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Lost One · 01-01-2004, 06:34 PM

This may be completely wrong (for which I apologise in advance), but wasn't the story of Dior and the Ruin of Doriath one of the parts of the legendarium that Tolkien had barely revisited? and thus Christopher Tolkien had to do the most work on when producing the Silmarillion? This doesn't make the various inferences about Dior illegitimate, but it does look as though Tolkien had not really thought through the ramifications of his various thoughts on human/elvish descent. I see the strength of the 'Dior is mortal' argument, but also - like several others, so far as i can see from this thread - this idea strikes me as just feeling wrong. Perhaps the presence of a Maiar element can make a difference here: Dior, his soon-lost sons and the only survivor Elwing were completely unique in this aspect of their descent: grandxhildren of a Maia.

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01-01-2004, 06:34 PM	#28
Lost One Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 67	This may be completely wrong (for which I apologise in advance), but wasn't the story of Dior and the Ruin of Doriath one of the parts of the legendarium that Tolkien had barely revisited? and thus Christopher Tolkien had to do the most work on when producing the Silmarillion? This doesn't make the various inferences about Dior illegitimate, but it does look as though Tolkien had not really thought through the ramifications of his various thoughts on human/elvish descent. I see the strength of the 'Dior is mortal' argument, but also - like several others, so far as i can see from this thread - this idea strikes me as just feeling wrong. Perhaps the presence of a Maiar element can make a difference here: Dior, his soon-lost sons and the only survivor Elwing were completely unique in this aspect of their descent: grandxhildren of a Maia. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 7:36 PM January 01, 2004: Message edited by: Lost One ] <font size=1 color=339966>[ 7:39 PM January 01, 2004: Message edited by: Lost One ]