Сложившаяся ситуация –Валар ≪подморозили≫ статус-кво.
Ужас-ужас, видевшийся в Тирионе, в принципе никуда не исчез, но сейчас напрямую не
угрожает –отложен на неопределённое время.
Обратим внимание, что в [Oath-50, Oath-60] семеро братьев приносят клятву, взявшись за руки,
тогда как для прозаического описания речей Феанора в Тирионе характерен мотив
≪обнажённых мечей в свете факелов≫ [Oath-100, Oath-110]. Трудно сказать, не является ли
образ ≪семи родичей, соединивших руки в клятве≫ отголоском вторичной клятвы феанориони
(после сражения с балрогами) и её обстоятельств во ≪внутренней≫ литературной традиции
(??? Н ея сн ыйф ра гм ен т: ч тоз а в ну тр ен ня я л итр ад иц ия).
[Oath-95] добавили клятву мести за отца
[Oath-96] в Сильме чуть иначе
Эорл:...This vow shall descend to my heirs, all such as may come after me in our new land, and let
them keep it in faith unbroken, lest the Shadow fall upon them and they become accursed.
Кирион: For as he stood up the sun went down in flame in the West and his white robe seemed to be
on fire; and after he had vowed that Gondor should be bound by a like bond of friendship and aid in
all need, he lifted up his voice and said in Quenya:
Vanda sina termaruva Elenna-noreo alcar enyalien ar Elendil Vorondo voronwe. Nai tiruvantes i harar
mahalmassen mi Numen ar i Eru i or ilye mahalmar ea tennoio. 43
And again he said the Common Speech:
This oath shall stand in memory of the glory of the Land of the Star, and of the faith of Elendil the
Faithful, in the keeping of those who sit upon the thrones of the West and of the One who is above all
thrones for ever.
Such an oath had not been heard in Middle-earth since Elendil himself had sworn alliance with Gilgalad
King of the Eldar.
And was not used again until King Elessar returned and renewed the bond in that same place with
the King of the Rohirrim, Eomer the eighteenth descended from Eorl. It had been held lawful only for
the King of Numenor to call Eru to witness, and then only on the most grave and solemn occasions.
The line of the Kings had tome to an end in Ar-Pharazon who perished in the Downfall; but Elendil
Voronda was descended from Tar-Elendil the fourth King, and was held to be the rightful lord of the
Faithful, who had taken no part in the rebellion of the Kings and had been preserved from
destruction. Cirion was the Steward of the Kings descended from Elendil, and so far as Gondor was
concerned had as regent all their-powers –until the King should come again. Nonetheless his oath
astounded those who heard it, and filled them with awe, and was alone (over and above the
venerable tomb) sufficient to hallow the place where it was spoken.
QS:
Then many quailed; but Feanor hardened his heart and said: 'We have sworn, and not lightly. This
oath we will keep...'
Letters, # 131
the sons of Feanor take a terrible and blasphemous oath of enmity and vengeance against all or any,
even of the gods, who dares to claim any part or right in the Silmarilli.
[Oath-1] Властелин Тьмы, ≪Законопроект о Сильмариллах≫
http://lorien-garden.diary.ru/p174884324.htm
[Oath-2] Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири), ≪Глава “О падении Дориата” –три стратегии
редактирования≫ (≪Палантир≫ № 55)
Дальнейшей проблемой, как упоминалось, было проникновение гномов в Дориат.
Толкиен сам рассуждал об этом в поздних заметках (опубликованных в той же ≪Повести лет≫),
отмечая, что они не могли проникнуть через завесу Мелиан (как это происходит в ≪Утраченных
сказаниях≫ –с помощью эльфов-предателей). Он задумывался о варианте, когда гномы
обманом выманивают Тингола на границу, но так и не предложил какой-либо развёрнутой
версии, почему и как (и речь идёт скорее о беглом предположении, чем о ходе, обоснованном
сюжетно).
