Glorfindel reincarnated

[Galin]

By the way, when Tolkien was writing the drafts for The Lord of the Rings, he noted to himself that Glorfindel tells of his ancestry in Gondolin...

... now we know Tolkien never had the Elf do that for the tale that was ultimately published, but what's interesting to me is... if this note suggests that, at least at this brief point in time (and perhaps only for the very day he jotted down the reference), Tolkien considered Glorfindel of Rivendell to be the Elf of Gondolin...

... at this time the conception was that Elves were reincarnated by being reborn, physically, to new parents, thus having new bodies.

So what "would" have been that ancestry? And Glorfindel of Rivendell is still golden-haired, despite being reborn to new parents... hmm.

Of course in a sense it's a moot question or wondering, given that Tolkien changed his mind about this type of reincarnation...

... but anyway