Posted: August 10, 2000 at 05:32:01: by Aris Katsaris
: : And finally I feel there's a further balance in that in the second Age there exists one Feanorian (Celebrimbor), one Fingolfian (Gil-Galad) and one Finarfian (Galadriel)...: Says who? Elrond is descended from them as is Celebrian, and Amroth if you take him as Galadriels son. Elrond is half-elven and doesn't count. Celebrian is Galadriel's child and moreover she was probably born during the Second Age, not the first. And as for Amroth, no I don't take him s Galadriel's son since something as important as that would have been mentioned in LotR... : Maglor, Caranthir and Curufuin were all married, an Chris Tolkein himself reports that his father said 'we never meet the progeny of Feanors sons' whilst debating the parentage of Celebrimbor. : There could feasibly exist other offspring who do not enter the tales but nonetheless exist Indeed, nonetheless they didn't enter the tales and thus they don't exist *in* the tales... And I know of no other way to measure their existence. Aris Katsaris
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