5/8/2023 0 Comments Aiya earendil![]() Tolkien summarizes: He is important as the person who brings the Silmarillion to its end, and as providing in his offspring the main links to and persons in the tales of later Ages. The intent of this biographical essay is not to provide a discussion of all of the above literary themes but to present the basic facts about Eärendil and the most significant sources of information for those who wish to pursue further research. ![]() The star most loved by the elves is that of Eärendil, the mariner who long before had made his perilous way from Middle-earth to Valinor and there heard things too sacred for mortal lands and therefore was set to sail his ship as a star. Clyde Kilby, Tolkien scholar, says that The Rings is a world and one containing its own myths and legends from the immemorial past. Most dramatically Eärendil becomes the savior who is said to become an actual star in the firmament whence he is to serve as an inspiration and a guide to his descendants. ![]() He is the ancestor of characters whose actions will be recounted in later tales and simultaneously symbolizes the links to the history of the Elder days, to that of the Sindar, the self-declared lords of Middle-earth before the return of the Noldor, to that of the exiled Noldor, young and impetuous, entering into a barely remembered or as yet not experienced wild land to find and befriend the second-born of the Children of Ilúvatar (the first mortal men). In the context of Tolkien’s created world, Eärendil represents the future and past. But the warrior hero is more often characterized principally by pride and a culturally determined definition of honor, whereas the voyager hero is motivated by curiosity about the unknown and/or the challenge presented by the seemingly impossible. Although, of course, raw physical courage is as necessary for Eärendil as it is in the case of Fingon, for example. Notwithstanding his participation in the War of Wrath, the archetypal characteristics of Eärendil are based more upon the hero as voyager and explorer than the hero as warrior and combatant. He personifies the themes of the quest hero, the father of his people, the savior when others have tried and failed, and as a unifier of disparate peoples (in his case, the Noldor, Sindar and the great Houses of the Edain of the First Age). His tale is one among those of Tolkien’s principle characters which is most steeped in timeless and often repeated mythic themes that transcend national and cultural boundaries. In terms of his significance within Tolkien’s legendarium Eärendil the Mariner, sometimes called Eärendil the Blessed ( 1), deserves and could easily occupy far more research time and space that this biography provides. Character Biography: Eärendil the Mariner by OshunĬharacter Biography Eärendil the Mariner By Oshun
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