Chen G.
Mithlond
Oct 26 2020, 6:55pm
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The only 'odd-ones' out would appear to be Kari, Kyrin and Cora.
The general explanation is that some of the characters would be Gwathuirim, so that we get their side as well as the Numenorean one. Those characters seem to fit the bill.
the term "swarthy" in Tolkien's (and for that matter, in an historical) context does not so much refer to "brown" people but to anyone slightly "swarthier" than people of Anglo-Saxon stock.
Yes, that's the impression I always got reading the book. The use a Gladiator example, "Swarthy" is more Proximo than Juba.
Your argument about the Semitic flavor of Adúnaic oversimplifies Tolkien. Just because the Númenoreans spoke a quasi-Semitic language does not in any shape or form mean Tolkien intended them to be a stand-in for ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, or Hebrews.
True: Khuzdul is also rooted in Semitic languages, and while the Dwarves have some of the shorthand associated with Ashkenazi Jews, they also draw on Norse Dwarves.
Besides, Persians aren't Semitic people, and their language isn't Semitic.
But that Amazon is diversifying Numenore, using actors from a Persian descend, seems quite obvious and inevitable; so this is all hypotheticals.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Oct 26 2020, 6:59pm)
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