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Anglachel/Gurthang is essentially a cursed sword, forged by the 'dark elf' Eöl and only reluctantly surrendered to Thingol. "There is malice in this sword. The dark heart of the smith still ...

It's possible this is a remnant from an earlier version of the text. In The War of the Jewels, "The Wanderings of Húrin" Christopher explains that originally Húrin didn't come to his wife ...

To expand on @Nolimon's excellent comment: You have finally found your long-lost wife but only as she is dying. You're sitting there next to her, having been released from decades of torture, and ...

The Children of Húrin contains some content that is new, though most of the "new" parts are very similar to previously published material. There is an appendix published in The Children of ...

No pretty sure it means he couldn't leave and go help his son. For starters, the bonds were on his legs, not his hands. It even says he has free use of his hands, as he's able to point to the bonds ...

Turin Turambar was raised by Elves in his childhood. Such fostering enabled him to learn such "Elven teachings". Keeping in mind that the Elves were wiser and more powerful than Men, these ...

I like @Knight of Few Words answer and have upvoted it, but I'll add a speculation: As the story says, the sword is cursed and the dark heart of its maker dwells in it, but there is a distinction ...

The most obvious difference is that one is written in verse and the other in prose. To Thangorodrim       was the Thalion bome, that mountain that meets       the misty skies on high over the ...