The Greatest of the Eldar - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Daniel Telcontar · 06-28-2002, 01:12 PM

Maybe. But J.R.R. Tolkien has not written the Silmarillion, he has only made some notes and quick references. His son has put the book together. I cannot accept the fact that Luthien is the greatest of the Eldar, without a valid argument, and certainly not when we can't be sure that J.R.R. Tolkien himself meant so. There are other disagrements, e.g. the one about the number of balrogs. Tolkien writes one place legions of Balrogs, thousands of them, and other places that there are only seven.
Without clearer guidance, definition questions such as this must be decided by the reader himself, since he has so little evidence to support the different theories.

06-28-2002, 01:12 PM	#1
Daniel Telcontar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 713	Maybe. But J.R.R. Tolkien has not written the Silmarillion, he has only made some notes and quick references. His son has put the book together. I cannot accept the fact that Luthien is the greatest of the Eldar, without a valid argument, and certainly not when we can't be sure that J.R.R. Tolkien himself meant so. There are other disagrements, e.g. the one about the number of balrogs. Tolkien writes one place legions of Balrogs, thousands of them, and other places that there are only seven. Without clearer guidance, definition questions such as this must be decided by the reader himself, since he has so little evidence to support the different theories. __________________ Two beer or not two beer, that is the question; by Shakesbeer