Re: Death and Elves.

Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in 
: rec.arts.books.tolkien, Matthew Bladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> even Miriel eventually re-inhabited her body. Finwe gave up 
:>his right to be re-embodied in return for this boon (even Miriel 
:>eventually came to want to exercise her skills and 'live' again).

: Huh? I thought Miriel's decision to refuse reincarnation was 
: irrevocable, and only then was Finwe allowed to remarry.

: Where did you find the above addenda?

It is in Morgoth's Ring.  That is where all the good stuff is.
        "Therefore when Nienna came to him [Mandos] and renewed her
         prayer for Miriel, he consented, accepting the abnegation of 
         Finwe as her ransom.  Then the fea of Miriel was released and came
         before Manwe and received his blessing; and she went then to Lorien
         and re-entered her body, and awok again, as one that cometh out
         of a deep sleep; and she arose and her body was refreshed."

This is in "Laws A", in the "The Later Quenta Silmarillion".  Page 249
in the hardback.

Stephen