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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: "Passing away" into the West (was Re: Rivendell)
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 15:15:21 GMT
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- References: <1992Dec17.065103.7301@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1992Dec17.100921.12366@leland.Stanford.EDU> <uh311ae.724614395@sunmanager>
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- In article <uh311ae.724614395@sunmanager> uh311ae@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Henrik Klagges) writes:
- > To be more finicky, both elven & human warriors sit in the very same
- >halls of Mandos after their death.
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- To be more finicky, men only pass through the halls on their way out of
- the circle of the world. It is noted in the tale of Beren and Luthien
- that Beren purposely delayed in leaving the halls to await Luthien. He
- wouldn't have had to delay if men just sat around for eternity as did
- elves.
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