If the myth is, in fact, untrue, one source of this belief could be the rare case of Glorfindel's return to Middle-earth.
Since this information is supposed to be coming to us from the beliefs of the Noldor stuck in Middle-earth and the trip to Valinor is a one way trip, accurate knowledge transfer from Valinor to Middle-earth presumably doesn't happen. So, Túor becoming immortal could be true, but could also just be something Noldor in Middle-earth believed without definitive proof of truth, as per Tolkien's emphasis. Túor weds Idril the daughter of Turgon King of Gondolin and 'it is supposed' (not stated) that he as an unique exception receives the Elvish limited 'immortality': an exception either way.
(Since 'mortality' is thus represented as a special gift of God to the Second Race of the Children (the Eruhíni, the Children of the One God) and not a punishment for a Fall.) is based on my view: that Men are essentially mortal and must not try to become 'immortal' in the flesh. Túor becoming Immortal is only a supposition, and not fact. I was able to dig up an actual copy of the referenced Letter 153 and the text of the letter makes many things clear.ġ. How were the Valar able to take away Lúthien's immortality and give her mortality, when apparently that's the purview of Eru alone? (How did Beren's dead soul turn up in Mandos, when he should have suffered the Doom of Men and how did the Valar have the authority to send it back to Middle-earth even on a temporary basis?)Įdited to add the cases of Lúthien and Beren as well, because this all seems extremely related and possibly one question. Is there any info in Tolkien's letters or in any other publications regarding this? As a result he summoned Beren from the houses of the dead.Įven Manwë could not change the fate of Men, and so he presented Lúthien with the choice to return to the land of Middle-earth together with Beren as a mortal herself, accepting the Doom of Men and sharing in whatever unknown fate awaits them outside the Circles of the World.Īccording to the citation on Tolkien Gateway, Tolkien confirms that Túor being granted immortality was a unique exception by the special will of Ilúvatar himself - Eru being the only one capable of taking/giving the the gifts of Mortality and Immortality, which were gifts from Eru to the Eruhini - in Letter #153.īut then we have the Valar recalling Beren's spirit and bringing it back to life (for a limited time) and giving the 'Gift/Doom' of Mortality to Lúthien, without any hint of intervention by Eru. sang a song of woe before the throne of Mandos Lord of the Dead. It was a tradition under the Eldar and Edain that they arrived in Valinor, and that Túor alone of Men was counted among the Eldar, immortal as other Elves.
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