Posted: January 23, 1998 at 13:15:55: by Michael Martinez
The reference to Beleg Cuthalion reminded me of Thorin's burial and the Barrow where the hobbits were imprisoned.Apparently funerary customs were similar among Middle-earth's peoples (although that's drawing a LARGE inference from three burials spaced out over a great arc of time). I mean, warriors were buried with their weapons and women were buried with jewelry. Boromir's funeral comes to mind too. It's small touches like these which always increase my appreciation for Middle-earth. There are so many things Tolkien put into the stories which other authors might not have considered. Michael
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Parma Endorion: Essays On Middle-earth
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