Talk:Palantír

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How to view a Palantir

I seem to recall from reading one of the books that to view a Palantir, one must look directly into it. The movie, however, has Saruman holding his clawed hand over it. This probably deserves mention in the 'Adaptation' section. (I don't remember where exactly I read it myself.)

It seems clear from LotR itself that the stones were used by looking into them, but details of their use can be found in 'The Palantiri' in Unfinished Tales. The movies had both Pippin and Aragorn looking into the stone so I'm not sure what the deal was with Saruman just holding it. --CBDunkerson 01:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maerlyn's rainbow

Might the palantir be the inspiration for Maerlyn's rainbow? PrometheusX303 01:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

The Elostirion stone - contradiction with the article on Cirdan. In the current article the Elostirion stone is "taken by Círdan back to Valinor" and "taken back to the West with the three Elven Rings". However, in the article on Cirdan, he does not travel to the West with the 3 rings. The rings travel with Frodo, whereas Cirdan waits for Sam and they travel together. I have NO clue which is canonical/correct, but thought I'd mention it. I will post the same comment on the Cirdan discussion.--Smcgrother 20:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]