Elves and death - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 01-21-2009, 01:03 PM

Probably yes. Certainly under Tolkien's earlier view of reincarnation, which was rebirth as a child; and almost certainly so under his later view, where the hroa was reconstituted according to the 'firmware' maintained by the fea: the body as it was or was supposed to be naturally, rather than as mutilated or modified by external forces.

I don't imagine Finrod's new body was all shredded and disembowelled by wolf fangs!

01-21-2009, 01:03 PM	#19
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Probably yes. Certainly under Tolkien's earlier view of reincarnation, which was rebirth as a child; and almost certainly so under his later view, where the hroa was reconstituted according to the 'firmware' maintained by the fea: the body as it was or was supposed to be naturally, rather than as mutilated or modified by external forces. I don't imagine Finrod's new body was all shredded and disembowelled by wolf fangs! __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

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