After the composed and often wise Elves we meet in The Lord of the Rings, the dangerously passionate Elves of The Silmarillion can come as quite a shock. I've seen more than one meme contrasting the Elves of the First and Third Ages. When we learn how bigoted many of the Elves were towards Men and Dwarves alike, calling Men "the Sickly" and "the Usurpers" among other charming names, and calling the Dwarves "the stunted people," and hunting them as if they were animals, it can come as somet...| Alas, not me
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J’ai acheté ce livre lors de mon dernier séjour à Oxford, certaine que j’allais y rester bloquée et confinée. Cela faisait looooongtemps que je voulais m’intéresser de plus près au monde du Maître, et ce légendaire ouvrage figurait au premier rang de ma PAL sur le sujet. J’ai également opté pour une édition illustrée, avec … Lire la suite Le Silmarillion, grande œuvre du Maître→| Les Lectures de Guenièvre
In the Ainulindalë Melkor chooses to follow his own will rather than the design of Ilúvatar and to usurp the act of creation (S 16-17). It's noteworthy here that in response Ilúvatar does not cast Melkor out, but tries to explain to him why he is unable to create independently and the harm that his attempt to do so has caused for the created world. Ilúvatar even allows Melkor to go down into the world on the pretext (advanced by Melkor) that he will work to repair the harm he has done...| Alas, not me
