Aelfwine and Dirhaval

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Re: Aelfwine and Dirhaval

Also, the implication is that the Silm. comes to us via Bilbo's books of Elvish lore. Can this be reconciled with Aelfwine? I also like both the conception and the character as is evidenced in my writings.

No, I do not believe it can be reconciled, although this would mean the omittance of my namesake. A danger in creating this &quot;new&quot; Sil is that one may want to include too much of the wonderful tales that are in HoMe X, XI and XII.

The Aelfwine framework would make things unnecessarily complicated IMO. Of course, some of Pengolodh's individual teachings might be included. Cian, a most brilliant poster, has suggested that the Aelfwine tales might be included as separate translations that Bilbo never got around to? Would that be a good idea?



"In those days the Noldor still roamed the Hither Lands, Mightiest among the Children of Iluvatar, fair and tall and their beautiful voices were still heard by mere mortals"</p>