Marriage in Middle-earth II (unhappy) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lyra Greenleaf · 06-08-2003, 04:34 PM

Ah Sophia, exactly the couple I was going to use. Funny that!

I was thinking about Aldarion and Erendis, and other Numenorean marriages, do you think they possibly went wrong bcause of the growing evil in Numenor? (Obsession with mortality, turning away from the true and right path...). I mean Tolkien strikes me as a romantic with a strong belief in the power of love and to me it would make a lot of sense that he sees evil as the only force to disrupt potentially happy marriages.

For example, Maeglor fell for Idril (his cousin) because of the taint of evil, to paraphrase Tolkien said something along the lines of this was a sign of evil as falling for close kin was wrong and unknown to the Eldar. In addition, Nienor and Turin were cursed AND she was under a dragon-spell which explains their problems. Finduilas and Denethor had a presumably happy marriage (or they would at least have had a chance) if not for the oppressiveness of Mordor.

06-08-2003, 04:34 PM	#19
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	Ah Sophia, exactly the couple I was going to use. Funny that! I was thinking about Aldarion and Erendis, and other Numenorean marriages, do you think they possibly went wrong bcause of the growing evil in Numenor? (Obsession with mortality, turning away from the true and right path...). I mean Tolkien strikes me as a romantic with a strong belief in the power of love and to me it would make a lot of sense that he sees evil as the only force to disrupt potentially happy marriages. For example, Maeglor fell for Idril (his cousin) because of the taint of evil, to paraphrase Tolkien said something along the lines of this was a sign of evil as falling for close kin was wrong and unknown to the Eldar. In addition, Nienor and Turin were cursed AND she was under a dragon-spell which explains their problems. Finduilas and Denethor had a presumably happy marriage (or they would at least have had a chance) if not for the oppressiveness of Mordor. __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link