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Formendacil · 06-14-2005, 11:45 PM

Is the Gift of Men actually death?

Personally, I should say that the Gift of Men isn't so much "death" as it is "release" and "freedom".

Completely tied up with the mortality of Men is their freedom from the fate of the Music of the Ainur. As Tolkien says, as time wears on, even the Powers shall envy it.

Is death the gift itself, or is it the manifestation of the gift, the way in which the gift is made possible?

06-14-2005, 11:45 PM	#5
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,347	Sorta in tandem with obloquy.... Is the Gift of Men actually death? Personally, I should say that the Gift of Men isn't so much "death" as it is "release" and "freedom". Completely tied up with the mortality of Men is their freedom from the fate of the Music of the Ainur. As Tolkien says, as time wears on, even the Powers shall envy it. Is death the gift itself, or is it the manifestation of the gift, the way in which the gift is made possible? __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.