Talk:Fana

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Latest comment: 28 June 2017 by Protospace

I think this article can be saved, and I know that mention of Varda's fana occurs in the "Notes and Translations" section of "The Road Goes Ever On," by Tolkien and Donald Swann. I also believe discussion of this occurs in the article "Osanwe-kenta." There is one minor point I disagree with in this article: ti the best of my knowledge, the Ainur do not have fëar, per se, because their entire being is spiritual. They are known as ëalar, or "beings," which indicates an entity whose entire being is of a spiritual nature. They don't have "souls" simply because they are analogous to a soul that doesn't need a body to be complete, and in the cosmology of Tolkien's Legendarium, that constitutes a separare class of being. This point, however, is minor compared to the other issues with the article. I'll try and do some clean up and check up on the sources I mentioned.

I believe this concept is discussed in Parma Eldalamberon 17. I don't have a copy of it, but this website quotes from its discussion of fána: http://tolkiendiscussion.blogspot.com/2010/12/fana-body-of-maiaainu-reading-material.html?m=1 Protospace 08:17, 28 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]