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davem · 11-21-2003, 04:08 AM

This is a sidetrack, I know, but isn't it clear that Miriel was suffering from a kind of Post Natal depression? Has anyone suggested that Tolkien may have had some experience of this with Edith - do we know if Edith ever suffered in this way?

Please don't let this question distract anyone from responding to the main point of this thread, which I think could lead to some interesting thoughts.

11-21-2003, 04:08 AM	#2
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	This is a sidetrack, I know, but isn't it clear that Miriel was suffering from a kind of Post Natal depression? Has anyone suggested that Tolkien may have had some experience of this with Edith - do we know if Edith ever suffered in this way? Please don't let this question distract anyone from responding to the main point of this thread, which I think could lead to some interesting thoughts. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."