LotR --- Appendix B -- The Tale of Years

[davem]

Originally Posted by Esty

"Tale" is a rather misleading title for this section of the Appendices - "Chronology", as used in the subtitle, is more accurate.

Just a quick one for now. I think 'Tale' is used in the sense of (re-)telling, account of. This Appendix ties in with the 'Annalistic' Silmarillion (if I can put it that way) of the Annals of Valinor/Grey Annals/Annals of Beleriand - which is why, I suspect, there is no account of the First Age included here: these Annals were written specifically for LotR ( I seem to remember reading they were the last part of the Appendices sent in to Allen & Unwin by Tolkien - I may be wrong).

Edit: cross-posted with Squatter.