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Re: Taimar - parentage of Gil-galad.
Sorry R. Thanks for pointing out the obvious omission from my previous post.
I will give volume and chapter names as references, since people may have different editions of the books, making page references confusing. The relevant texts are as follows:
The Silmarillion, Chapter 18, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin", states that Gil-galad is the son of Fingon.
The Lost Road and other writings (Volume V of HoME), Part I, Chapter II, "The Fall of Numenor", asserts that Gil-galad is descended from Feanor, but does not give his parentage, and several pages further on states that he is the son of Felagund.
The Return of the Shadow (Volume VI of HoME), Chapter XII, "At Rivendell", again states that Gil-galad is descended from Feanor.
The Treason of Isengard (Volume VII of HoME), Chapter VI, "The Council of Elrond", refers to him as Gil-galad son of Felagund son of Finrod. It should be noted that Finrod in this instance equates to Finarfin of the Silmarillion, and that Felagund in this instance is Finrod Felagund of the Silmarillion. It also states that in another draft JRR called him the son of Inglor.
I own the HoME up until Volume X, so there may be references in XI and XII ( which I hope to buy in the next couple of weeks).
I confess that I have no firm idea of what should be considered the `correct` descent for Gil-galad. I have read several times that Christopher Tolkien regretted making Gil-galad the son of Fingon in the published edition of the Silmarillion. I therefore thought that this may be a matter we would wish to discuss on this forum.
Look into the
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