John R.R.Tolkien

Beren and Lúthien

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  • Елена Захарьеваhas quoted2 years ago
    It seems unquestionable, from my father’s own words, that if he could achieve final and finished narratives on the scale he desired, he saw three ‘Great Tales’ of the Elder Days (Beren and Lúthien, the Children of Húrin, and the Fall of Gondolin)
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted2 years ago
    ‘I have a Silmaril in my hand even now.’
    ‘Show me then,’ said the king in amaze.
    ‘That I cannot,’ said Beren, ‘for my hand is not here’
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted2 years ago
    Never however could Beren learn to screech or wail or to purr like any cat that ever walked
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted3 years ago
    he greatly regretted having used the word ‘Elves’, which has become ‘overloaded with regrettable tones’ that are ‘too much to overcome’.)
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted3 years ago
    Maia, a spirit of great power who took human form
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted3 years ago
    founded the underground fortress-city of Nargothrond, for which he was named Felagund, ‘Lord of Caves’: thus earlier Felagund = later Finrod Felagund.
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted3 years ago
    those who remained in Beleriand are named the Sindar, the Grey Elves.
  • Mrs. Birinahas quoted3 years ago
    the Eldar, the Elves of the Great Journey, the High Elves, distinct from those who, refusing the summons, chose Middleearth for their land and their destiny.
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