[Oath-5] Соколова Н.А., Афанасьева Л.П. (Две Змеи), Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири),
≪Клятва феанорингов: история и смысл мотива≫
Безусловный характер действия Клятвы заставляет порою предположить в ней
отдельную сущность, наделённую собственной волей. Можно было бы сказать, что Толкиен
одушевляет Клятву, но это несправедливо, поскольку ни души, ни разума у неё нет, а есть
инстинкт преследователя, звериное чутьё, которое ею движет. Это подтверждает употребление
Толкиеном глаголов, описывающих действие клятвы (например, по ≪Серым анналам≫):
≪клятва спала≫ (7 г.), ≪клятва была пробуждена≫ (465 г.), ≪клятва Феанора всё ещё была жива
и препятствовала всему доброму≫ –(468 г.). Эти глаголы характеризуют существо живое, но не
разумное. Подобные глаголы Толкиен не употребляет по отношению к другим клятвам, самым
близким примером можно счесть слова Финрода: ≪Вернулась ко мне моя клятва≫, –однако
возвращаются и письма за отсутствием адресата. У Толкиена ≪одушевлённые≫ глаголы
употребляются по отношению к таким понятиям как ≪судьба≫, ≪рок≫, что достаточно
традиционно для литературного языка.
[Oath-10] HoME-XI, “The Wanderings of Hurin and Other Writings”, “Tale of Years” (D)
512. Sons of Feanor learn of the uprising of the New Havens, and that the Silmaril is there, but
Maidros forswears his oath.
…527. Torment fell upon Maidros and his brethren (Maglor, Damrod and Diriel) because of
their unfulfilled oath.
[Oath-14] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 24
And when this new star was seen at evening, Maedhros spoke to Maglor his brother, and he
said: “Surely that is a Silmaril that shines now in the West?”
And Maglor answered: “If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again
by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad; for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure
from all evil.”
[Oath-20] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 24
Yet Maglor still held back, saying: “If Manwe and Varda themselves deny the fulfilment of an
oath to which we named them in witness, is it not made void?”
And Maedhros answered: “But how shall our voices reach to Iluvatar beyond the Circles of the
World? And by Iluvatar we swore in our madness, and called the Everlasting Darkness upon us, if we
kept not our word. Who shall release us?”
“If none can release us,” said Maglor, “then indeed the Everlasting Darkness shall be our lot,
whether we keep our oath or break it; but less evil shall we do in the breaking.”
[Oath-30] Соколова Н.А., Афанасьева Л.П. (Две Змеи), Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири), ≪Клятва
феанорингов: история и смысл мотива≫
...В целом, рассматривая весь комплекс текстов, мы можем говорить о том, что данный
сюжет изменяется достаточно мало (скорее –уточняется и развивается).
[Oath-32] Соколова Н.А., Афанасьева Л.П. (Две Змеи), Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири), ≪Клятва
феанорингов: история и смысл мотива≫
Несмотря на широко распространённое убеждение, целью клятвы не является также
получение сильмариллов. Цель Клятвы –≪ преследовать всякого, кто…≫ посягнёт на камни.
[Oath-40] HoME-I, “Gilfanon's Tale: The Travail of the Noldoli and the Coming of Mankind”
Maidros, guided by Ilkorins, led a host into the hills to search for the dwellings of Melko, but
they were driven back with slaughter from the doors of Angamandi; and Maidros himself was taken
alive, tortured –because he would not reveal the secret arts of the Noldoli in the making of jewels – and sent back to the Gnomes maimed. Then the Seven Sons of Feanor swore an oath of enmity for
ever against any that should hold the Silmarils.
[Oath-42] HoME-I, “Gilfanon's Tale: The Travail of the Noldoli and the Coming of Mankind”
The Seven Sons of Feanor swore their terrible oath of hatred for ever against all, Gods or
Elves or Men, who should hold the Silmarils.
