This song is surely about Finrod. He's seen the moon and the first sunrise, whereas Beren did not. It wouldn't make sense for this to be about a man, though it does seem like it's coming from the perspective of someone not of the Eldar. Everything about it makes me think of Finrod, and the next track, which this song leads right into, IS Nom the Wise.
@Mormegil I will add another thing that makes it clear to think about Finrod: "I've tasted poison, when I drank the wine of fate". For me the poison is the werewolf bite and the the wine of fate that he drank is a metaphor about the promise that he made about helping Beren.
@Mormegil I will add another thing that makes it clear to think about Finrod: "I've tasted poison, when I drank the wine of fate". For me the poison is the werewolf bite and the the wine of fate that he drank is a metaphor about the promise that he made about helping Beren.
This song is surely about Finrod. He's seen the moon and the first sunrise, whereas Beren did not. It wouldn't make sense for this to be about a man, though it does seem like it's coming from the perspective of someone not of the Eldar. Everything about it makes me think of Finrod, and the next track, which this song leads right into, IS Nom the Wise.
And the obvious narrator of the "Nom the Wise" would be Beren.....
And the obvious narrator of the "Nom the Wise" would be Beren.....
@Mormegil I will add another thing that makes it clear to think about Finrod: "I've tasted poison, when I drank the wine of fate". For me the poison is the werewolf bite and the the wine of fate that he drank is a metaphor about the promise that he made about helping Beren.
@Mormegil I will add another thing that makes it clear to think about Finrod: "I've tasted poison, when I drank the wine of fate". For me the poison is the werewolf bite and the the wine of fate that he drank is a metaphor about the promise that he made about helping Beren.