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Maybe Tolkien was a prophet.
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Now that's what I call a creepy thought. *Shudders*
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One thing we should maybe remember, is that Tolkien himself (if I'm not totally mistaken), like his character Faramir, dreamed of a great wave that wipes away...
I think the issue has been become more emphasized and clear lately. Maybe we could compare the tsunami in East Asia and the hurricanes on the North American coast as the sea against the humans, like with Númenórë.
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This is an interesting idea and new information to me.
I rather like this comparison. My reason being is this: in any great novel (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for instance) when somebody dies in water, they are cleansed of their sins. The same case applies to fire. We could even link this to the great flood where only Noah and his family survived. Could Tolkien have been comparing Eärendil to Noah?