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Elven Warrior
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And both Eowyn and Merry are included within the story as fulfilling the prophecy, as the Rohirrim (internal characters) include both -- in the book, Merry was said to be 'also' not a Man (according to the footnote in Appendix A concerning Eowyn and the Witch-king), which means to me that the scops of the Rohirrim understand and echo the play on words... ... which surely Tolkien himself was not unaware of ![]() Last edited by Galin : 09-20-2010 at 02:02 PM. |
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