Thank's Voronwë!!! You're the best!!

Athrabeth's words help explain why Aragorn is someone I care for very deeply. He IS Envinyatar,the restorer. Although not stated outright, you can see how Aragorn was "chosen" for this task of restoration. His Arnor/Gondor bloodline, the years he spent amongst the various peoples of middle earth and the building of his leadership skills in the attempt to destroy the One Ring helped equip him for the task of restoration.
As was said before, he was the anti-king- a servant/king. The many things I love about him are his loyalty, nobility, tenacity, bravery and wisdom. He is not without faults, and that fact makes me love him even more. I believe that in some small way I can be a bit like him and accomplish some things even though I am not worthy enough to do it on my own.
Yes, I fell in love with Aragorn when I first "met" him many years ago, with my first reading of LOTR Seems as if I became a little more "smitten" with him each time I read the books again. Along comes PJ and makes a movie with Viggo Mortensen and Aragorn draws breath and walks the same earth as I do.
I've become almost obsessed- like a teenager -though I'm well past my teen years. My cousin has threatened to have an "intervention" for me. But I've given myself permission to enjoy this "passion", as it's given me a bounce in my step, smile on my face and joy (or lust, I'm not sure) in my heart.

Meli

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And it is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than any substance else that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar harken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.

So this was bumped...and then it wasn't. But in the interim I saw it and did some googling.

My apologies if it was posted earlier in the thread (I only skimmed) and my apologies if I'm out of order even posting in this thread at all, but this article seemed very insightful and relevant to the topic at hand: Sacral kingship: Aragorn as the rightful and sacrificial king in The Lord of the Rings.

Opening paragraph:


Tolkien loved and read many old mythologies, so this is probably where the king-as-healer thing came from.

ETA: believe it or not, my search term was "king as healer" and this article about Aragorn was the first hit!

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Thanks so much for posting that, River. That's about as on point as it gets!

And it is ALWAYS appropriate to post in these old threads with new information (or to start new threads about different aspects of Tolkien's work). After all, even though we have gotten away from it to some extent, that is the main purpose that this board is suppose to serve.

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