[Oath-45] HoME-II, “The Nauglafring”
Now Maidros, whom Melko maimed, was their leader; and he called to his brethren Maglor and
Dinithel, and to Damrod, and to Celegorm, to Cranthor and to Curufin the Crafty, and he said to them
how it was now known to him that a Silmaril of those their father Feanor had made was now the pride
and glory of Dior of the southern vales, “and Elwing his daughter bears it whitherso she goes –but do
you not forget,” said he, “that we swore to have no peace with Melko nor any of his folk, nor with any
other of Earth-dwellers that held the Silmarils of Feanor from us. For what,” said Maidros, “do we
suffer exile and wandering and rule over a scant and forgotten folk, if others gather to their hoard the
heirlooms that are ours?”
[Oath-47] HoME-II, “The Nauglafring”
Then went Curufin unto his brethren, and because of their unbreakable oath and of their
[? thirst] for that Silmaril (nor indeed was the spell of Mim and of the dragon wanting) they planned
war upon Dior...
[Oath-49] HoME-III, “The Lay of the Children of Hurin”
Then a song on a sudden soaring loudly – and the trees up-looming towering harkened – was raised of the Wrack of the Realm of the Gods;
of the need of the Gnomes on the Narrow Crossing;
of the fight at Fangros, and Feanor's sons'
oath unbreakable. Then up sprang Beleg:
“That our vaunt and our vows be not vain for ever,
even such as they swore, those seven chieftains,
an oath let us swear that is unchanging
as Tain-Gwethil's towering mountain!”
Their blades were bared, as blood shining
in the flame of the fires while they flashed and touched.
As with one man's voice the words were spoken,
and the oath uttered that must unrecalled
abide for ever, a bond of truth
and friendship in arms, and faith in peril.
Thus war was waked in the woods once more
for the foes of Faerie, and its fame widely,
and the fear of that fellowship, now fared abroad;
when the horn was heard of the hunting Elves
that shook the shaws and the sheer valleys.
Blades were naked and bows twanging,
and shafts from the shadows shooting winged,
and the sons of darkness slain and conquered;
even in Angband the Orcs trembled.
[Oath-50] HoME-III, “The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor”
“...Our gems are gone, our jewels ravished;
and the Three, my Three, thrice-enchanted
globes of crystal by gleam undying
illumined, lit by living splendour
and all hues' essence, their eager flame – Morgoth has them in his monstrous hold,
my Silmarils. I swear here oaths,
unbreakable bonds to bind me ever,
by Timbrenting and the timeless halls
of Bredhil the Blessed that abides thereon – may she hear and heed –to hunt endlessly
unwearying unwavering through world and sea,
through leaguered lands, lonely mountains,
over fens and forest and the fearful snows,
till I find those fair ones, where the fate is hid
of the folk of Elfland and their fortune locked,
where alone now lies the light divine.”
Then his sons beside him, the seven kinsmen,
crafty Curufin, Celegorm the fair,
Damrod and Diriel and dark Cranthir,
Maglor the mighty, and Maidros tall
(the eldest, whose ardour yet more eager burnt
than his father's flame, than Feanor's wrath;
him fate awaited with fell purpose),
these leapt with laughter their lord beside,
with linked hands there lightly took
the oath unbreakable; blood thereafter
it spilled like a sea and spent the swords
of endless armies, nor hath ended yet:
“Be he friend or foe or foul offspring
of Morgoth Bauglir, be he mortal dark
that in after days on earth shall dwell,
shall no law nor love nor league of Gods,
no might nor mercy, not moveless fate,
defend him for ever from the fierce vengeance
of the sons of Feanor, whoso seize or steal
or finding keep the fair enchanted
globes of crystal whose glory dies not,
the Silmarils. We have sworn for ever!”
[Oath-54] HoME-III, “The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor”
Then a mighty murmuring was moved abroad
and the harkening host hailed them roaring:
“Let us go! yea go from the Gods for ever
on Morgoth's trail o'er the mountains of the world
to vengeance and victory! Your vows are ours!”
