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04-14-2001, 09:48 AM | #1 | |
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Suite101: Lonely wanderers and the tales that...
I did start working on this one in plenty of time, but it took much longer to work out than I expected. Anyway, it's done.
Lonely wanderers and the tales that almost were www.suite101.com/article....kien/66256 The story of Earendil changed considerably through the years of Tolkien's life. In a similar fashion, the history of the Lords of Dol Amroth also underwent changes. The promise of both stories was thus never fully achieved. Here is an excerpt: I think I know when Mithrellas left Imrazor the Numenorean. Nothing happens in Tolkien without a reason. Regardless of what elements Tolkien utilized in his story-telling, he always made sure that his characters took action for a reason. And if Mithrellas was going to leave Imrazor before he died, there had to be some compelling reason for her to do so. Elves didn't marry just on a whim. Mithrellas had to have found a soulmate in Imrazor. The story of Mithrellas and Imrazor has often been overlooked by Tolkien's readers. We first learn a piece of that tale when Legolas meets Imrahil in Minas Tirith. Legolas bows before Imrahil and greets him as a descendant of Elves, a fact that Imrahil acknowledges. Imrahil's ancestry is finally explained in Unfinished Tales, where we are told that a handmaiden of the Elven lady Nimrodel had become separated from her mistress. That handmaiden, Mithrellas, is Imrahil's foremother. The story is repeated and expanded in The Peoples of Middle-earth. Quote:
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