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Re: New Silmarillion
The identification of the Elven yen (144 solar years) with the Valian Years of "Annals of Aman" is inappropriate. Tolkien clearly had 9.58 years in mind when he devised the "Annals". The Elven yen, on the other hand, goes back to
The Lord of the Rings itself, and has nothing to do with Elven biology. It is merely a convenient calendaric division, undoutbedly related in some fashion to Tolkien's fascination with the number 144.
Eventually he decided there were originally 144 Elves, and the Elven yen may be interpreted as a dedication to their memory. It's no more significant than a century is to Men. The Elves observed solar years while counting time in Yeni.
Fingolfin wandered through Araman during the Years of the Trees, and there would have been no reason to assume a conversion to solar years in time frame after Mandos pronounced the Doom of the[/i]</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END---
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Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000101>Michael Martinez</A> Edited by: 9/15/00 1:39:27 pm