THE SILMARILLION IS AN AMAZING BOOK! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

03-03-2003, 09:23 PM

Suillinan,

I must agree wholly, I just started reading it Sunday morning (after going crazy and buying most of Tolkiens works) and I am absolutely captivated by it. For religious types out there I have found it reads much like the bible so far. Very ancient in setting, very deep in context and hard to follow. I found one amazing allegory on page 38, where Aule created the dwarves before Eru had sent the Firstborn of his design to Arda and he says quote: "But I will not suffer this: that these should come before the Firstborn of my design, nor that thy impatience should be rewarded. They shal sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall nt come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth; and until that time thou and they shall wait, though long it seem. But when the time comes I will awaken them, and they shall be to thee as children; and often strife shall arise between thine and mine, the children of my adoption and the children of my choice"

I see the tale of Isaac and Ishmael, but that's my personal judgement of course, I say not what Tokien meant at heart.

03-03-2003, 09:23 PM	#16
Erunno of Mirkwood Guest Posts: n/a	Suillinan, I must agree wholly, I just started reading it Sunday morning (after going crazy and buying most of Tolkiens works) and I am absolutely captivated by it. For religious types out there I have found it reads much like the bible so far. Very ancient in setting, very deep in context and hard to follow. I found one amazing allegory on page 38, where Aule created the dwarves before Eru had sent the Firstborn of his design to Arda and he says quote: "But I will not suffer this: that these should come before the Firstborn of my design, nor that thy impatience should be rewarded. They shal sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall nt come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth; and until that time thou and they shall wait, though long it seem. But when the time comes I will awaken them, and they shall be to thee as children; and often strife shall arise between thine and mine, the children of my adoption and the children of my choice" I see the tale of Isaac and Ishmael, but that's my personal judgement of course, I say not what Tokien meant at heart.