Are those supposed to be twin lamps? I can’t make out what the left picture is at all.
They’re supposed to be the Two Trees from the Silmarillion.
Ah ok. I’m guessing the trees are after the lamps? Are they on the elf island?
I know the creation stuff, but not that much after it.
Yeah. I’m not sure why, from a narrative perspective, Tolkien choose to have Melkor destroy the world’s source of light (the lamps) and then have Melkor destroy the world’s source of light (the trees this time) again. I think it’s already clear that he’s the Dark Lord after the first time he does it, but maybe there’s some additional symbolism that I missed.
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Not everything needs to have deep/real-world meaning. As i recall, Tolkien really didn’t like people ascribing such things to his writing. They’re just stories and should be treated as such.
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