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@Ricardo , with this Ent may take ever-so-small exception.
Tolkien himself said
Sauron was a greater and more effective 'bad guy' than
Morgoth. More cunning, and extending his might and effectiveness farther.
He was definitely more cunning and hence more effective, yet, less dangerous. Sauron himself feared Morgoth, part of the reason why he disappeared when
Huan beat him, he couldn't go back to Morgoth humiliated.
I always thought that Morgoth wasn't the sharpest
knife in the draw, yet, he was powerful, even after his power was diminished. Sauron did not have
dragons or
balrogs on his service. Imagine Sauron's
armies fighting the
first age Noldor, they
orcs would have fallen like leaves in the autumn (sorry for the personal reference, no pun intended).
Those who prophesy rarely if ever know about WHOM or WHAT they prophesy. Sometimes not even that they DO prophesy.
Ent tends to agree with the concept
@Klaatu sets forth - the prophesy extends to both. The key to that being the intentional use of the name Estel (hope) by the
Elves, to keep him unknown to Sauron - Hope, the
symbol of the deep, unwavering faith the Children of
the One could never be defeated..
the way I see it, Huor didn't make a prophecy, he was just the messenger. He wouldn't know how or when it would be fulfilled but for me logic dictates it would be by someone close to Huor and
Turgon, and I think this very prophecy was part of the reason why Turgon was ok with letting Idril marry
Tuor (that's how the from you and me worked). Tuor wasn't born but Huor certainly could see what this meant and for Turgon, it was obvious that his only daughter was part of the prophecy.
It could have applied to
Aragorn? sure, and to many others. IMO Aragorn is too far removed from Huor and Turgon for it to be a direct reference to him, not to mention something even more important,
Earendil was absolutely essential for Morgoth to fall, Aragorn definitely have a big part in Sauron's defeat and possibly it wouldn't have been possible without him, but he wasn't the main actor, and many others were also important (e.g.
Sam,
Bilbo,
Gandalf).
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That thread runs from
Eru's first creation of the
Valar through to the end of the
ages - an end we do not fully know about, and never will. But it is one of Hope.
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I don't disagree here.
A prophecy need not fit just ONE time, person or people. It can be a continuing thread.
It is even mentioned by Gandalf to Bilbo at the end of
The Hobbit when he tells Bilbo he should not doubt the prophesies, just because he had a small part in bringing them about.
yes, but again, many others between Earendil and Aragorn could have been part too. I am not sure if even Eru knew what would happen 7000 years later, he knew what COULD happen but the threads weren't showed yet? I always thought of Eru's creation to be like a maze, with different exits (outcomes), depending on what path the actors choose. Eru knows all paths and outcomes but he doesn't know which paths they will take. Sauron for example could have accepted
Eomer's offer, it was an option and then the outcome would have been completely different.
Tolkien was well made capable of drawing his thread through all his work from first to last... and he did it well.
By this means too, he added 'moral and religious elements' within his fantasy -'but not overtly.'
Well, he did struggle, due to the times that different stories were created, but because he was such a perfectionist he constantly revised his work to make it coherent.