Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by RÃ*an
[B] do we have the same edition??)

Mine is the first edition, and I have the illustrated edition by Nasmith.

Also, in the Athrabeth war/marriage quote, Finrod says explicitly "This IS time of war" (emphasis mine), so apparently he considered it a time of war, and "in such days the Elves do not wed or bear child ...". Why would he say this if he did not think it applied to her situation?

Well, I think he did mean what he said. I just think Tolkien may have made some small errors in recalling that he said it was at the time of the "Long Peace" and then by the end of the Athrabeth, it speaks as if the Siege is about to be broken, but we know that that happens in the Dagor Bragollach.

p.s. - I've heard about something called "The Annals of Beleriand". Do you know anything about that? If so, is it worth getting? Is it part of the HoME series? *I will NOT end up with all the HoME books! I will NOT end up with all the HoME books! I will .. oh well*

I don't know about the Annals of Beleriand, but Morgoth's Ring has the Annals of Aman, and War of the Jewels has the Grey Annals.