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Old 01-05-2014, 06:15 PM   #36
cellurdur
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Originally Posted by Andsigil View Post

You asserted, however, that "she [Galadriel], Feanor, and Luthien were the greatest of the elves in the history of Arda". That's a bit different than being extraordinary.
Tolkien in more than one place has said that Galadriel was the second greatest of the Noldor or the greatest of the Eldar apart from Feanor and Luthien.

That being said greatness and power are not interchangeable for Tolkien.
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