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abc_onceuponIn The Snow Queen, the language in the spell book that Emma and Elsa are reading is not actually Elvish. It contains an excerpt from The Book of Lost Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien, written in Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes. The excerpt is from the chapter about "The Tale of Tinúviel". The text transliterates as:
Then was there much eagerness alight and
Eriol told them of his first
wanderings about the western havens, of
the comrades he made and the
ports he knew, of how he was one time
wrecked upon far western islands and
there upon a lonely eyot found an [sic]
ancient mariner who dwelt for ever solitary
in a cabin on the shore that he had fashioned [sic] of the timbers of his boat.
More wise was he, said Eriol, in all matters
of the sea than any other I have
met, and much of wizardry was there in
his lore. Strange things he told me, of
regions far beyond the western sea, of
the magic isles, and that most lonely
one that lies beyond. Once long ago he
said he had sighted it glimmering
afar off, and after had he sought it
many a day in vain.
Much of the text is repeated on both pages.
Belle's translation (seen upside-down) reads:
[illegible]
of [illegible word] being
With both hands hold the candle
And then use your magic to light it
And then, when you blow on it
Vines of fire will issue forth
From the candle
And form a serpentine bond
Tendrils that will bind
The [obscured] of your intent
Then was there much eagerness alight and
Eriol told them of his first
wanderings about the western havens, of
the comrades he made and the
ports he knew, of how he was one time
wrecked upon far western islands and
there upon a lonely eyot found an [sic]
ancient mariner who dwelt for ever solitary
in a cabin on the shore that he had fashioned [sic] of the timbers of his boat.
More wise was he, said Eriol, in all matters
of the sea than any other I have
met, and much of wizardry was there in
his lore. Strange things he told me, of
regions far beyond the western sea, of
the magic isles, and that most lonely
one that lies beyond. Once long ago he
said he had sighted it glimmering
afar off, and after had he sought it
many a day in vain.
Much of the text is repeated on both pages.
Belle's translation (seen upside-down) reads:
[illegible]
of [illegible word] being
With both hands hold the candle
And then use your magic to light it
And then, when you blow on it
Vines of fire will issue forth
From the candle
And form a serpentine bond
Tendrils that will bind
The [obscured] of your intent