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Tengwar Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/12/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

LV: Slepnis ir veltits rakstibas veidam, ko sauc par tengwar.
Noraditajas koordinates slepni neatradisiet.

EN: The cache is dedicated to the writing system called "tengwar".
Cache is not located at the given coordinates.

LV: Tengwars ir maksligs rakstibas veids, ko izveidojis Dž. R. R. Tolkins. Vina izdomataja pasaule tengwaru izveidoja elfs Feanors, un tas tika lietots, lai rakstitu elfu valodas. Velak tengwars tika lietots daudzas rakstišanai Viduszemes valodas. Tolkins bieži lietoja tengwaru, lai rakstitu angliski: lielaka dala tengwara piemeru patiesiba ir uzrakstiti anglu valoda.
Ir dažadi režimi rakstišanai tengwara, lai to pielietotu dažadam valodam.
Lai atrakstu slepna koordinates, bus jaatkode tengwara teksts.
Slepnis ir neliela plastmasas kastite ar logbuku, zimuli un mantam apmainai.

EN: The Tengwar are an artificial script created by J. R. R. Tolkien. In his fictional universe, the tengwar were invented by the Elf Fëanor, and used first to write the Elven tongues: Quenya, Telerin, and also Valarin. Later a great number of languages of Middle-earth were written using the tengwar. Tolkien used tengwar to write English: most of Tolkien's tengwar samples are actually in English.
There are many modes for tengwar for writing in different languages.
To find the cache coordinates you will have to decrypt tengwar.
The cache is a small plastic box containing logbook, pencil and some things for exchange.

NOTE:
LV: Dotaja piemera teksts ir angliski. Vajadzes saprast, kada režima teksts ir rakstits. Esiet elastigi, jo ir dažadas izpratnes par atsevišku simbolu nozimi un pielietojumu.

EN: In the given example the text is in english. You will have to find out which mode is used. Be flexible, 'cause there are different understandings about the meaning and usage of some symbols. tengwar

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

YI: Yvrynf fnxarf RA: Gur ovt ebbgf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)