![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been suggested in many fan communities that Frodo could’ve been granted special Elvin immunity to death as a reward for his great sacrifice. Does Frodo Become Immortal and Live Forever in The Undying Lands? It certainly makes sense why some people believe that Frodo’s journey into The Undying Lands is actually a metaphor for death.Īs any LOTR fan knows, this epic tale is packed with metaphors, but even so, Tolkein was always adamant that his books weren’t allegory.įor this reason, most Tolkein scholars agree that the author’s description of the events at the end of the final book should be taken literally rather than metaphorically. Beside him stood Merry and Pippin, and they were silent.”įrom Frodo’s perspective, he’s heading into a beautiful new world, but all Sam can see is “a shadow on the waters that was soon lost in the West”. There still, he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-Earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart. And then it seemed to him as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.īut to Sam, the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven and as he looked at the grey Sea, he saw only a shadow on the waters that was soon lost in the West. “And the ship went out into the High Sea on into the West, until at last on a night of rain, Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. ![]() ![]() Here’s a quote from The Return of the King that kind of hints towards this idea. Is it possible that Frodo had actually died before he boarded the White Ship, and was he sailing off towards the afterlife? Some fans of the Trilogy suggest that Valinor and The Undying Lands are a metaphor for heaven itself. So we know where Frodo went and even why he went there, but Tolkien’s epic story still leaves a few questions unanswered. Tolkien – The SilmarillionĪs you can see from Tolkein’s description in The Silmarillion, Valinor is essentially paradise, but not the kind that you have to die before you can go there. In that guarded land the Valar gathered great store of light and the fairest things that were saved from the ruin and many others yet fairer they made anew, and Valinor became more beautiful even than Middle-earth in the Spring of Arda and it was blessed, for the Deathless dwelt there, and there naught faded nor withered, neither was there any stain upon flower or leaf in that land, nor any corruption or sickness in anything that lived for the very stones and waters were hallowed.” J.R.R. “Behind the walls of the Pelóri, the Valar established their domain in that region which is called Valinor, and there were their houses, their gardens, and their towers. Both the Valar and the Elves are immortal beings, hence the name, The Undying Lands. Valar is an angelic spiritual being that is often referred to as ‘masters of spirits.’ Born from Eru Iluvatar’s (God’s) own mind, these beings have no physical body instead, they are reflections of the creator’s heart and mind.Įlves also live alongside the Valar in the mystical Undying Lands, but unlike their human, hobbit, and dwarf friends, they never die. The realm contains the magical land of Valinor, the ancestral home of the Valar. The Undying Lands, also known as the Blessed Realm of Aman, are separated from Middle Earth by the great Belegaer Sea. ![]()
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