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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
Tolkien's description of the tale of Beren and Luthien elaborates on this fascinating idea of "the secret life in creation": the first marriage of mortal and immortal.
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Imho, I believe you are giving more weight to this issue of marriage than it ought to. I see "the secret life in creation" to be more general than the ennoblement of the Mannish bloodline; that is, it would reffer to the imperishable flame that is at the heart of the world, the invisible hand of Eru that Manwe sees in his vision as holding guiding creation to the end of it - while the elvish bloodline is bound to dissappear in ages to come.