The folly of the Valar? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 08-02-2004, 04:55 AM

In the good, old Sil it says (Quenta Silmarillion, Ch.1) that 'cause none of the ainur did fully understand the thought of Iluvatar's children in the music, the ainur didn't dare to add anything to them. And if the ainur used their forces in their affairs with elves and men to give a lesson to them, there was seldom any good consequences (even if they ment well).

So maybe they could had avoided the Silmaril bickering and the kinslaying but there might have come other jewels to fight over and other differences of opinions that would have ended bloodily.

08-02-2004, 04:55 AM	#9
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	In the good, old Sil it says (Quenta Silmarillion, Ch.1) that 'cause none of the ainur did fully understand the thought of Iluvatar's children in the music, the ainur didn't dare to add anything to them. And if the ainur used their forces in their affairs with elves and men to give a lesson to them, there was seldom any good consequences (even if they ment well). So maybe they could had avoided the Silmaril bickering and the kinslaying but there might have come other jewels to fight over and other differences of opinions that would have ended bloodily. __________________ Fenris Wolf