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Old 06-04-2007, 09:07 AM   #6
Raynor
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Originally Posted by Morwen
determining what things take Mandos by surprise/seem outside his knowledge
It seems that the limits of their foreknowledge is their memory of Ainulindale:
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Knowledge of the Story as it was when composed, before realization, gave them their measure of fore-knowledge; the amount varied very much, from the fairly complete knowledge of the mind of the Creator in this matter possessed by Manwe, the 'Elder King', to that of lesser spirits who might have been interested only in some subsidiary matter (such as trees or birds).
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