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Glorfindel, Elrond, Galadriel, Celeborn etc were all alive in the first age and between them many of the events of the Silmarillion could be re-counted first or second hand.
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Ah, but how good are Elven memories? We all embellish tales from our childhood, and we only live four score years and ten (if we're lucky). [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
But, seriously, there is clearly a different style in the telling of the two tales. And I think that this affects how we view the characters in each.