Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin
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Beyond that, I can't think of anything beyond it being one of those random events that we don't think anything of at the time only to later find out its significance, which doesn't seem right.
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i really like this aspect of tolkien's storytelling in the silmarillion and beyond, where there is often not very clear symbolic meaning -- or where there are multiple or ambiguous meanings. it makes the story feel layered and substanced, as if many minds had run their hands through it. and i really like this scene, with its strangeness.
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That makes sense, especially when you consider that in comparasion to Lúthien, who did the opposite. Which begs the question if Idril and Tuor knew beforehand if he would be reborn as an Elf or if it was as a surprise.
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This. Being a bit cynical, the Valar don't want it falling into the Sea, so they let it through. (Or they set the enchantments to exclude anyone bearing a Silmaril in the off-chance the Noldor were successful.) I tend to think Idril and Tuor crashed in the Enchanted Isles and slept there until the Change of the World.
Again, in the version we have "the wise" don't seem really to know--at least those in Middle-earth...
What makes it even more interesting is that Pengolodh and Aelfwine still exist for many of the drafts. And they're on Tol Eressea in the Middle Ages. So if the wise don't know, it could very well include those in Valinor. Guess it's supposed to be one of those mysteries no one ever really knows the answer to. (Though you'd think the Valar would let Idril's family know, at least.)
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Perhaps they know, but aren't allowed to talk about it. Otherwise, everyone will start bringing in stray mortals! ;)
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