Talk:Aranrúth

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Latest comment: 25 December 2023 by Oberiko in topic Quote of heirloom

Quote of heirloom[edit source]

The text confirming Aranrúth as the heirloom of Thingol through the Kings of Númenor is not very specific.

The King and most of the great chieftains possessed swords as heirlooms of their fathers;2 and at times they would still give a sword as a gift to their heirs. A new sword was made for the King’s Heir to be given to him on the day on which this title was conferred.

2 The King’s sword was indeed Aranrúth, the sword of Elu Thingol of Doriath in Beleriand, that had descended to Elros from Elwing his mother. 

As Elwing was three years old at the time of the Second Kinslaying, it's doubtful that she personally rescued the blade; and as she was separated from Elros during the Third Kinslaying when he was six, and she cast herself into the sea, its doubtful that she then passed it on to him herself. Best to leave the text with only the details we concretely know. Oberiko (talk) 15:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]