Father-names among the Noldor

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Galin

I smiled when I found that out (Gamling, Ioreth). Point of view, I guess. Also I like Tolkien's Noldorin/Eldarin naming customs, and don't find that it makes Noldorin fathers "terrible" at naming . . . although I'm not sure Huinesoron wrote that without a smile.

I'm always smiling.

The quote someone found about names containing the father's name rather kills my idea, which is that the evidence suggests they literally all named their kids the same thing over and over. Of course, it's always possible House Feanor rewrote the histories at some point... yeah, I'm going with that.

(It was Elrond and Elros. They were so embarassed by Adoptive Dads' story that they made sure none of the Numenorean or Rivendell...ian records admitted to it. And where were our source texts translated from...?)

hS