How many people have read UT, or HoME? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

amyrlis · 02-23-2001, 08:48 AM

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Re: How many people have read UT, or HoME?

I am reading UT right now for the first time and just finished the Tales of the Children of Hurin. I was stuck by one of the passages in which Morwen sends Turin to reside with Thingol in The Hidden Kingdom. Thingol whole-heartedly welcomes Turin and 'adopts' him as his foster son. The passage says something along the lines of 'and never again was a son of Man taken as a foster child by one of the Eldar' (not a direct quote, don't have the book in front of me). At any rate, wasn't Aragorn taken as a foster son by Elrond? This could just be one of the discrepencies in Tolkien's writings, but I just wondered if anyone else caught that and saw it the same way I did.

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amyrlis Wight Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Helcaraxe Posts: 210	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 50</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: How many people have read UT, or HoME? I am reading UT right now for the first time and just finished the Tales of the Children of Hurin. I was stuck by one of the passages in which Morwen sends Turin to reside with Thingol in The Hidden Kingdom. Thingol whole-heartedly welcomes Turin and 'adopts' him as his foster son. The passage says something along the lines of 'and never again was a son of Man taken as a foster child by one of the Eldar' (not a direct quote, don't have the book in front of me). At any rate, wasn't Aragorn taken as a foster son by Elrond? This could just be one of the discrepencies in Tolkien's writings, but I just wondered if anyone else caught that and saw it the same way I did. -amyrlis</p> __________________ "Pull the blinders from my eyes, let me see these endless skies And drown here where I stand in the beauty of the land."