The Book of Lost Tales Part I: A Readthrough - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tar-Jêx · 11-28-2014, 06:02 PM

When reading through BoLT, Fui Nienna seemed grim, but not evil. The Nienna in the Silmarillion is of a much more cheerful kind, but I don't believe they are opposite at all.

I would explain the difference as a man at a funeral, compared to a man at a park. At the funeral, the man is grim, as someone has died, but he is still the same person as the one at the park, just feeling different emotions.

All that Tolkien seemed to have changed was the attitude and level of grimness.

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11-28-2014, 06:02 PM	#11
Tar-Jêx Wight Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Armenelos, Númenor Posts: 205	When reading through BoLT, Fui Nienna seemed grim, but not evil. The Nienna in the Silmarillion is of a much more cheerful kind, but I don't believe they are opposite at all. I would explain the difference as a man at a funeral, compared to a man at a park. At the funeral, the man is grim, as someone has died, but he is still the same person as the one at the park, just feeling different emotions. All that Tolkien seemed to have changed was the attitude and level of grimness.