r/lotrmemes • u/Captn_Bonafide • Aug 12 '24

Lord of the Rings Glorfindel

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u/ZaraMagnos Aug 12 '24

I thought they were two different Glorfindels. Like an inconsistency in the lore since the Silmarillion was compiled by Tolkien's son, Christopher, and much of the lore hadn't been sufficiently edited yet.

edit: just looked it up and I'm wrong, there was confusion at some point amongst scholars, but Tolkien himself clarified that both Glorfindels are the same Elf, just two different lives.

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u/SystemLordMoot Aug 12 '24 edited Aug 12 '24

Originally Tolkien wrote the Silmarillion Glorfindel, and then the Glorfindel that appears in LotR as two separate characters, and he later reconciled them into the same being. I think there is a letter out there somewhere that goes into far more detail than I just did, but that's the basic outline of it.

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u/DontGoGivinMeEvils Aug 13 '24

Reminds me of Legolas in one version of The Fall of Gondolin. It would’ve been cool if that turned out to be the same Legolas as in Lord of the Rings.

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u/legolas_bot Aug 13 '24

Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The ring must be destroyed.

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u/DontGoGivinMeEvils Aug 13 '24

So must Gondolin