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Lost One · 11-23-2003, 08:44 AM

You might argue that the Elves had, to some extent, learned their lesson. Technical creativity from the hands of such as Feanor and Celebrimbor had brought them to disaster. (An author working the mid 20th century might echo such a reaction.) Artistic creativity is another matter: this may have been flourishing. Presumably the great sagas of the First Age ('preserved' in the Silmarillion)were created later, and, as we have them, were translated by Bilbo (to use Tolkien's conceit here).

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11-23-2003, 08:44 AM	#35
Lost One Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 67	You might argue that the Elves had, to some extent, learned their lesson. Technical creativity from the hands of such as Feanor and Celebrimbor had brought them to disaster. (An author working the mid 20th century might echo such a reaction.) Artistic creativity is another matter: this may have been flourishing. Presumably the great sagas of the First Age ('preserved' in the Silmarillion)were created later, and, as we have them, were translated by Bilbo (to use Tolkien's conceit here).