Why did Aule want to destroy Dwarves - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Belegorn · 12-21-2013, 08:06 PM

When Aulë went in for the kill they flinched and Eru had given them a place in Arda, but they would not be the First-born.

littlemanpoet · 12-25-2013, 08:42 AM

Morthoron, I too thought of the story of Abraham and Isaac.

I see a personally redemptive story with Tolkien himself. I do believe that I have read how Tolkien saw Aule as a bit of himself. Could Tolkien have had doubts about the legitimacy of his need to subcreate? If so, I see this story as a possible working out of those doubts. And then we have the famous poem in which Tolkien tells C.S. Lewis how we are dethroned but still make in the image in which we're made.

I'm not sure this bears out in Tolkien's life story, but it could have, might have.

12-21-2013, 08:06 PM	#1
Belegorn Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Henneth Annûn, Ithilien Posts: 462	When Aulë went in for the kill they flinched and Eru had given them a place in Arda, but they would not be the First-born. __________________ "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche

12-25-2013, 08:42 AM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Morthoron, I too thought of the story of Abraham and Isaac. I see a personally redemptive story with Tolkien himself. I do believe that I have read how Tolkien saw Aule as a bit of himself. Could Tolkien have had doubts about the legitimacy of his need to subcreate? If so, I see this story as a possible working out of those doubts. And then we have the famous poem in which Tolkien tells C.S. Lewis how we are dethroned but still make in the image in which we're made. I'm not sure this bears out in Tolkien's life story, but it could have, might have.