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Opening a discussion place dedicated to this lay.
Having a hard time finding the rhythm and musicality of the verses.
However, it's a nice refresher on these epic tales.
What do you all think of it?
Update:
I feel the story is more fast paced...
I find this story probably the most complete and well defined in the Silmarillion.
I didn't like it, too depressing and nothing good comes out of it. Everything else has a tragic moment but something good results from it.
The dead of Fingolfin proved that Morgoth wasn't beyond harm. The...
Who's death in the Children of Hurin do you find the saddest?
There was originally a poll with different names of characters who die in TCoH alongside with this. I think it got lost when this thread was moved to a different forum. Is there a way to restore it? If not that's fine. I originally...
I'm currently re-listening to The Children of Hurin audiobook, and I'm a little unclear on what Morgoth's curse on Húrin and his kin did. Yes, they all died tragic deaths, but was there anything they could have done to prevent it? For example, if Turin had stayed in Doriath would he have been...