III. - Of The Beginning of Days: An Unshaped World
This post actually covers from the above chapter through to Of Thingol and Melian, containing a lot of worldbuilding ramble.
( Of The Beginning of Days )
( Of and Aulë and Yavanna )
( Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor )
( Of Thingol and Melian )
*this is the first time we see song as world-shaping magic whilst within the world: the necessary shamanic counterweight to smith-worship tends to be underplayed, but it's there.
This post actually covers from the above chapter through to Of Thingol and Melian, containing a lot of worldbuilding ramble.
( Of The Beginning of Days )
( Of and Aulë and Yavanna )
( Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor )
( Of Thingol and Melian )
*this is the first time we see song as world-shaping magic whilst within the world: the necessary shamanic counterweight to smith-worship tends to be underplayed, but it's there.