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Old 07-02-2007, 12:46 PM   #1
Lalaith
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I suppose today we would have named the survivor "the lucky"
Exactly.
I think Tolkien understood the whole idea very well....I think the Turin/Tuor parallel is a good illustration of the difference between fortune and misfortune in the Norse sense - compare Skarphedin with Kari, those of you who have read Njalssaga....
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