02-08-2009, 02:27 PM | #1 |
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Sons of Tuor
In the last part of chapter 12: of Men, the last paragraph speaks about Tuor's 3 sons. But however i looked them up on Tolkien's Gateway, and their birth isn't till 500 years after the rising of the sun.
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02-08-2009, 05:52 PM | #2 |
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This is a paragraph which looks forward into the future, before the story goes back to the normal narrative - that's probably why characters who will become prominent in the future are named in it.
Not sure who you mean by Tuor's three sons - he didn't have three sons, just one, and I don't see him mentioned in that paragraph either. His son, daughter-in-law and grandchild are mentioned, though.
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02-08-2009, 07:45 PM | #3 |
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oh i didn't look at the family tree but i thought it was his sons.
thanks tho |
02-16-2009, 06:31 PM | #4 |
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lol. I was about to say, 'Tour had three sons! That's news to me!"
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09-06-2009, 10:41 AM | #5 |
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Since when did Tuor have 3 sons? Him and Idril only had the one and that was Earendil, the father of Elrond and Elros at least to my knowledge.
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09-06-2009, 02:37 PM | #6 |
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Yes, we told the thread-starter that. You're quite right about his only son being Eärendil.
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