My theory is that the nameless things are left over from the previous world that Eru Illavatar created. Then one day Middle Earth will be destroyed all over again only to be re-made into a new world. There does seem to be a theme of a cycle of life. Creation, then struggle then destruction then rebirth.
Interesting take, although I take umbrage with phrases like "tale tell", "rumors are", "some speculate". Far as I know nothing cannon is known apart from Galdafs words. So this comes across as Nameless things, the fanfic, simlarities with HP Lovecrafts ancient ones and their cosmic horror. If I have my two cents, they are known only to Illuvitar, similar to Ungoliant, a horror as old as Melchor, a darkness said to be "spider like" as it was a completely different type of being.
Thanks for sharing your insights! I get what you mean about phrases like ‘tale tell’-Tolkien leaves so much open to mystery. I love the comparison to Lovecraft’s horrors and Ungoliant; it really deepens the sense of cosmic dread in Middle-earth. Appreciate your thoughts!.
Great video!! I like the theories, I think they are like the Watcher in the Water, completely unguessed and unassumed, and greater than what we fear.
The Watcher in the Water gives us a glimpse into just how terrifying the Nameless Things truly were.
UNGOLIANT is probably one of the nameless things
that’s could be true!
My theory is that the nameless things are left over from the previous world that Eru Illavatar created. Then one day Middle Earth will be destroyed all over again only to be re-made into a new world. There does seem to be a theme of a cycle of life. Creation, then struggle then destruction then rebirth.
Never heard that theory before, very interesting!
@Taleof_fellowship thank you 😊
Interesting take, although I take umbrage with phrases like "tale tell", "rumors are", "some speculate". Far as I know nothing cannon is known apart from Galdafs words. So this comes across as Nameless things, the fanfic, simlarities with HP Lovecrafts ancient ones and their cosmic horror. If I have my two cents, they are known only to Illuvitar, similar to Ungoliant, a horror as old as Melchor, a darkness said to be "spider like" as it was a completely different type of being.
Thanks for sharing your insights! I get what you mean about phrases like ‘tale tell’-Tolkien leaves so much open to mystery. I love the comparison to Lovecraft’s horrors and Ungoliant; it really deepens the sense of cosmic dread in Middle-earth. Appreciate your thoughts!.
Or they may be the physical manifestation of Melkor's discordant notes, or of the "calibration" of the Ainur's "musical instruments".
Very interesting, it could be!
@Taleof_fellowship Read/heard it in another Tolkien channel and adopted it as my headcanon.
Amazingly written sadly Tolkien didn't give us anymore hints about them!
thank you 🙏🏻