Palantír
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A palantír is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The word comes from Quenya palan 'far', and tir 'watch over'. The stones wer
Tom Shippey suggests that the palantírs' deception says one should trust in providence, not crystal balls. Painting by J.W. Waterhouse, 1902
Joseph Pearce compared Sauron's use of Palantírs to spread despair to wartime use of radio for propaganda. Screenshot from Frank Capra's wartime Why We Fight
In Peter Jackson's The Two Towers, Saruman uses the Orthanc Palantír, the camera giving an overview as shown, and then zooming in, like a Palantír itself, providing the viewer with an omniscient picture of the whole of Middle-earth.
Sauron
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Sauron is the title character and the main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor. He seeks to conquer Middle-earth using the power of the One Ring,
Palantír
…time of The Lord of the Rings at the end of the Third Age, a few palantíri remained in use. They are used in some climactic scenes by major characters: Sauron, Saruman, Denethor the Steward of Gondor, and two members of the Company of the Ring: Aragorn and Pippin. A major theme of palantír usage is that while…
J. R. R. Tolkien's unfinished watercolour illustration of Sauron
Sauron, portrayed by Sala Baker, in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring