manulpika reblogged
Carved this for Halloween this year but I thought I’d post it for @nolofinweanweek!
Fingolfin v. Morgoth, very much inspired by this piece by @gvalesthedumb!
And a daytime shot, for more pumpkin and less fires of angband:
manulpika reblogged
Now rumour came to the camp in Hithlum of the march of Fingolfin and those that followed him, who had crossed the Grinding Ice; and all the world lay then in wonder at the coming of the Moon. But as the host of Fingolfin marched into Mithrim the Sun rose flaming in the West; and Fingolfin unfurled his blue and silver banners, and blew his horns, and flowers sprang beneath his marching feet, and the ages of the stars were ended. ~ "Of the Return of the Noldor", The Silmarillion
a little art throwback for the first day of @march-of-the-noldor
Two beautiful writings were created for this art: Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet by @that-angry-noldo Longed-for a poem by @searchingforserendipity25
manulpika reblogged
cogitating upon the cultural impact of fingolfin's death.. the artistic currency of beautified, emblematized violence. mystery plays with an antiphonal chorus and ritualized movements and acrobats playing morgoth by climbing all over each other; kirtana that go on for seven days, one for each of the sacred blows... the stricken foot and the seven wounds becoming symbols in themselves, put on children's' amulets to ward off evil and on warrior's to encourage valour. soldiers wearing eagle feathers into battle so that even if they fall their bodies won't be desecrated. tapestries and vases and friezes that show fingolfin's ride to angband (or the alternatively popular motif of him riding to mandos) with variation in his resemblance to oromë according to the artist's religiosity.. just the fall of fingolfin being so thoroughly embroidered into noldorin culture in beleriand that even when everyone who remembered him is gone the carvings of oromë sometimes have his face
#carvings of orome look like Fingolfin is doing things for me#men seeing Fingolfin as a legendary elven king who’s functionally as remote and untouchable as orome#and more relevant to them#the synchretism of the human cults of Orome and Fingolfin#vs elves who are like hang on I met that guy#fingolfin#silmarillion
When the moon rose from the west for the first time, it coincided that the Noldor Elves led by Fingolfin crossed the ice gorge and set foot on the middle earth. The shadow of the team members cast on the front appeared deep and long, which marked the beginning of the first age.
Carved this for Halloween this year but I thought I’d post it for @nolofinweanweek!
Fingolfin v. Morgoth, very much inspired by this piece by @gvalesthedumb!
And a daytime shot, for more pumpkin and less fires of angband: