Father-names among the Noldor - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

08-10-2020, 11:42 AM

#11

William Cloud Hicklin

Loremaster of Annúminas

Join Date: Oct 2006

Posts: 2,330

William Cloud Hicklin is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galin

Not that all names need be, of course. I can imagine some fathers liking a name "strong in body" for a son, whether the son turns out to be notably strong in body, or not.

One then wonders who named Beleg, and when. Aspiration? Big, strong newborn? Mother-name? Or just an epesse?

__________________
The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Forum Rules

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:14 PM.