[Oath-55] HoME-III, “The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor”
But Finweg cried Fingolfin's son
when his father found that fair counsel,
that wit and wisdom were of worth no more:
“Fools…
[Oath-58] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
...ere Morgoth stole them and the Gnomes
seeking their glory left their homes,
ere sorrows fell on Elves and Men,
ere Beren was or Luthien,
ere Feanor's sons in madness swore
their dreadful oath. But now no more
their beauty was seen, save shining clear
in Morgoth's dungeons vast and drear.
[Oath-59] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
When Morgoth in that day of doom
had slain the Trees and filled with gloom
the shining land of Valinor,
there Feanor and his sons then swore
the mighty oath upon the hill
of tower-crowned Tun, that still
wrought wars and sorrow in the world.
[Oath-60] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
...There their hands
they joined in vows, those kinsmen seven,
swearing beneath the stars of Heaven,
by Varda the Holy that them wrought
and bore them each with radiance fraught
and set them in the deeps to flame.
Timbrenting's holy height they name,
whereon are built the timeless halls
of Manwe Lord of Gods. Who calls
these names in witness may not break
his oath, though earth and heaven shake.
Curufin, Celegorm the fair,
Damrod and Diriel were there,
and Cranthir dark, and Maidros tall
(whom after torment should befall),
and Maglor the mighty who like the sea
with deep voice sings yet mournfully.
“Be he friend or foe, or seed defiled
of Morgoth Bauglir, or mortal child
that in after days on earth shall dwell,
no law, nor love, nor league of hell,
not might of Gods, not moveless fate
shall him defend from wrath and hate
of Feanor's sons, who takes or steals
or finding keeps the Silmarils,
the thrice-enchanted globes of light
that shine until the final night.”
[Oath-62] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
This Felagund in wonder heard,
and heavily spake at last this word:
“It seems that Thingol doth desire
thy death. The everlasting fire
of those enchanted jewels all know
is cursed with an oath of endless woe,
and Feanor's sons alone by right
are lords and masters of their light.
He cannot hope within his hoard
to keep this gem, nor is he lord
of all the folk of Elfinesse.”
[Oath-65] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
...But up there starts
amid the throng, and loudly cries
for hearing, one with flaming eyes,
proud Celegorm with gleaming hair
and shining sword. Then all men stare
upon his stern unyielding face,
and a great hush falls upon that place.
“Be he friend or foe, or demon wild
of Morgoth, Elf, or mortal child,
or any that here on earth may dwell,
no law, nor love, nor league of hell,
no might of Gods, no binding spell,
shall him defend from hatred fell
of Feanor's sons, whoso take or steal
or finding keep a Silmaril.
These we alone do claim by right,
our thrice enchanted jewels bright.”
[Oath-67] HoME-III, “The Lay of Leithian”
That was the time that songs do call
the Siege of Angband, when like a wall
the Gnomish swords did fence the earth
from Morgoth's ruin, a time of birth,
of blossoming, of flowers, of growth;
but still there held the deathless oath,
and still the Silmarils were deep
in Angband's darkly-dolven keep.
[Oath-70] HoME-IV, “The Earliest ≪Silmarillion≫”
Feanor and his sons take the unbreakable oath by Timbrenting and the names of Manwe and
Bridil to pursue anyone, Elf, Mortal, or Orc, who holds the Silmarils.
[Oath-75] HoME-IV, “The Earliest ≪Silmarillion≫”
Morgoth's cunning and lies, and the curse of Swanhaven (as well as the oaths of the sons of
Feanor who swore the unbreakable oath by Timbrenting to treat all as foes who had the Silmarils in
keeping) in these wars do the greatest injury to Men and Elves.
[Oath-80] HoME-IV, “The Quenta”
Then he swore a terrible oath. His seven sons leaped to his side and took the self-same vow
together, each with drawn sword. They swore the unbreakable oath, by the name of Manwe and
Varda and the holy mountain (5), to pursue with hate and vengeance to the ends of the world Vala,
Demon, Elf, or Man, or Orc who hold or take or keep a Silmaril against their will.
