Edith is to Luthien as JRRT is to... Beren?

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

Having seen pictures of Edith, I can rightly say she weren't no Luthien neither, if you get me meaning.

Are you implying she was ugly? Cause I think she was pretty. It's true I only saw this picture of her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edith_Tolkien.png

In any case, I believe that Tolkien idealized their love story, as it always happens with writers. If it was fairytale-like in the beginning, it wasn't as much so as their married life progressed, and they discovered they has different interests and ideals. But that hardly mattered since they were both civilized human beings and JRRT was always faithful to her.

And undoubtedly,the Beren - Luthien story was born from a real, passionate love story at some point in time.