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The Silmarillion ‧ 1977
Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Húrin asserts a future beyond the defeat surrounding him. The cry makes resistance a refusal to let the present darkness define all time.
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In The Silmarillion’s account of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Húrin repeats this Quenya cry during his last stand. Tolkien supplies its English meaning as “Day shall come again.” The defiance belongs to the disastrous Fifth Battle, long before the events of The Lord of the Rings.
Sources (4)
- Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand — reference 1Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand; wording and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand — reference 2Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand; wording and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand — reference 3Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand; wording and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand — reference 4Chapter 20, “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”, Húrin’s last stand; wording and sceneReference checked
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