Taters to Taters - II

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Legate: are you seriously arguing that the dwelling of the dead (Mandos) or the primordial state of non-existence (The Void) are not classics?

Mandos even fits the classic tradition of literary mythology having many facets copied straight from the myth of Hades (like the important god running the place with his wife, the place not being good or evil but neutral etc.). Soo classic!

The Void as well - even if it doesn't have a one as well known classical piece of literary art from which to stem from - is both as widely spread throughout the world-mythologies, referred to in classical literature, and just soo awesome!

The Void is Void. I have no problem with that, but it is rather... lame. It's empty, after all.

I would not argue against Mandos as the place. However, Mandos, at least in this case, is not a dwelling. The dwelling is Halls of Mandos. Mandos is the Vala (however it should be named "Námo", but I guess that's omitment on Boro's part). But trust me, this is the person, not the dwelling.