Men in Valinor???

[Ithilin]

ive just started the Book of lost Tales 1, and in the first chapter, where Eriol arrives in Tol Eressea and comes to the cottage of lost play, Vaire tells him about the Path of Dreams ("Olore Malle")
that leads to a village of Men...

how can this be??

[Brent]

Maybe thats the hangout for all those lost Mariners the sil goes on about :p

[morello13]

yeah that was wierd, i also dont get this whole thing how elves are now faires and are now much smaller

are the people of the cottage of the lost play teleri(solopmpissi)?

[Ithilin]

i think some of them are elves (like that "littleheart" guy, and vaire and..the other one..:D)
but i think the children/people are human kids who came to valinor and cant go back or somefink...
i think...*gets even more confused*

[krash8765]

i started to read it and I just gave up its so weird!

[Aiwendil2]

Don't expect The Book of Lost Tales to be at all consistent with the Silmarillion (or LotR). "The Book of Lost Tales" was Tolkien's original, unfinished version of the mythology, written during and just after the first world war. So if you want to read it, forget everything you know about Valinor, Middle-earth, Elves, Men, and everything else. It's also almost essential to read the commentary - you're certainly missing something if you don't.

[morello13]

still note getting the little fairies, who is vaire descened form, and is the gong warden descended from earandil

[Celebithil]

Yeah that book was hard to muddle through with all the contradictions in it.