The light of Eärendil is also something we are well familiar from Peter Jackson’s filmatization, featured in the small glass vial given to Frodo by the lady Galadriel, to be used to shine light in dark places when facing the perils on the road to Mordor.Ī star, a name, a great war, a guiding light, all have remarkable similarities to Nordic legends concerning the name Auzawandils/ Auzawandila, a Gothic equivalent of the name Aurvandill. nórë meaning ‘starwards land,’ the light of the star was the incarnation of Eärendil himself, following the great war of wrath, resulting in the destruction of a swathe of Western Middle Earth called Beleriand.The star of high hope, Gil-Estel, shone with the light of the silmaril brightly in the Western sky, a light so brilliant it his the light of the all the other stars in the night sky, creating the Numeórean name for their new land, Elenna, meaning ‘starwards’ - or the fuller Elenna One of the half-elven Peredhil who was a descendent of the original men of the elder days, he sailed his elegant boat Vingilot wearing the Silmaril on his forehead. Revered by the Elves, it was the light of the star Eärendil that was said to lead the men of the isle of Númenor, the Númenorians to Middle Earth in the Second Age. These places in turn provided me with the detailed insight into the history of location, one little discovery added to the next, combining as a ‘sum of discovery’ - making places of the imagination real and believable as if they were our own. As a quest, summer holidays for the most part, I’ve travelled far and wide researching the background for the story, taking in many different aspects of Scandinavia, have visited National Museums, travelled into the outlying national parks of Sweden, visited crystal clear lakes swimming in the light of the setting sum, admired the waterlillies on the lakes with water the color of ink, have walked many of Sweden’s national parks in the sun, wind and rain, all of which add a surprising understanding of place.
#AIYA EARENDIL ELENION ANCALIMA SERIES#
Just getting the first book out in the series has been both a journey - and a quest. This book is a re-examination of Nordic Mythology, providing first-hand accounts, insights into legends, the deeds of heroes and anti-heroes, all the acts of courage and belief. To understand the land and the people known as the Vikings, I’ve spent long periods of time living in especially Sweden and Denmark, building a large network of people, people I am indebted to in the writing of this book.
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