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If this story is made up, then I am very sad indeed [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
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You seem to be one of those unfortunate people who do not yet realise that in Tolkien, the
whole thing is made up. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] But within the context of Middle-Earth, I can see no reason to particularly want this story to be 'real'. It would just cause problems, after all, if it was.
I don't think Tolkien would have 'retouched' it at all, though. It was merely a folk-tale in Middle-Earth, itself a part of the mythology he was writing. Why get rid of it? I like it for the fact that it is just a story of Middle-Earth, and that it shows a lot about the status and place of the mysterious Druedain in Brethil.