I'm three weeks late, but A.) Thank you for sharing this! It is awesome and makes me want to poke at things more. Especially regarding the fact that it seems that even in Doriath, the sources reflect either a Melian/Valinor inspired pov (like with the tapestries) or are anti-Avari. I wonder if those are somehow linked, since later in time we see other Sindar (Thranduil, etc) deliberately go out of there way to meld with the Silvan....
Also, while not a question of sources so much as coverage, it reminded me that I still need to write something about the difference in how the Kinslayings are portrayed and considered by fandom versus how the Sindar killing the Petty Dwarves is in both cases. (Now, we'll see if I manage to finish that sometime this decade, since it also branches into things like naming of groups of people and what we can tell from whether the culture internal name is used versus an outside name and I am bad at not branching off).
B.) In my view of academia, saying something first is good and all, but if nobody else can find evidence to support it...well, it's not going to go far. Research has to be replicated, it's just that that's not as respected, for some reason. Which could then lead me on a rant about the ethics of research, but nobody wants a two page rant from me about how disgusted I was during my senior research project class. :P
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Date: 2017-04-15 02:14 am (UTC)Also, while not a question of sources so much as coverage, it reminded me that I still need to write something about the difference in how the Kinslayings are portrayed and considered by fandom versus how the Sindar killing the Petty Dwarves is in both cases. (Now, we'll see if I manage to finish that sometime this decade, since it also branches into things like naming of groups of people and what we can tell from whether the culture internal name is used versus an outside name and I am bad at not branching off).
B.) In my view of academia, saying something first is good and all, but if nobody else can find evidence to support it...well, it's not going to go far. Research has to be replicated, it's just that that's not as respected, for some reason. Which could then lead me on a rant about the ethics of research, but nobody wants a two page rant from me about how disgusted I was during my senior research project class. :P