The Parentage of Orodreth and Gil-galad: A History

[Michael Martinez]

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Re: re: inheritance

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> Gil-galad's parantage shifted several times. In all of these he became High King in over any of the Feanorians (except when he was a Feanorian ). He also became High King over any of the others. I think the reason Turgon became High King over Gil-galad even when Gil-galad was Fingon's son (and even when Fingon had other children) is because he was the eldest (male) of the House of Finwe.<hr></blockquote>

The explanation is much simpler. Turgon's accession was already in the record. The pencilled note (briefly) making Fingon Gil-galad's father did not address the issue of inheritance. Christopher is right to call the notion of Fingon as Gil-galad's father &quot;an ephemeral idea&quot;. It was never developed in any essay or annal. It was essentially no more than a doodle and should not be given any serious consideration.

Christopher's decision in the 1970s to make Gil-galad the son of Fingon in the published Silmarillion does not in any way validate the idea as part of the J.R.R. Tolkien canon. Christopher himself has repudiated the idea.




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