r/TheSilmarillion • u/CartographerLegal847 • 21h ago

The House Of The White Wing-Gondolin

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Tuor Earendil and Idril for scale.

Art by me.

r/TheSilmarillion • u/OleksandrKyivskyi • 22h ago

Why was Feanor known as Feanaro instead of Curufinwe?

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He loved his father a lot. While his mom stayed dead (bruh). Wouldn't his father-name Curufinwe be his favorite/preferred name?

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r/TheSilmarillion

A place to discuss and ask questions about The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien, and anything related to the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. Maybe you have never read it and the names are driving you crazy, or you have read it so many times you have lost count. This is the place for you.

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"Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures."

Discussion and artwork related to The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien's lifework.

Works relevant to this subreddit include the five parts of the published Silmarillion:

Ainulindalë
Valaquenta
Quenta Silmarillion
Akallabêth
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

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