Melian among the maia

[Saurondil]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

It seems clear that the Thingol/Melian pairing was something, like the later finding of the One Ring by Bilbo Baggins, that was meant to occur. From that union came Lúthien Tinúviel, who played such a major role in not only the history of the First Age, but whose existence had an impact all the way to the time of the War of the Ring.

## If it was "meant to occur", that would make a lot of sense: the union between them would then be an example of the pattern of unions between spouses of different kinds, in which the female is always of a nobler/higher "kind" than the male. The pattern as a whole does not begin with Luthien & Beren. Instead it would be:

Melian - Thingol
Luthien - Beren
Idril - Tuor
Arwen - Aragorn

(IMHO, this pattern of the higher marrying the lower can be seen elsewhere.) Which makes one wonder what would have happened if the Sons of Feanor had not killed Dior the Fair - his death may have been a far greater disaster than appears on the surface; he may not be as minor as the space he occupies in the Sil might suggest.