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   >> Furthermore, Tolkien himself observed that the Enemy had to dwell in the   
   >> East because the Blessed realm was in the west, just as in ancient Celtic   
   >> mythology. And during the First Age the Enemy dwelt in the north, which   
   >> became very cold and almost uninhabitable in the destuction following the   
   >> Battle of the Valar.   
   >   
   > Always winter and never whatits?   
      
   Oh, dear. I hope no one finds a fragment where Tolkien describes a jolly   
   spirit of nature in the Elder Age who wore read clothes and had a white   
   beard and said "Ho, ho, ho!" as he handed out gifts at Yuletide.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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