![]() ![]() In the earlier versions this man is named Eriol and is of some vague north European origin. In the frame story of the book, a mortal Man visits the Elvish Isle of Tol Eressëa where he learns the history of its inhabitants. The original usage of "Teleri" would eventually change until the name became "Vanyar", while the house of Elves called "Solosimpi" would inherit the name "Teleri". For example, the house of Elves called "Teleri" in The Book of Lost Tales is not the same as that of The Silmarillion (see Teleri). Confusingly, sometimes the name applied to one thing is later used to refer to something quite different, the original use abandoned. Tolkien changed names rather frequently, sometimes with several new variants (rejected in turn) written in a single manuscript. ![]() While many of the names in the book are identical or close to those in the later versions, some of them bear almost no resemblance to their final forms. Thus when Thingol feels disdain for Beren it is because the latter is a gnome (not a mortal human) and therefore a thrall of Melkor. ![]() Secondly the interaction between the different elf-races is profoundly different: the exiled Noldoli (or "Gnomes", the Noldor of the later histories) suffer decisive defeat much earlier and become slaves of the enemy they had sought to punish. Firstly the Tales are more complex and detailed than The Silmarillion: they are written in a less formal but more archaic style and include many obsolete words and phrases. Though they cover a broadly similar history, the Tales are very different from The Silmarillion. ![]()
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