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Originally Posted by Zigûr
Is there not a parallel to Númenor? If the Edain had been left to their own devices they may not have reached the same heights, nor fallen to the same lows, as they consequently did. Again, "Reward on earth is more dangerous for men than punishment!"
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I see what you meant. When I read it, it did not make sense to me. There is also the Melkor element in both that sent the whole thing down in flames. In Aman his lies spread among the Noldor further fanning the flames. In Númenor Sauron, like Melkor did in his first meeting with Men, had them in the end putting Melkor as Lord. So the finishing touches in Aman and in Númenor were enacted by rebellious Ainur.
The one seems to have started with reincarnation and a 2nd marriage, making strife between siblings, the other with the decision of one sibling to a fate in which his descendants would all be mortal and for the most part come to regret their Fate.