21-03-2005, 01:00
Je viens (pas juste maintenant ;-) de relire Laws and customs among the Eldar, l'un de mes textes favoris, et je suis tombé sur une note TRÈS intéressante par rapport au sujet qui nous préoccupe ici ...
[citation=HoMe X, Laws and customs among the Eldar, p. 250][...]fëa or fairë, of which the ancient significance seems to be rather 'radiance'. For though the fëa in itself is not visible to bodily eyes, it is in light that the Eldar find the most fitting symbol in bodily terms of the indwelling spirit, 'the light in the house' or cöacalina as they also name it. And those in whom the fëa is strong and untainted, they say, appear even to mortal eyes to shine at times translucent (albeit faintly), as though a lamp burned within.[/citation]
[citation=HoMe X, Laws and customs among the Eldar, p. 250][...]fëa or fairë, of which the ancient significance seems to be rather 'radiance'. For though the fëa in itself is not visible to bodily eyes, it is in light that the Eldar find the most fitting symbol in bodily terms of the indwelling spirit, 'the light in the house' or cöacalina as they also name it. And those in whom the fëa is strong and untainted, they say, appear even to mortal eyes to shine at times translucent (albeit faintly), as though a lamp burned within.[/citation]