The Lay of Earendil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 03-09-2003, 02:23 AM

It could be that it was a lay of Numenor, not Beleriand. Also even if tagged on to Tuor, a Narn + full scale treatment ot the Wanderings of Hurin [of which we got maybe 1/4th or so of what would have been had the treatment of Dor lomin, nargothrond and Doriath ] been anywhere equal to the Brethil section it may well still have been the longest. But I think it is important to take the spirit of these sort of notes by Tolkien and realize that in many cases he was talking to himself and leaving at times much unsaid.

By thwe way we are incredibly lucky that he went back to the very end of the Earendil/war of the wrath story in the QS manuscript.

Imagine if that to had been left in Q form.

So at least we have something past Q for it.

03-09-2003, 02:23 AM	#4
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	It could be that it was a lay of Numenor, not Beleriand. Also even if tagged on to Tuor, a Narn + full scale treatment ot the Wanderings of Hurin [of which we got maybe 1/4th or so of what would have been had the treatment of Dor lomin, nargothrond and Doriath ] been anywhere equal to the Brethil section it may well still have been the longest. But I think it is important to take the spirit of these sort of notes by Tolkien and realize that in many cases he was talking to himself and leaving at times much unsaid. By thwe way we are incredibly lucky that he went back to the very end of the Earendil/war of the wrath story in the QS manuscript. Imagine if that to had been left in Q form. So at least we have something past Q for it. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.