Ancalagon
09-15-2002, 12:43 PM
There fell Celegorm by Dior's hand, and there fell Curufin, and dark Caranthir; but Dior was slain also, and Nimloth his wife, and the cruel servants of Celegorm seized his young sons and left them to starve in the forest. Of this Maedhros indeed repented, and sought for them long in the woods of Doriath; but his search was unavailing, and of the fate of Eluréd and Elurín no tale tells.
Still no-one knows of the final resting place of these two, whether they escaped, were truly left to starve, or were taken and reared by wolves? I however have a theory, which is apparent from the following passage and that I hope you will discuss;
Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars and the Vestal Rhea Silvia, were the mythical founders of Rome. At birth they were placed in a basket and set afloat on the Tiber (note the similarity to the story of Moses). The basket came aground at the grotto Lupercal, under a fig tree called Ruminal, where the twins were found and suckled by a she-wolf, and later raised by the shepherd family of Faustulus and and his wife, Acca Larentia.
There, Eluréd and Elurín are the true founders of Rome;)
Still no-one knows of the final resting place of these two, whether they escaped, were truly left to starve, or were taken and reared by wolves? I however have a theory, which is apparent from the following passage and that I hope you will discuss;
Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars and the Vestal Rhea Silvia, were the mythical founders of Rome. At birth they were placed in a basket and set afloat on the Tiber (note the similarity to the story of Moses). The basket came aground at the grotto Lupercal, under a fig tree called Ruminal, where the twins were found and suckled by a she-wolf, and later raised by the shepherd family of Faustulus and and his wife, Acca Larentia.
There, Eluréd and Elurín are the true founders of Rome;)