Talk:Aredhel

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I don't know why "Argon" was put in, but I usually thing of Aredhel being the lastborn and just having Fingon and Turgon as siblings.

Argon was a son of Fingolfin in Tolkien's later (authorative) writings of the 1960s just before his death. The Silmarillion is for the most part pieced together by Christopher Tolkien from various texts ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s, and he overlooked some later writings (where Argon appears, as well as the correct descent of Gil-galad and Orodreth), left entire stories out (as in Wanderings of Húrin), and in some places completely rewrote the story because the story was not compatible with later rewritten parts (as in the Nauglamir story). Do yourself a favour and read the History of Middle-earth series, especially books X, XI, and XII. — Jor (Talk) 00:22, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

I removed this statment about the pronunciation of the name:

Note on pronunciation: Aredhel should be pronounced ar-eth-el, not ar-ed-hel.

The reason I removed it is that it is at least as ambiguous as Tolkien's spelling, since th can be pronounced in two ways in English. (Most people who are even aware that it is pronounced in two ways probably recognize the spelling dh as voiced th.) Is there someone who is more familiar with IPA code and very comfortable with Elvish pronunciation who could come up with a less ambiguous pronunciation guide? -Aranel ("Sarah") 02:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)