Obscure Tolkien Characters

[Ivriniel]

they're fantastic things to read. I found the comments about making children most interesting. I always saw the Second Born as having been Gifted with Death. I wonder, than from the comment if that was in anticipation of the Second Making, and given the Marring of Arda.

I don't have the book you cite, but I've heard it's an authoritative tome. I have to get the Fall of Gondolin as well.

Cheers, and thanks
Ivriniel

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Ivriniel

I always saw the Second Born as having been Gifted with Death. I wonder, than from the comment if that was in anticipation of the Second Making, and given the Marring of Arda.

Finrod agrees with you. He's very clear that Andreth and her people are dead wrong in their idea that they suffer from death because either Melkor or Iluvatar inflicted it on them as punishment. He explains the whole Gift of Men idea - but Andreth doesn't really buy it.

I've often recommended Morgoth's Ring as the best of the History books to get, and the presence of the Athrabeth is one of the reasons why. (The other is LaCE - the Laws and Customs of the Eldar.)

hS