*Feanor,Turin and the Second Prophecy of Mandos*

[Mithadan]

The Second Prophecy holds that after the Final Battle, the Silmarils will be recovered and Feanor, emerging from Mandos at last will give them to Yavanna. The Second Prophecy's ancestor is the Faring Forth story from Lost Tales which actually has a bad ending, at least for the Elves. The Second Prophecy is primarily a case of people believing that JRRT edited by ommission. Versions of it are facially inconsistent with JRRT's mythos, such as Turin slaying Morgoth. If Men pass outside of Arda/Ea at death, then how can Turin return? Of course there may be several explanations for this which would be speculation at best. I have always liked the Second Prophecy and am not entirely convinced that JRRT intended to discard it.