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   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
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   Weland  spoke these staves:   
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   > I am sure that I had discussed this here before.  In Medieval   
   > thought, or at least some, March 25 is the day of the Fall but   
   > also the date of the Annunciation and Incarnation, Jesus becoming   
   > a zygot in Mary and will be the date of the Second Coming (though   
   > less of that last than the other).  So the date of Sauron's fall   
   > not only well chosen, but significant to all kinds of issues we   
   > talk about in reference to Tolkien.   
      
   I seem to recall that it has also been claimed to have been the date   
   of the Crucifixion (the original Good Friday).  And I do recall it   
   being discussed here -- mostly because I was basing my knowledge on   
   what eventually turned out to be erroneous information from the   
   Copenhagen University Almanac (which was something of a   
   disappointment besides an embarrassment)  ;)   
      
   The thread that I distinctly recall is this one:   
      
      
      
   It goes from the question posed in the topic, 'Why the two-month   
   downtime in Rivendell?' to Shippey's argument that the main part of   
   the quest (Rivendell to Mount Doom) was to take place between 25th   
   of December and 25th of March, and from there to various questions   
   regarding the significance of these two dates (including information   
   about taxation years in England and other curiosities).   
      
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