Letter 268 - Revision history

Gamling at 05:50, 26 June 2011

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	\| #=268		\| #=268
−	\| to=Miss. A.P. Northey	+	\| to=Miss A.P. Northey
	\| date=[[19 January]] [[1965]]		\| date=[[19 January]] [[1965]]
	\| subject=[[Shadowfax]]		\| subject=[[Shadowfax]]
	}}{{letter\|268}}		}}{{letter\|268}}
	==Summary==		==Summary==
−	A Miss. A.P. Northey had enquired about the fate of [[Shadowfax]]. Tolkien ~~tells~~ her that, because ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written by chroniclers (in this case [[Samwise Gamgee\|Sam]]), not everything needed to be told. And Sam, emotional as he was from the departure of [[Frodo Baggins\|Frodo]], omitted the fate of [[Gandalf]]'s trusted steed. Therefore one can only guess what happened, argues Tolkien.	+	A Miss A.P. Northey had enquired about the fate of [[Shadowfax]]. Tolkien told her that, because ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written by chroniclers (in this case [[Samwise Gamgee\|Sam]]), not everything needed to be told. And Sam, emotional as he was from the departure of [[Frodo Baggins\|Frodo]], omitted the fate of [[Gandalf]]'s trusted steed. Therefore one can only guess what happened, argues Tolkien.

−	And Tolkien ~~guesses~~ that Shadowfax most certainly came with Gandalf to the [[Grey Havens]], and did not stay behind. It would have been noticed if he did, and after all, Shadowfax was one of the [[Mearas]]. Those horses descended from [[Nahar]], the horse of [[Oromë\|Béma]], and thus had blood that came from [[Valinor\|the West]].	+	And Tolkien guessed that Shadowfax most certainly came with Gandalf to the [[Grey Havens]], and did not stay behind. It would have been noticed if he did, and after all, Shadowfax was one of the [[Mearas]]. Those horses descended from [[Nahar]], the horse of [[Oromë\|Béma]], and thus had blood that came from [[Valinor\|the West]].
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−	\| date=[[~~1965#~~January~~\|January 19~~]], [[1965]]	+	\| date=[[19 January]] [[1965]]
	\| subject=[[Shadowfax]]		\| subject=[[Shadowfax]]
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Ederchil at 19:27, 31 August 2010

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		+	\| #=268
		+	\| to=Miss. A.P. Northey
		+	\| date=[[1965#January\|January 19]], [[1965]]
		+	\| subject=[[Shadowfax]]
		+	}}{{letter\|268}}
	==Summary==		==Summary==
−	~~This fragment of a letter, dated [[January 19]], [[1965]], is sent to a~~ Miss. A.P. Northey~~. She~~ had enquired about the fate of [[Shadowfax]]. Tolkien tells her, that because ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written by chroniclers (in this case [[Samwise Gamgee\|Sam]]), not everything ~~needs~~ to be told. And Sam, emotional as he was from the departure of [[Frodo Baggins\|Frodo]], omitted the fate of [[Gandalf]]'s trusted steed. Therefore one can only guess what happened, argues Tolkien.	+	A Miss. A.P. Northey had enquired about the fate of [[Shadowfax]]. Tolkien tells her that, because ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written by chroniclers (in this case [[Samwise Gamgee\|Sam]]), not everything needed to be told. And Sam, emotional as he was from the departure of [[Frodo Baggins\|Frodo]], omitted the fate of [[Gandalf]]'s trusted steed. Therefore one can only guess what happened, argues Tolkien.

	And Tolkien guesses that Shadowfax most certainly came with Gandalf to the [[Grey Havens]], and did not stay behind. It would have been noticed if he did, and after all, Shadowfax was one of the [[Mearas]]. Those horses descended from [[Nahar]], the horse of [[Oromë\|Béma]], and thus had blood that came from [[Valinor\|the West]].		And Tolkien guesses that Shadowfax most certainly came with Gandalf to the [[Grey Havens]], and did not stay behind. It would have been noticed if he did, and after all, Shadowfax was one of the [[Mearas]]. Those horses descended from [[Nahar]], the horse of [[Oromë\|Béma]], and thus had blood that came from [[Valinor\|the West]].
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{{letter|268}}
==Summary==
This fragment of a letter, dated [[January 19]], [[1965]], is sent to a Miss. A.P. Northey. She had enquired about the fate of [[Shadowfax]]. Tolkien tells her, that because ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written by chroniclers (in this case [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]), not everything needs to be told. And Sam, emotional as he was from the departure of [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], omitted the fate of [[Gandalf]]'s trusted steed. Therefore one can only guess what happened, argues Tolkien.

And Tolkien guesses that Shadowfax most certainly came with Gandalf to the [[Grey Havens]], and did not stay behind. It would have been noticed if he did, and after all, Shadowfax was one of the [[Mearas]]. Those horses descended from [[Nahar]], the horse of [[Oromë|Béma]], and thus had blood that came from [[Valinor|the West]].
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