tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746173806126403959.post7238370132925380758..comments2023-11-07T06:20:12.181-08:00Comments on Tolkien: Medieval and Modern: Names and History: the Development of Language"Tolkien: Medieval and Modern"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04348913969813157482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746173806126403959.post-83377479042303130532014-04-26T15:17:19.246-07:002014-04-26T15:17:19.246-07:00You raise a lot of very interesting questions at t...You raise a lot of very interesting questions at the conclusion of your post, and I very much enjoyed the level of engagement throughout. I wonder if it might have been better to pursue one of them at greater length. I'm especially interested in your discussion of the dwarves and the Valar. The latter seems necessarily unavailable to us (at least in its fullness), earthbound as we are (although this does not stop theologians from musing on the language of the angels, so who knows). However, the former is maybe more within our grasp. We know what dwarvish looks like, what does it tell us about its creator? <br /><br />Thinking about names, I think your own post answers the questions you bring up in the end. Names both shape us and reflect us. They, like our languages, are a fundamental expression of our identity.dyingsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02087241514388178221noreply@blogger.com