The Lay of Earendil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aiwendil · 03-08-2003, 09:28 PM

It's always been my opinion that the lack of any full-scale Earendil writing is the most tragic gap in the Legendarium.

But I don't think that Tolkien ever considered abandoning the story. It is rather curious that he so largely ignored it in his later years. I think, though, that in the Atanatarion, the final tale "Of the Fall of Gondolin and the Rise of the Star" was to include both Tuor and Earendil.

03-08-2003, 09:28 PM	#2
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	It's always been my opinion that the lack of any full-scale Earendil writing is the most tragic gap in the Legendarium. But I don't think that Tolkien ever considered abandoning the story. It is rather curious that he so largely ignored it in his later years. I think, though, that in the Atanatarion, the final tale "Of the Fall of Gondolin and the Rise of the Star" was to include both Tuor and Earendil.