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Titolo: La Regina Beruthiel

In questi giorni sto rileggendo ISDA (^_______^) e mentre ero con la
compagnia a Moria, ho udito Aragorn pronunciare riguardo a Gandalf parole
che non mi sono molto chiare: "E' piu' sicuro nel ritrovare la via di casa
in una notte cieca, che non i gatti della Regina Beruthiel".
Chi e' questa regina?
Grazie a chiunque mi rispondera' ^__^
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 Grazie a chiunque mi rispondera' ^__^
Notizie sulla regina Beruthiel si trovano (AFAIK) solo nei Racconti 
Incompiuti. Da quello che ricordo, dovrebbe essere una regina di Gondor, 
particolarmente malvagia.
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E> ... "E' piu' sicuro nel ritrovare la via di casa
E> in una notte cieca, che non i gatti della Regina Beruthiel".
E> Chi e' questa regina?
Dalla Tolkien FAQ:
Who was Queen Beruthiel? (Aragorn mentioned her during the journey
through Moria.)
[T] he reference is to Book II, Ch 4 "A Journey in the Dark": " 'Do not
be afraid!' said Aragorn. There was a pause longer than usual, and
Gandalf and Gimli were whispering together; ... 'Do not be afraid! I
have been with him on many a journey, if never on one so dark; ... He is
surer of finding the way home in a blind night than the cats of Queen
Beruthiel.' " [FR p. 325].
This is a striking case of Tolkien's creative process. It seems that the
name meant nothing when it first appeared: it just "came" as he was
writing the first draft of the chapter. Later, however, he "found out"
whom she "actually" was, his conclusions being reported in UT.
She was the wife of King Tarannon of Gondor (Third Age 830-913), and was
described as "nefarious, solitary, and loveless" (Tarannon's
childlessness was mentioned without explanation in the annals). "She had
nine black cats and one white, her slaves, with whom she conversed, or
read their memories, setting them to discover all the dark secrets of
Gondor,... setting the white cat to spy upon the black, and tormenting
them. No man in Gondor dared touch them; all were afraid of them, and
cursed when they saw them pass." Her eventual fate was to be set adrift
in a boat with her cats: "The ship was last seen flying past Umbar under
a sickle moon, with a cat at the masthead and another as a figure-head
on the prow." It is also told that "her name was erased from the Book of
the Kings (`but the memory of men is not wholly shut in books, and the
cats of Queen Beruthiel never passed wholly out of men's speech')." 
[Unfinished Tales, pp 401-402]
Saluti,
Luca Polo.
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 Marco "Vega" Trucillo
E usava i gatti come spie (dell'acqua, dell'olio, della riserva...)
IMHO JRRT prende il topos della strega con il suo familiare, la
sciacqua in Arno (ok, in Anduin) e ne fa un cameo fine a sè stesso.
ciao
Pukel

 IMHO JRRT prende il topos della strega
Ma va' lą. Prende il gattos :)))))
Ciao
Tagt
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