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The correct form of the Sindarin for "The Tale of the Children of Húrin" is 'Narn i Chín Húrin'. Christopher Tolkien changed this to Hín Húrin for 'Unfinished Tales' because he was afraid people would pronounce the word as English 'Chin' otherwise.
Reference: "Later Húrin", 'History of Middle-earth' series (I am looking up the exact book and page reference now). — Jor 20:11, Jan 6, 2004 (UTC)
- That would be HoME5, "The Lost Road". Quote from the HarperCollins paperback edition of 1993, page 322 (discussion of chapter 17 of the Quenta Silmarillion): …now the Lay is expressly mentioned, and given the Elvish name iChúrinien. (…) It may be noted here that later iChúrinien was replaced by Narn i Chîn Húrin, which is so spelt al all occurances, but was improperly changed by me to Narn i Hîn Húrin in Unfinished Tales (because I did not want Chîn to be pronounced like Modern English chin). At word is Christoper Tolkien here, editor of both Unfinished Tales and the HoME. — Jor 20:22, Jan 6, 2004 (UTC)
- The same paragraph refers to initial consonent variation in Exilic Noldorin (the language which would become Sindarin): because of the 'i' in the title of this work 'Hîn' becomes 'Chîn'. Another example is Dor Gyrth i chuinar (Land of the Dead that Live) (Letters #417) — this represents *Dor Gyrth in cuinar if ICV would not apply. (i vs in is a different issue in Sindarin). — Jor 20:32, Jan 6, 2004 (UTC)
Middle-earth suicides
As far as I can tell, out of all the characters in Tolkien's stories, who die in a wide variety of ways, there are only a handful who ever kill themselves. (I think this is likely significant coming from a Catholic. Tolkien would not have used suicide lightly.)
The only ones I can think of are:
1-Túrin
2-Nienor
3-Aerin, as mentioned in this article (although this is obscure)
4-Maedhros
5-Denethor
There are probably some random minor characters. However, we are still left with the bulk of Middle-earth suicides taking place in one story. I'm not counting people who grieve themselves to death, either.
Maybe I'm way out in left field, but I think this is interesting (and also a relevant and significant part of the whole Turambar story). Anyone else care to contradict/add/interpret? --Aranel 21:38, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Míriel Serindë’s desire to end her life might count as a form of suicide. Of course as a Catholic JRRT saw suicide as one of the biggest evils possible, so it is quite rare. [[User:Anárion|Missing image
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