Thanks for the source material on the biological origins,
Fingolfin. I would like to pick up the topic of violence to women in Tolkien's works again. The only case that occurs to me at the moment is one of force rather than overt violence.
Quote:
Pharazôn took her (Míriel) to wife against her will, doing evil in this...
And when they were wedded, he seized the sceptre into his own hand...
(from Akallabêth, Silmarillion)
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Does anyone more knowledgeable have other examples?
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