Talk:Eönwë
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Latest comment: 26 December 2023 by LorenzoCB in topic Should remove the top quote
Should remove the top quote[edit source]
As per Morgoth's Ring, Christopher made up the part about Eönwë being the mightiest in arms.
§§10a,b Of the Maiar. The words in the published text (p. 30) concerning Eönwë, ‘whose might in arms is surpassed by none in Arda’, were an editorial addition, made in order to prepare for his leadership of the hosts of the West at the Great Battle (The Silmarillion pp. 251–2). For the end of the Elder Days there is scarcely any material from the period following The Lord of the Rings.[1]
I propose that this would reduce the legitimacy of the statement. I think it's fine to include (with qualification), but shouldn't be what most defines the character. Oberiko (talk) 18:26, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
- Agree with removing the top quote; but we can keep the statement in the History section and explain this in OVOTL. LorenzoCB (talk) 23:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: The Valaquenta"
