tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post5625449691486995714..comments2023-06-01T09:22:18.917+01:00Comments on Liturgiae Causa: Reconciliation...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-52937113467685613462011-12-02T14:52:50.733+00:002011-12-02T14:52:50.733+00:00No, only the Noldor are ''gnomes,''...No, only the Noldor are ''gnomes,'' and Tolkien stopped using the term sometime in the 1930s. I use it because of the connotation of ''wisdom,'' (cf. ''knowledge''), and I think the term only survived in The Silmarillion in Baran's name for the Exiles, Nomin, which means wise.<br /><br />The quote I just gave is from The Silmarillion, but I have personally substituted the name Noldor (singular, Noldo) for Gnomes.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-20853788617797876212011-12-02T14:49:13.324+00:002011-12-02T14:49:13.324+00:00So Elves and Gnomes are interchangeable?So Elves and Gnomes are interchangeable?Juliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893150601023369479noreply@blogger.com