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The White CouncilRe: Tolkien's reuse of names (was Re: am i missing something?)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Tolkien's reuse of names (was Re: am i missing something?)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Fangorn on September 13, 1999 at 01:34:51 In Reply to: Re: Tolkien's reuse of names (was Re: am i missing something?) posted by Jeuda the Dwarf on September 13, 1999 at 00:25:30:
: : : : have c's. the resemblance between the names's probably beacause : : : : there are so many of them... how far can you stretch : : : : imagination and originality (even as wide as Tolkien's)? : : : : actuallty, some names are even copied fully from the : : : : "silmarilion" (most name copies gets explained, but i think : : : : it's due to lack of names...) : : : I don't think it was due to lack of names. Rather, Tolkien was creating a history which stretched over a period of thousands of years. It would be reasonable to assume that many names got reused through that time. He was trying to convey a sense of legitimacy for his languages, and few names are ever used only once. : : : : As I said, most of the reuse of names can be explained... : Another point i thought about: after thousands of years, names tend to change, as do language, which is not the case in tolkien's writings. If he would have wanted to make the thousands look more realistic, wouldn't he need to change language as well, instead of doing this simple reuse of names? Remember that people in ME lived much longer than today (elves & dwarves)and men to an extent. Therefore, a few thousand years is a relatively shirt time in ME and names are usually changed because people forget but when it takes so long to die it gets harder to forget (especially with elves)
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