Elves socioeconomic system. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Anguirel · 07-10-2006, 11:51 AM

It's always fascinating to me that the Elves seem to favour primogeniture, while the early Men follow tanistry. (Bregolas, Lord of the Beorings, was succeeded by his brother Barahir; after him any of Baragund, Belegund and Beren could have been possible successors.)

The Noldor famously set primogeniture aside when Maedhros renounces the High Kingship, giving it to Fingolfin, but it's clear the circumstances there are deeply unusual...

You'd sort of expect it to be the other way round, what with the vague Celtic air of the Elves. Hrrrmm.

07-10-2006, 11:51 AM	#10
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	It's always fascinating to me that the Elves seem to favour primogeniture, while the early Men follow tanistry. (Bregolas, Lord of the Beorings, was succeeded by his brother Barahir; after him any of Baragund, Belegund and Beren could have been possible successors.) The Noldor famously set primogeniture aside when Maedhros renounces the High Kingship, giving it to Fingolfin, but it's clear the circumstances there are deeply unusual... You'd sort of expect it to be the other way round, what with the vague Celtic air of the Elves. Hrrrmm. __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso