Saruman: The first 1760 years...

***Earniel*** · 04-09-2018, 09:55 AM

True, but Gimli was walking around with an axe in a period when large parts of Treebeard's beloved trees were being chopped down to fuel the fires of Orthanc. Treebeard didn't really mind Gimli, knowing he was a Dwarf, until the fact that he carried an axe became obvious. It was the axe Treebeard objected to, not the fact that Gimli was a Child of Aulë and thus without a care for the Children of Yavánna. I think we can forgive Treebeard's dislike of Gimli on that part.

Now that you mention it, the Greek Gods appear to not have been an influence in Tolkien's development of the Valar. If Yavanna and Aulë had been like Greek Gods, there was a a large amount of drama and tragedy to be had from the dispute between their Children, just like the Greek play-writers would have loved!

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04-09-2018, 09:55 AM	#1
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	True, but Gimli was walking around with an axe in a period when large parts of Treebeard's beloved trees were being chopped down to fuel the fires of Orthanc. Treebeard didn't really mind Gimli, knowing he was a Dwarf, until the fact that he carried an axe became obvious. It was the axe Treebeard objected to, not the fact that Gimli was a Child of Aulë and thus without a care for the Children of Yavánna. I think we can forgive Treebeard's dislike of Gimli on that part. Now that you mention it, the Greek Gods appear to not have been an influence in Tolkien's development of the Valar. If Yavanna and Aulë had been like Greek Gods, there was a a large amount of drama and tragedy to be had from the dispute between their Children, just like the Greek play-writers would have loved!