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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
Something’s mixed up here:
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And if thou tarry for Finduilas, then never shalt thou see Morwen and never at all shalt thou see} Niënor {thy sister}<CoH again>; and they will curse thee.'
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I think it should be:
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And if thou tarry for Finduilas, then never shalt thou see Morwen {and never at all shalt thou see}[or] Niënor {thy sister}<CoH again>; and they will curse thee.'
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But Túrin hasn't seen Niënor yet in the Narn. Morwen was near birth when he left Dor-Lomin, so the original Tolkien text is correct. Why Christopher Tolkien added "again" is beyond me; it flatly contradicts the statement earlier in the Narn that:
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Early in the year after Túrin was gone Morwen gave birth to her child, and she named her Niënor , which is Mourning...
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(emphasis mine)
So Túrin has never seen Niënor, he has only heard of her.