tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post7271124529069689371..comments2024-03-18T20:11:19.504-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: NoriJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-75161598204753632632013-12-31T09:00:30.065-08:002013-12-31T09:00:30.065-08:00Hi John,
Interesting idea, but it’s not clear to m...Hi John,<br />Interesting idea, but it’s not clear to me that Feanor actually forbade that anyone speak of Amrod’s death. Tolkien wrote that no one dared speak of the matter but couldn’t this also be due to the harsh response of Amras (Feanor’s favorite of his twin sons) in calling him ‘fell and fey’ or to Feanor’s well-known bristly nature or just the horribleness of the event? {And even if he did forbid it, Feanor dies soon after this event, so why would this stop anyone else from speaking/hearing about the death of Amrod (“the fiction is carried on throughout the next five centuries”)?}<br /><br />Also, given that Tolkien was still working on this story, is there any evidence that he was thinking along these lines, i.e., that Amras would undertake a ruse for five centuries? Or is it possible he was thinking solely of how this event reflected Amrod’s other name (Fated) and not the repurcussions to the rest of the story, especially since the essay ended without addressing this?Paula Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971852690293709510noreply@blogger.com