Timeline for Is Lembas (Elven bread) magical?
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| Jan 11, 2023 at 23:39 | vote | accept | Möoz | ||
| Mar 12, 2017 at 2:26 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor♦ |
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| Jul 30, 2016 at 10:17 | comment | added | Superbest | Isn't everything in ME magical, since the world was created by magic spells? What does "being magical" even mean? The standard test is "does it violate known laws of physics" but we don't know enough about lembas to say if it does. Maybe the question should be "could any human cook lembas if they knew the recipe?" | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 23:01 | answer | added | Ayane | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 20:12 | answer | added | Chris Johns | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | James K | I do not understand clearly what is meant by magic; as seem also to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 14:40 | comment | added | corsiKa | I made some and brought it to work and the wafers performed a disappearing act. Pretty sure that confirms they're magical. | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 14:15 | answer | added | Blackwood | timeline score: 36 | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 12:35 | answer | added | Wiles | timeline score: 27 | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 10:54 | comment | added | DevSolar | It should be noted, in general terms, that really only the Ainur are capable of "working magic" in Tolkien's work. Everything that is "magic" in Tolkien's world is either created directly by the Ainur (like the Two Trees, the One Ring), or indirectly derives from their works (like the Silmaril). In a way, there is no magic in Tolkiens world, just god-like powers. | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 10:34 | comment | added | Mazura | "Like other products of the Elves, it was offensive to creatures corrupted by evil; Gollum refused outright to eat it." lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Lembas | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 9:21 | comment | added | Megha | @Luaan - shifty eyes that would be why it's a comment, not an answer... :P | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 9:12 | comment | added | OrangeDog | They are Elvish, if that is what you mean. | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 8:40 | comment | added | Luaan | @Megha Well, it could be an effect of some drug. There's plenty of drugs that sate hunger even when you don't get any nutrition, and it might be possible to mix a highly condensed food (like pemmican or 100% dried meat) with something like that to make it both nutritious and pleasurable. Come to think of it, a lot of magic in fantasy could be explained with narcotics of various kinds... :D | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 5:48 | comment | added | Megha | The text mentioned "one bite" was enough for a meal ("to fill a man's belly"), and "one cake" was enough for a day marching. That probably means magical - while it is possible to pack nutrients and calories into small portions (with fats and sugars, for the calorie count), it will not "fill the belly" or make someone feel full and satisfied... and it probably won't taste pleasant, either, seeing our own experiments with ration bars. The cakes being packed with nutrition might be good planning, but the result being filling, pleasant and "sustaining the spirit" probably needs magic. | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 3:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/758865313869930505 | ||
| Jul 29, 2016 at 1:48 | comment | added | Jason Baker | Very closely related | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 1:42 | answer | added | Jason Baker | timeline score: 65 | |
| Jul 29, 2016 at 1:35 | history | asked | Möoz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |