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Tar-Verimuchli · 08-01-2014, 02:31 PM

I would presume that animals that originally came from Valinor like the Eagles and Huon do not age. Huon certainly lived a long time in Middle Earth and Thorondor at least lives for the whole period of the First Age. Tolkien does seem to have a particular notion of good and bad species in how he portrays sentient animals e.g. cats and dogs in the Lost Tales version of Beren and Luthien.

Another related question is do purses have souls?

08-01-2014, 02:31 PM	#4
Tar-Verimuchli Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 21	I would presume that animals that originally came from Valinor like the Eagles and Huon do not age. Huon certainly lived a long time in Middle Earth and Thorondor at least lives for the whole period of the First Age. Tolkien does seem to have a particular notion of good and bad species in how he portrays sentient animals e.g. cats and dogs in the Lost Tales version of Beren and Luthien. Another related question is do purses have souls? Last edited by Tar-Verimuchli; 08-01-2014 at 02:35 PM.