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1、THENAMINGTheFirstBookofPellinorAlisonCroggonOneisthesinger,hiddenfromsunlightTwoistheseeker,fleeingfromshadowsThreeisthejourney,takenindangerFouraretheriddles,answeredintreesong:Earth,fire,water,airSpellsyouOUT!TraditionalAnnarennurseryrhymeAnnarenScrolls,LibraryofBuskANOTEO
2、NTHETEXTTHENaraudhLar-Chane(orRiddleoftheTreesong),oneofthekeylegendsofthelostcivilizationofEdil-Amarandh,isheretranslatedinfullforthefirsttime.ThisgreatclassicofAnnarenliteraturedeserves,itseemstome,amuchwideraudiencethantheacademicsithassofarattracted.Thisisthereforeabookd
3、irectedtowardthegeneralreaderratherthanthescholar.UpuntilnowtheNaraudhLar-ChanehasbeenprimarilyvaluedfortheilluminationitthrowsonthecultureofEdil-Amarandh,butwhatstruckmewhenIfirstencountereditwereitsvirtuesasaromance.Iwasovercomebyadesireatoncehumblerandmoreambitiousthanmyo
4、riginalintentionofwritingadissertationonAnnarensociety:IwishedtocaptureitsvividdramaanduniquemagicincontemporaryEnglish.Ifmylaborshavecapturedatenthoftheenchantmentoftheoriginal,Ishallbewellpleased.TothisendIhaveeschewedexplanatoryfootnotes,whichwouldhaveinterruptedtheflowof
5、thestory.Instead,asacourtesytothereader,IhaveincludedsomegeneralinformationonthesocietyandhistoryofEdil-Amarandh,aswellasnotesonthepronunciationofAnnarennames.However,Ihopethatthetalestandswithoutthesenotes,andthatthereaderwhoseeksprimarilythepleasuresofadventurewillbesatisf
6、iedbythenarrativealone.MuchhasbeenwrittenelsewhereofthesensationaldiscoveryoftheAnnarenScriptsinacaverevealedbyanearthquakeintheAtlasMountainsofcentralMorocco.Sincethateventin1991,muchmorehasbeensaidofthedismayingimplicationsforcontemporaryarchaeology,oftheriddlesofdatingtha
7、tstillremainstubbornlyunsolved,andofthelaboriousandongoingtaskofdeciphermentandtranslation.Forthecuriousamateur,themostusefulsourcestobeginlookingforbackgroundontheNaraudhLar-ChaneareUncategoricalKnowledge:TheThreeArtsoftheStarpeople,byClaudiaJ.Armstrong,andChristianeArmonga
8、th'sindispensableL'Histoiredel'Arbre-chantd'Annar.TheNamingconsistsofthefir
