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Originally posted by Tar Elenion:
<STRONG>In Letter 153 JRRT addresses the issue of Tuor.
" Túor weds Idril the daughter of Turgon King of Gondolin; and 'it is supposed' (not stated) that he as an unique exception receives the Elvish limited 'immortality': an exception either way. * * *
Immortality and Mortality being the special gifts of God to the Eruhini (in whose conception and creation the Valar had no part at all) it must be assumed that no alteration of their fundamental kind could be effected by the Valar even in one case: the cases of Lúthien (and Túor) and the position of their descendants was a direct act of God."
From this letter we see that JRRT notes that within the story it is only "supposed" that Tuor became 'immortal'. Outside the story JRRT the author acknoweldges that Tuor was in fact changed by God and thus accounted among the Elves.</STRONG>
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Tar Elenion is the "Lord of Letters".
I think this fairly solidifies the idea of Tuor as a sort of counterpart to Lúthien. I think its then fair to say that like she and Beren, he and Idril probably kept a low profile, which is why it is both fitting and really cool that Tolkien portray's his fate even mysteriously, since it is played out in the Blessed Realm.
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02-16-2002, 11:33 PM
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