The Lord of the Kingdom

Fri 7 Apr 2006

Peredhil

Written by Dr Finrod in Rivendell

‘Half-elven’ (Sind.) - A term applied by the Elves to the brethren Elros and Elrond, sons of Eärendil (the Mariner) and the Lady Elwing the White; also, less specifically, to all those of mixed Eldarin [Elvish] and Mannish descent: Eärendil himself; Dior Eluchíl; Dior’s children, Eluré, Elurin and Elwing; and Elrond’s children, Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen Evenstar” (Tyler).

A Peredhil - or Peredhel, if plural - has the blood of both Elves and Númenoreans running through their veins. Dior, mentioned above, is unique: he was the son of Beren, a Númenorean, and Lúthien; Lúthien was the daughter of Elwë, an elf, but also Melian, a Maiar.

Namárië.

Sermons from Rivendell
Elrond Peredhil

Middling Ministry

"But I will say this: the rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?"
- Gandalf the White

God & Middle-Earth

"We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed, only by myth-making, only by becoming a 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour . . ."
- J.R.R. Tolkien

"The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact . . ."
- C.S. Lewis

One Lord

"Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?"
- Rom 6.16

The Value of Myth

"The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity . . . By putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it. As long as the story lingers in our mind, the real things are more themselves. [Tolkien] applies the treatment not only to bread or apple but to good and evil, to our endless perils, our anguish and our joys. By dipping them in myth we see them more clearly. I do not think he could have done it in any other way.”
- C.S. Lewis