What's up with Celeborn?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Galin

In chapter Medwed John Rateliff provides an outline which includes 'capture by the Sea-elves' and later argues that this refers to the Wood-elves of Mirkwood (in commentary on chapter In The Halls of the Elven-king).

Nice post, first of all. Rateliff's assertion that the Wood-elves are Sindarin is a direct contradiction of Tolkien, who states that Oropher and his son, Thranduil, founded a Sindarin kingdom among the Silvan Elves (just as Celeborn and Galadriel founded a similar society based on Eldar leadership over a Silvan community). I'm at work, so once again I am basing my statement on recollections that I believe to be...ummm...at least partially correct.