The loss of knowledge

[Bêthberry]

In reading "Dangweth Pengolod" in HOME 12 this morning, I came upon this which I think pertains well to some of the points made here. This article is subtitled "the answer of Pengolod to Aelfwine who asked him how came it that the tongues of the Elves changed and were sundered."

But behold! Æfwine, within Eä all things change, even the Valar; for in Eä we perceive the unfolding of a History in the unfolding.... the coirë quenya ["the living speech"], the language of thought, grows and lives within, and each new stage overlies those that went before, as the acorn and the sapling are hidden in the tree.

Bethberry

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ]