Most of us know J. R. R. Tolkien because of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. However, probably not most of us know that this great author was also a poet, philologist, and university professor. These three novels form a connected body of tales, but there was a gap in the big, collective story line.
With the new material discovered, later on, this gap is filled and here is how:
And one of the many others was The Tale of Beren and Luthien, which was lost for a long time, but discovered recently; and is prepared to be published.
Still, there are many similarities between these two stories.
Let's go back to the first era and take a look at the two lovers' story that was mentioned in Silmarillion, but was unfinished.
As we are going to give a very general summary, we advise you to not continue if you want to read the story itself later.
Finding one of the three Simarils that Morgoth, father of evil, stole from elves and retrieve it!
During their adventure together, they find the Silmaril but lose it again due to a wolf attack.
And Luthien gives up on his immortality for Beren. That's how they live happily ever after until the end of their lives.
It is very exciting to see a story that was written almost a century ago be discovered recently. And it is a great privilege to be awaiting new works by Tolkien when we are about to celebrate 2017!
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