Inoldonil
06-11-2001, 01:37 AM
Read the article here. (http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tolkien/71710)
As usual the wise Martinez has written an insightful article with great skill. I can't give any praise has hasn't heard before.
So I'm going to throw some niggles at him.
I find it very bizarre the Istari are not mentioned. The Wise were not exclusively Eldarin, the Istari are included among them.
The other oddity I find in the essay is about Lindir of Imladris. MM seems to speak of him as if there is a good deal more known about him than I have gathered from his (brief) appearance in Book II. He's not at the Council of Elrond, he's just a friend of Bilbo's we meet after the latter chants his poem of Earendil. Have I missed something?
As usual the wise Martinez has written an insightful article with great skill. I can't give any praise has hasn't heard before.
So I'm going to throw some niggles at him.
I find it very bizarre the Istari are not mentioned. The Wise were not exclusively Eldarin, the Istari are included among them.
The other oddity I find in the essay is about Lindir of Imladris. MM seems to speak of him as if there is a good deal more known about him than I have gathered from his (brief) appearance in Book II. He's not at the Council of Elrond, he's just a friend of Bilbo's we meet after the latter chants his poem of Earendil. Have I missed something?