"...And men cried out to the Creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he was in ages past and will be in ages to come. Let the Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth lambs. let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from the Dark, and the great sword of justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time."
Lots of people have been making a lot of fuss over this verse. I think you can't pick and choose what you take literally and what you take as metaphor. The phrase "sword of justice" is not a new phrase to WOT. I think to take that it is Hawkwings sword from that would mean you would have to also find a way he will time travel "ride the again on the winds of time" and enter into some serious genetic engineering making the "valleys give forth lambs" I studied Biochem and Genetics and I can tell you that to make rock and dirt produce a sheep would be quite impressive.
Lots of people have been making a lot of fuss over this verse. I think you can't pick and choose what you take literally and what you take as metaphor. The phrase "sword of justice" is not a new phrase to WOT. I think to take that it is Hawkwings sword from that would mean you would have to also find a way he will time travel "ride the again on the winds of time" and enter into some serious genetic engineering making the "valleys give forth lambs" I studied Biochem and Genetics and I can tell you that to make rock and dirt produce a sheep would be quite impressive.

Sword of Justice
09/11/2009 02:25:32 AM
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You're saying everything must be either literal or metaphoric?
09/11/2009 02:35:38 AM
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*****tGS SPOILER*****
09/11/2009 02:41:56 AM
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I don't understand that theory
09/11/2009 03:09:04 AM
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Re: I don't understand that theory
09/11/2009 03:33:18 AM
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That's the point...the sun was not in the right place, taking into account the location he traveled *NM*
09/11/2009 03:34:24 AM
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And now they nit only know the world is round, but also it's dimensions?
09/11/2009 07:46:13 PM
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Re: Sword of Justice
09/11/2009 03:36:15 AM
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I must have missed the part where it was found by the sea...oops!
09/11/2009 03:43:15 AM
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Obviously?? Maybe you could explain further as it isn't obvious to me
09/11/2009 05:01:42 AM
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Rand saw it when the Horn of Valere was blown in book 2 and the ghost of Hawkwing had it *NM*
09/11/2009 02:08:50 PM
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Maybe I'm stupid, but why would Hawkwing have been using Lews Therin's sword?
09/11/2009 06:40:41 PM
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Wouldn't Lews Therin's sword be buried under Dragonmount? And didn't Rand say it was his own memory?
09/11/2009 08:05:40 AM
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I would bet he tossed it in disgust after the war of power was over. *NM*
09/11/2009 01:19:09 PM
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Lews Therin had a sword?
09/11/2009 03:39:26 PM
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Of course he had one...
09/11/2009 05:14:44 PM
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Re: Of course he had one...
09/11/2009 06:55:22 PM
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Re: Of course he had one...
09/11/2009 07:36:13 PM
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Re: Of course he had one...
10/11/2009 07:39:04 AM
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Re: Of course he had one...
10/11/2009 01:18:42 PM
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