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Feb 17 2013, 11:47pm

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Tolkien revised the passage in 1966. [In reply to]	Can't Post

He did it in order to get The Hobbit a bit more in line with the world of The Lord of the Rings. I did some research into this revision a few years back, so pardon me if I give the link rather than rewrite it or cut and paste it here. But in brief, along with recounting the textual history of the change, I speculated a bit on just why Tolkien included this weird detail in the first place, and kept it in modified form in the revised Hobbit when he could have just gotten rid of it. The conclusion (not surprisingly, I hope) takes us right back to the subject of this present thread!

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Subject	User	Time
Union between Elves and Mortals	Eowyn3	Feb 16 2013, 4:02am
There are two other instances I can think of.	Ardam�r�	Feb 16 2013, 5:08am
And another	CuriousG	Feb 16 2013, 6:28am
Cinderella? Rapunzel?	Elizabeth	Feb 17 2013, 6:20am
I was thinking of the magic part	CuriousG	Feb 17 2013, 2:44pm
Imrazor the Numenorean	geordie	Feb 16 2013, 11:46am
the Dol Amroth connection and other thoughts	Felagund	Feb 16 2013, 12:03pm
Now I vaguely remember that.	Eowyn3	Feb 16 2013, 2:43pm
blood glorious blood	PhantomS	Feb 17 2013, 5:57pm
Good memory...	Otaku-sempai	Feb 16 2013, 10:27pm
There is also the story of one of the Tooks who had a fairy wife...	sador	Feb 17 2013, 6:23pm
I never read that one.	Eowyn3	Feb 17 2013, 9:06pm
Actually, it is in 'The Hobbit'	Otaku-sempai	Feb 17 2013, 10:43pm
I never took that very serious,	Eowyn3	Feb 17 2013, 11:18pm
Neither did I. //	sador	Feb 18 2013, 4:22am
Well, not so much a story really.	geordie	Feb 17 2013, 11:20pm
Interesting	Eowyn3	Feb 17 2013, 11:36pm
Tolkien revised the passage in 1966.	squire	Feb 17 2013, 11:47pm
Thank you for the link	Eowyn3	Feb 18 2013, 12:31am
That's interesting,	Eowyn3	Feb 17 2013, 9:14pm
Tolkien's View of Women	IdrilofGondolin	Feb 16 2013, 5:36pm
Very interesting!	Eowyn3	Feb 16 2013, 7:45pm
legends	Elthir	Feb 17 2013, 3:37am
Simple answer really	ElendilTheShort	Feb 21 2013, 8:21am

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