First, I can't see anything in any of the writings which imply that Morgoth could have ANY concept of Earendel. How could he possibly?
I still haven't seen ANY evidence that Morgoth was TRULY afraid of his oponents at this time. If he was he would have gone on torturing Hurin till he was dead or till he gave up the information Morgoth wanted.
Finally, Hurin was human. Human's are human, whatever the situation, or whatever the time period they live in. Extended torture creates psychological as well as physical damage. Morgoth also had magic - he could manipulate what people saw & believed - as we see with Beren's companion (who's name I can't think of.
Sorry, I read/understand the story differently from the rest of you. I understand Morgoth's motives differently. I'm not saying my way is right - in fact all I've really been doing is putting forward my own view.
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