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b2memB2MeM Challenge: N41 on Deep Thoughts ("God")
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Summary: How might Third Age characters have viewed Eru Iluvatar, the Valar, and the supernatural more generally? Using the creation myth of the Dwarves and the exercise in divine fumbling that is the Akallabeth, I explore how Ring-War era Gondorians might have approached religion. (I also make some suggestions for how similar concerns might affect other LOTR-era characters, though my focus was on Gondor.)
Finding God(s) in Middle-earth
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just_ann_nowSummary: How might Third Age characters have viewed Eru Iluvatar, the Valar, and the supernatural more generally? Using the creation myth of the Dwarves and the exercise in divine fumbling that is the Akallabeth, I explore how Ring-War era Gondorians might have approached religion. (I also make some suggestions for how similar concerns might affect other LOTR-era characters, though my focus was on Gondor.)
Finding God(s) in Middle-earth
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Date: 2012-03-11 10:33 pm (UTC)I am not sure I see them taking on a role just like what the faithful did, because they aren't Numenorean kings, and in any event I think that anything connected with a priestly class would leave a bad taste in their mouth. On the other hand, I can also see some people wanting to reclaim bits of that heritage, sort of like the SlutWalks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlutWalk) that happened a while back, or how Afro-Americans have tried to reclaim the "N-word." (As a caucasian I don't feel comfortable even saying it in this context!) I certainly would love for some author to write your view on things, to see how things might have unfolded along those lines.
In any event, thank you for reading - I appreciate the thoughts.