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Telchar · 10-23-2001, 05:48 AM

Forgive me for being lacy, but is it stated anywhere that Glamdring was Turgons Sword??? I know that Elrond in the Hobbit states that "this is Glamdring the the king of Gondolin wore..."

My point is that maybe the thought of Elrond and Turgon being so close family as the are hadn't been developed at the time JRRT wrote the hobbit???

If so - Elrond would not have a claim on Glamdring - and of course didn't make it.
JRRT was were very keen on accepting things published as facts - and this may be why it was not changed or altered when he revised The Hobbit.

10-23-2001, 05:48 AM	#3
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Forgive me for being lacy, but is it stated anywhere that Glamdring was Turgons Sword??? I know that Elrond in the Hobbit states that "this is Glamdring the the king of Gondolin wore..." My point is that maybe the thought of Elrond and Turgon being so close family as the are hadn't been developed at the time JRRT wrote the hobbit??? If so - Elrond would not have a claim on Glamdring - and of course didn't make it. JRRT was were very keen on accepting things published as facts - and this may be why it was not changed or altered when he revised The Hobbit. __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.