Faedhall allfaedh

As always, I start the post from afar.

The Glinnar elves traditionally had (and still do) popular jewelry, which is called fáchráda, which in translation from clay means "word ring". They look like this: a ring along which a word is written, going in a circle - but the trick is that this inscription is closed, and thanks to this the word can be read in two different ways.

Not really, okay? Let me explain. Let's take, for example, the most popular and well-known option: a ring with the word written on it fae dh a ll.

faedhall translated from Llaech (a now dead Alf language related to Glinar) means "fire, flame"; more specifically, fire as an animated entity, but let's not go into the connotations too much. And also - if you turn the ring correctly - the same word can be read as allfaedh, which means "secret, hidden." And it turns out that one word written on the ring can be read in different ways, and both of these meanings add up to a completely clear phrase - "secret flame." Beautiful? At least, beautiful enough.

Well, and, accordingly, a find. Exactly the same ring as I describe, with the same word: faedhall (allfaedh), made of silver. I don't take pictures of it, but I'll show you mine, which looks very similar. Yes, I like word games, what can I do.

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