Defects in LotR ? (Gasp) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dáin Ironfoot · 01-14-2002, 06:16 PM

One thing that I am not sure about is the names of some of the men of gondor. Some are the same as elven names in the silmarillion. For example, Mablung, Ecthelion, and others. They are used twice, being the same, but in a different language. If Gondor in fact did use elven names, it would have been long ago when they were closer to the elves. I bet tolkien just ran out of good names.

01-14-2002, 06:16 PM	#11
Dáin Ironfoot Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 33	One thing that I am not sure about is the names of some of the men of gondor. Some are the same as elven names in the silmarillion. For example, Mablung, Ecthelion, and others. They are used twice, being the same, but in a different language. If Gondor in fact did use elven names, it would have been long ago when they were closer to the elves. I bet tolkien just ran out of good names. __________________ "Understanding your people paves the road to understanding leadership"- Old Atreides maxim