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My favorite reference to the Star

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Dec 28 2012, 4:18am

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My favorite reference to the Star [In reply to]	Can't Post

Yes, that prophesy undoubtedly refers to Eärendil like Squire and SilentLion have stated. Eärendil is the hope of both the elves and men because he sails into the West and pleads on their behalf to the Valar. It is he who saves the elves and men by urging the Valar to act. And of course, he even returns and fights Ancalagon.

Your quote is a great reference to his birth and subsequent works. But my favorite reference to his future fate lies in the original 1916-17 tale The Fall of Gondolin. It is after Tuor and the exiles have escaped from burning Gondolin and Eärendil has already been led ahead by other refuges. It reads:

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Then said Tuor: "Lo! there is Eärendel my son; behold, his face shineth as a star in the waste..."

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Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima! Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars!

Subject	User	Time
A new star...	estelien	Dec 27 2012, 11:21pm
I read both lines to refer to Earendil	SilentLion	Dec 27 2012, 11:51pm
Surely he means Earendil	squire	Dec 27 2012, 11:52pm
Another reason to believe it's Earendil	CuriousG	Dec 28 2012, 6:02pm
ah...	estelien	Dec 31 2012, 7:55pm
My favorite reference to the Star	Ardamírë	Dec 28 2012, 4:18am
"Blind you are, Morgoth Bauglir, and blind shall ever be"	N.E. Brigand	Dec 28 2012, 4:50am
I like this !	sador	Dec 28 2012, 12:56pm
explains Aragorn's cover name	PhantomS	Jan 2 2013, 1:02pm
Speaking of Earendil	Nerven	Jan 5 2013, 7:20pm
Hurin, with the eyes of death	Nolofinwe	Jan 12 2013, 5:53pm
Huor, not Hurin. //	N.E. Brigand	Jan 14 2013, 12:02am
huor/hurin	Nolofinwe	Jan 14 2013, 3:48am

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