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littlemanpoet · 03-06-2002, 08:12 PM

So, Keeper, yet another child of the Balrog vs. Dragon debate here. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Glorfindel gets my vote. But barely. Tolkien wrote a lot more about Glorfindel than Ecthelion, which may mean little. I fear point about Glofindel having been to Valinor is not convincing, though.

It doesn't help the argument that the only references in the Silmarillion to Ecthelion's slaying of Gothmog is only referring to it, rather than the vivid description Tolkien lovingly portrayed of Glorfindel, elven being of light.

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03-06-2002, 08:12 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	So, Keeper, yet another child of the Balrog vs. Dragon debate here. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Glorfindel gets my vote. But barely. Tolkien wrote a lot more about Glorfindel than Ecthelion, which may mean little. I fear point about Glofindel having been to Valinor is not convincing, though. It doesn't help the argument that the only references in the Silmarillion to Ecthelion's slaying of Gothmog is only referring to it, rather than the vivid description Tolkien lovingly portrayed of Glorfindel, elven being of light.