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The word ''púcel'' in [[Old English]] means "little goblin".<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}, note 14</ref> The element ''púc'' "goblin" is related to the name [[Wikipedia:Puck|Puck]] and the modern English word "pug".<ref>{{HM|IE}}, Giving of Names, p. 219</ref>
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''
:One or more of such statues can be seen near the scene where [[Elrond]] gives [[Anduril]] to [[Aragorn]].
'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
:After [[Gandalf]] and [[Radagast]] leave the [[High Fells of Rhudaur]], and discuss their realisation that the [[Necromancer]] of [[Dol Guldur]] is [[Sauron]], there is a statue nearby.{{fact|is this intended to be a Púkel-man?}}
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Púkel-men

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[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Púkel-man.png|thumb|One of the Púkel-men]]
'''Púkel-men''' were the ancient carved images, that lined the road to [[Dunharrow]], the [[Stair of the Hold]], in the [[White Mountains]]. One statue was standing in each turn of the winding road; each resembled a man with clumsy limbs, squatting cross-legged with his short arms folded across his fat belly.

These were carved by the ancient, long-forgotten men of the [[Second Age]], perhaps related to the [[Oathbreakers]], who populated the [[White Mountains]]. The statues were thought to be in the likeness of [[Woses]] or [[Drúedain]], who also had made their homes there.<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}</ref> All had eroded over the years until some had no features except empty eye holes. The [[Rohirrim]] ignored the statues when they passed them.<ref>{{RK|V3}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The word ''púcel'' in [[Old English]] means "little goblin".<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}, note 14</ref> The element ''púc'' "goblin" is related to the name [[Wikipedia:Puck|Puck]] and the modern English word "pug".<ref>{{HM|IE}}, Giving of Names, p. 219</ref>
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''
:One or more of such statues can be seen near the scene where [[Elrond]] gives [[Anduril]] to [[Aragorn]].
'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
:A statue can be found right after [[Gandalf]] and [[Radagast]] leave the [[High Fells of Rhudaur]], and where they realize the [[Necromancer]] of [[Dol Guldur]] is [[Sauron]].
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The Starlit Jewel

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[[File:starlitjewel.jpg|thumb|''The Stalit Jewel'', cd cover]]
'''''The Starlit Jewel''''' is a recording of songs with poems by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and music by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]. The album exists in three different versions:

#a privately produced cassette in two copies from 1991 entitled ''The Rivendell Suite''
#A tape from 1996, entitled ''The Starlit Jewel''
#A cd from 2000, entitled ''The Starlit Jewel''

==History==

In 1969, Marion Zimmer Bradley set seven of Tolkien's poems to music and called them "The Rivendell Suite." In 1991, Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover were asked by Bradley's secretary to arrange, perform, and record "The Rivendell Suite" on cassette as a birthday present for Marion Bradley. They recorded:

{{quote|...six of Marion's settings, plus three of Kristoph's, and Marion was very pleased with the results. Only two copies were ever made of that original cassette. Then, Kristoph and I got to thinking how it might be a good idea to set some more of the songs and see if we could get permission from the Tolkien Estate to release the recording commercially.|Interview with Margaret Davis for Strange Horizons, 19 November 2001}}

Eventually, the project was authorized by the [[Tolkien Estate]] and they were granted a license to produce 1,000 cassettes, released in 1996. The title was changed to "The Starlit Jewel", since the Tolkien Estate had forbidden them to use the title "The Rivendell Suite".

In 1999, they were granted a new license to produce 2,000 cds. The cd album was released in 2000, together with ''[[The Starlit Jewel Songbook]]''.

==Track listing==

Track listing of the cd album:

#"[[Sing all ye joyful!|Elvish Lullabye]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[Elven Hymn to Elbereth|Song of the Eldar in Exile]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Marion Zimmer Bradley and Margaret Davis)
#"[[The Road Goes Ever On (song)#The Hobbit|Hobbit Walking Song]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Marion Zimmer Bradley and Margaret Davis)
#"[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late|Merry Old Inn]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Kristoph Klover)
#"[[The King beneath the mountains|Children's Song From Dale]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[In Western Lands]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[Galadriel's Song of Eldamar|Galadriel's Lament]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Marion Zimmer Bradley and Margaret Davis)
#"[[The Stone Troll|Troll Song]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[Lament for Boromir]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[The Bath Song|Bath Song]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)
#"[[Song of Durin|In Durin's Day]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Kristoph Klover)
#"[[Song of Nimrodel|Lay of Nimrodel]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music Margaret Davis)
#"[[The Ent and the Entwife|When Spring Unfolds]]" (words J.R.R. Tolkien, music ?)

==External links==
*[http://www.flowinglass.com/sjewel.html Official web site]
*[http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20011119/starlit_jewel.shtml Interview with Margaret Davis for Strange Horizons, 19 November 2001]
*[http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/the.starlit.jewel/ Review] by [[Paula DiSante]] on the [[Mythopoeic Society]] web site

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Talk:The Starlit Jewel

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On various pages on the internet (including Wikipedia), this album is said to have been released in 1959 or 1960, as ''Songs from Rivendell'' (I'll create a redirect for people looking for that album on Tolkien Gateway). However, the interview with the producer Margaret Davis (cited on the page) gives a different story. --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 09:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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Shouldn't the tracks on the list be linked to the proper articles in this site? I'm pretty sure, since I have the entire album and I have listened to it, "When Spring Unfolds" is the poem the "[[The Ent and the Entwife]]".---[[Special:Contributions/125.60.240.201|125.60.240.201]] 10:05, 1 January 2015 (UTC)