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The story does not involve the sons per se, but is more about Nerdanel's changing feelings for her husband. It is loosley based on the Biblical story of Leah and Jacob. The important thing is the meaning of the mother-names.
And Rhapsody, thank you for the quote on when mother-names was given. I think I am going to have her give the names fairly early in their life. Not at birth but within a few years. At the beginning it comes from the fact that Miriel died shortly after Feanor's birth and so Nerdanel is unsure that she will be able to survive the drain that comes from childbearing. Later, it will be because she has always done so.
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The story does not involve the sons per se, but is more about Nerdanel's changing feelings for her husband. It is loosley based on the Biblical story of Leah and Jacob. The important thing is the meaning of the mother-names.
And Rhapsody, thank you for the quote on when mother-names was given. I think I am going to have her give the names fairly early in their life. Not at birth but within a few years. At the beginning it comes from the fact that Miriel died shortly after Feanor's birth and so Nerdanel is unsure that she will be able to survive the drain that comes from childbearing. Later, it will be because she has always done so.