Tuvo the wizard king - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lilly · 01-03-2009, 12:58 AM

That was interesting, Lalwendë, that you thought of Tevildo as perhaps being a recycling of Tu/Tuvo.

I first thought that this Tu/Tuvo character might have later evolved into Thû - Thû the Hunter and Thû the Necromancer. Both of these being early names of Sauron, as was Tevildo.

Tolkien, or so it seems to me, sometimes approached working out characters and their places in the history of Arda in rather circuitous ways.

I also recalled a brief mention of Tu/Tuvo by Tom Shippey - HERE. Unfortunately the article does nothing to illuminate who Tu was, but it is an interesting discussion of how Tolkien might have evolved his own particular concept of Elves.

01-03-2009, 12:58 AM	#6
Lilly Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 65	That was interesting, Lalwendë, that you thought of Tevildo as perhaps being a recycling of Tu/Tuvo. I first thought that this Tu/Tuvo character might have later evolved into Thû - Thû the Hunter and Thû the Necromancer. Both of these being early names of Sauron, as was Tevildo. Tolkien, or so it seems to me, sometimes approached working out characters and their places in the history of Arda in rather circuitous ways. I also recalled a brief mention of Tu/Tuvo by Tom Shippey - HERE. Unfortunately the article does nothing to illuminate who Tu was, but it is an interesting discussion of how Tolkien might have evolved his own particular concept of Elves. __________________ “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – Gimli, Fellowship of the Ring