Beren
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Sep 11, 2026
RosieHOST
He really goes quite extra on it.
RosieHOST
And I think it does really work for that quite flamboyant, quite petty, nasty first-age Sauron that we hear of in Beren and Luthien.
RosieHOST
I can really imagine this particular Sauron getting beaten up by an elf and a dog and then crying off.
RosieHOST
After having defeated Galadriel's brother in a rat battle, he's not completely useless.
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RosieHOST
So he names three heroic men that he would probably hate.
RosieHOST
Like all these people are men who have stood against him and against Morgoth and really caused him some trouble.
RosieHOST
So he names Beren, who was able to steal a Silmaril from Morgoth because Sauron let himself get beaten up by a dog.
RosieHOST
Tua, who was Eärendil's dad, a man who stood against Morgoth's forces at Gondolin.
Corey OlsenHOST
Um, Tuor goes native.
Corey OlsenHOST
Beren and Aragorn don't.
Corey OlsenHOST
Um, uh, again, Tuor does come out, but he only comes out when Faerie is burning down around his ears.
Corey OlsenHOST
So, you know, like, uh, different situation.
JohnHOST
The Dunedain share a great deal of cultural heritage with the Noldor and Sindar, yet they have the rather regrettable distinction of having to suffer natural death, though with the consolation of having a much longer natural lifespan than other men.
JohnHOST
Given their close cultural affinity to the High Elves, it is fitting that the first songs of the Dunedain we are privy to in The Lord of the Rings have to do with two of the greatest figures of the First Age, Beren and Eärendil.
JohnHOST
Beren is already known to us from the story of Beren and Luthien, see chapter 5.
JohnHOST
Eärendil is the half-elven seafarer who sailed into the Blessed Realm, and the grandfather of Númenor, being as he is the father of its first king, Elros, brother of Elrond.
JohnHOST
Thus, the songs of the Dunedain show their concern with their own strange heritage and high calling.
JohnHOST
Overall, the music of men marks them as a strange people among those of Middle-earth.
JohnHOST
On one hand, they are capable of brief and insignificant lives, with a normal lifespan shorter even than that of hobbits.
JohnHOST
Yet all the same, they are created for a destiny possibly even greater than that of the elves, as hinted at by the great heroism and deeds for which Beren and Eärendil won renown.
Medi Ann VolpeGUEST
But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice is right.
Medi Ann VolpeGUEST
And though all the mighty elf friends of old, Hedor and Hurin and Turin and Beren himself were assembled together, your seat should be among them." Elrond puts Frodo and the story in a really interesting place.
Medi Ann VolpeGUEST
Because he doesn't put Frodo in the beginning of the story, he puts Frodo at the end of the story.
Medi Ann VolpeGUEST
It's almost like he sees into Frodo's heart and says, yeah, this is going to happen.
JessicaHOST
So Sauron starts to kind of have this inconsistent characterization across the legendarium that's really interesting.
JessicaHOST
Because, like, in the Silmarillion version of Beren and Luthien, Sauron's an absolute demon.
JessicaHOST
He just, like, messes with Gorlim and, like, tricks him.
JessicaHOST
And he schemes how to, like, take...
JessicaHOST
some assault, I don't know.
JessicaHOST
Yeah, be a monster.
JessicaHOST
So that Beren and Luthien Sauron is really different from what we get in, say, of the Rings of Power in the Third Age, which is just a couple chapters later, but that's when you start to get this idea about a Sauron who may or may not be repentant.
JessicaHOST
And so now I want to move into the second mode, which is the bureaucrat.
speaker_1HOST
Far from it.
speaker_2HOST
He counts figures like Beren and Tur among his correct ancestors.
speaker_2HOST
Yeah.
speaker_2HOST
And if you're listening and you don't know the deep lore, just know that these are the foundational mythological heroes of Middle-earth.
Alan SistoHOST
The Edain, Atani, were three peoples of men who, coming first to the west of Middle-earth and the shores of the Great Sea, became allies of the Eldar against the enemy.
Alan SistoHOST
There were three unions of the Eldar and the Edain, Luthien and Beren, Idril and Tuor, Arwen and Aragorn.
Alan SistoHOST
By the last, the long-sundered branches of the half-elven were reunited and their line was restored.
Alan SistoHOST
Luthien Tinuvio was the daughter of King Thingol, Grey Cloak of Doriath, in the First Age, but her mother was Melian of the people of the Valar.
Alan SistoHOST
Beren was the son of Barahir of the First House of the Edain.
Alan SistoHOST
Together they wrested a Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth.
Alan SistoHOST
Luthien became mortal and was lost to Elvenkind.
Alan SistoHOST
I mean, it's an accurate summing up, but boy, it sure does compress everything about it.
Alan SistoHOST
Interesting.
Alan SistoHOST
Interesting that they're not mentioned as men, but they certainly could have been, right? Earendil's line ran through Tuor and Beren just as much as it did through Idril and Luthien.
Alan SistoHOST
The name, though, was made by the elves, and the fraction is calculated from the elvish side.
Alan SistoHOST
Elrond and Elros spend their entire existence described in terms of what portion of elf they are.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Before Sauron, there was his master Morgoth.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Before Aragorn and Arwen, there was Beren and Luthien.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Join us as we explore Tolkien and all the ages of Middle-earth with your hosts from TheOneRing.com, Jonathan Watson and Michael Grumbine.
Jonathan WatsonHOST
was a hard week and i and i don't mean that like you know water leaks or internet problems which we might be having a little bit here now so we'll try and fix the fix it in post as they say but michael i re-watched all is it 16 16 episodes of the rings of power every single one oh god and i have thoughts that's i have more
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Michael GrumbineHOST
Then many witnesses were heard, and of these Mablung spoke most and clearest.
Michael GrumbineHOST
Now, Mablung is the—he actually appears—he's the chief of the guard of Doriath and Doriath.
Michael GrumbineHOST
We read about him last week with his dialogue with Turin, but he's also, he features in the story of Beren and Luthien.
Michael GrumbineHOST
He's the one that cuts the Silmaril from the belly of Karkaroth, the wolf.
speaker_0HOST
but Tolkien managed to work this into the story of Felagund and his fate.
speaker_0HOST
He would swear an oath to Barahir, heir to the House of Beor and father to the legendary Beren.
speaker_0HOST
This oath would lead to Felagund's death and protecting Beren from a werewolf serving Sauron during the quest for the Silmaril in Tal in Gauroth.
speaker_0HOST
Earlier in the tale, Felagund spoke with his sister Galadriel and was asked why he had no wife.
speaker_0HOST
Foresight would come upon him and he would know in his heart that an oath would be sworn that must allow him the freedom to fulfil it and go into darkness.
speaker_0HOST
This brings me to the history that most will be familiar with, Gil-galad being the son of Fingon in the Silmarillion.
speaker_0HOST
Any of you can pick up a copy of the Silmarillion and read the following, but some went aboard ship and escaped by sea, and among them was Aureneon Gil-galad, the son of Fingon, whom his father had sent to the havens after the Dagor Bragolach.
speaker_0HOST
This has less to do with where to place Gil-galad in the genealogies, and more about the figure Oredrith and his role in the stories of Beren and Turin.
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