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CuriousG
Gondor
Jan 18, 10:07pm
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I didn't mean to say that Galadriel isn't great, or wasn't written about as great, just that she doesn't quite qualify as a center of many Eldar histories. And I'm not quite certain how she would. Aside from the magical quality of her hair, how much more could be said about her in Valinor? Her own reason for leaving was that she felt she couldn't do much there. When she goes to Beleriand, she has no realm of her own and spends her time as a house guest, and one that doesn't seem to do much worthy of renown. I think she comes into her own in the Second Age.
Don't get me wrong--I think she's positioned as the most powerful person in the Third Age after Sauron, and like Gimli, I can never get enough of her and I wish there WERE more histories about her. But when I think of the stories that the Eldar seemed most concerned with, either building great things or fighting great wars, she came in late with Lorien and doesn't seem like she could have had a huge volume written about her.
Or maybe it's a matter of reverence. She and Luthien would be most revered, and Feanor revered if you look at his good side. But if I think of the quantity of what's written, including what's alluded to in in LOTR, it seems the Eldar had lots to say about Luthien and not so much as the other two.
(This post was edited by CuriousG on Jan 18, 10:08pm)
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Chief matter?
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Nerven
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Jan 18, 7:28pm
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I vote #2
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CuriousG
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Jan 18, 8:14pm
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Tolkiens mind
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Nerven
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Jan 18, 8:24pm
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Greatness vs quantity
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CuriousG
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Jan 18, 10:07pm
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Who would?
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Nerven
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Jan 18, 11:16pm
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Second Age mistory (mist plus history)
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Elthir
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Jan 19, 1:49am
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Eregion
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Nerven
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Jan 19, 7:53am
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Another example
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Nerven
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Jan 19, 8:20am
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Galadriel of Eregion
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Elthir
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Jan 19, 6:18pm
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Eregion
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Nerven
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Jan 19, 8:03pm
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external chronology
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Elthir
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Jan 20, 5:19pm
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Galadriel
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Nerven
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Jan 20, 7:46pm
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