What was the biggest cause of tragedies in Turin Turambar's life?

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Or to me.

You may also.

 

[Elassar]

It cannot be anything accept the curse of morgoth that was the very beginning of the misfortune of the children of hurin.

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Could it have been his stubbornness and arrogance?

 

[Radaghast]

Maybe the argument there is that Morgoth's curse caused Túrin's life choices? 😶

 

[Elassar]

But that is what has stemmed his misfortune and it said the biggest cause that is a cause but not the biggest in my eyes

Maybe the argument there is that Morgoth's curse caused Túrin's life choices? 😶

Agreed

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

The Icelandic word for a short story translates as "thread", and the sagas, which Tolkien studied, are made up of a number of threads woven together. Gandalf makes use of this metaphor, when he tells Theoden "There are children in your land, who, out of the twisted threads of story, could pick the answer to your question."

Tolkien uses the technique of weaving threads throughout his works; I'd say this is an example. Many "threads" come together in the story of Turin.

 

[norrinradd]

Can we talk about Khamul?

I guess you have no other source of entertainment. You make fun of the threads I opened about "Khamûl" in such comments. Is it compatible with love of Tolkien (and his works) to make fun of a forum member trying to go into the details of a character created by Tolkien? I don’t think so.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Sorry. But I was replying to Elthir. You know what that's like.

 

[Elthir]

I've responded to me several times. It never goes well

But hey! I didn't bring up Khamûl in this thread (at least) . . . I did bring up the Nietzsche/horse incident/possible myth for some reason . . . but someone had to!

Or something else.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Of course.

 

[Elthir]

That horse was innocent, by the way!

 

[ZehnWaters]

I'd say his biggest tragedy were times where things went wrong that weren't actually his fault. Stabbing Beleg, for instance, wasn't intended to harm BELEG.

 

[Elthir]

Also, norrinradd (Silver Surfer, yes?), I apologize if any of my past comments about Khamûl threads have made you feel that you were being made fun of. I can't recall everything said, but I hope I assumed that you were not annoyed by it [maybe by the way you responded, or didn't respond] . . . but as I shouldn't have assumed in any case, again, apologies.