Etoile à cinq branches

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The cover of this new edition of 'The Two Towers' is based on Tolkien's own unused sketch of 1954. It shows the One Ring above Mount Doom, flanked by the towers of Minas Morgul and Orthanc, while above it flies a Nazgul. The tengwar inscription in the centre reads, ' In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.' At the base of Minas Morgul are the nine rings of the Ringwraiths, while above it a crescent moon hints at the earlier name of the tower, Minas Ithil, Tower of the Moon, before it was taken and defiled by Sauron's forces. Above and beneath Orthanc, a wizard's pentacle and a white hand symbolise the influence of Saruman.

Il semblerait pourtant que si, la Lune symbole de Minas Ithil et le Pentacle symbole de Orthanc. Après tout Saruman est décrit comme un être angélique ayant chut. Dans cette même lettre némero 183, il compare la chute de Morgoth et des úmaiar à celle des anges dont Satan.

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