[Oath-81] HoME-IV, “The Quenta”
(5) This sentence was rewritten:
They swore an oath which none shall break, and none should take, by the name of the
Allfather, calling the Everlasting Dark upon them, if they kept it not, and Manwe they named in
witness, and Varda, and the Holy Mount, vowing...
[Oath-85] HoME-IV, “The Quenta”
But Dior wore the Silmaril upon his breast and the fame of that jewel went far and wide; and
the deathless oath was waked once more from sleep.
[Oath-87] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 24
Then Elwing and the people of Sirion would not yield the jewel which Beren had won and
Luthien had worn, and for which Dior the fair was slain; and least of all while Earendil their lord was
on the sea, for it seemed to them that in the Silmaril lay the healing and the blessing that had come
upon their houses and their ships. And so there came to pass the last and cruellest of the slayings of
Elf by Elf; and that was the third of the great wrongs achieved by the accursed oath.
[Oath-88] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 24
For Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond, and he cherished them, and love grew after
between them, as little might be thought; but Maglor's heart was sick and weary with the burden of
the dreadful oath.
[Oath-90] HoME-IV, “The Earliest Annals of Valinor”
The most of the Noldoli he persuaded to follow him out of Valinor and recover their realms on
earth... and war for ever on Morgoth seeking to recover their treasure. At that meeting Feanor and his
sons swore their dreadful oath to slay or pursue any soever that held a Silmaril against their will.
[Oath-95] HoME-V, “The Later Annals of Valinor”
Very great was the valour of Feanor, and he was wrapped in fire; but at length he fell mortally
wounded by the hand of Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs. But his sons bore him back to Mithrim, and he
died there, reminding them of their oath. To this they added now an oath of vengeance for their father.
[Oath-96] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 13
And looking out from the slopes of Ered Wethrin with his last sight he beheld far off the peaks
of Thangorodrim, mightiest of the towers of Middle-earth, and knew with the foreknowledge of death
that no power of the Noldor would ever overthrow them; but he cursed the name of Morgoth thrice,
and laid it upon his sons to hold to their oath, and to avenge their father.
[Oath-100] HoME-V, “Quenta Silmarillion”
Then he swore a terrible oath. His seven sons leaped straightway to his side and took the
selfsame vow together, each with drawn sword. They swore an oath which none shall break, and
none should take, by the name of the Allfather, calling the Everlasting Dark upon them, if they kept it
not; and Manwe they named in witness, and Varda, and the Holy Mount, vowing to pursue with
vengeance and hatred to the ends of the world Vala, Demon, Elf, or Man as yet unborn, or any
creature great or small, good or evil, that time should bring forth unto the end of days, whoso should
hold or take or keep a Silmaril from their possession.
[Oath-110] HoME-X, “The Annals of Aman”
Then Feanor swore a terrible oath. Straightway his seven sons leaped to his side and each
took the selfsame oath; and red as blood shone their drawn swords in the glare of the torches.
“Be he foe or friend, be he foul or clean,
brood of Morgoth or bright Vala,
Elda or Maia or Aftercomer,
Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth,
neither law, nor love, nor league of swords,
dread nor danger, not Doom itself,
shall defend him from Feanor, and Feanor's kin,
whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh,
finding keepeth or afar casteth
a Silmaril. This swear we all:
death we will deal him ere Day's ending,
woe unto world's end! Our word hear thou,
Eru Allfather! To the everlasting
Darkness doom us if our deed faileth.
On the holy mountain hear in witness
and our vow remember, Manwe and Varda!”
Thus spoke Maidros and Maglor, and Celegorn, Curufin and Cranthir, Damrod and Diriel,
princes of the Noldor. But by that name none should swear an oath, good or evil, nor in anger call
upon such witness, and many quailed to hear the fell words. For so sworn, good or evil, an oath may
not be broken, and it shall pursue oathkeeper or oathbreaker to the world's end.
[Oath-111] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 1
And it is sung that in that feast of the Spring of Arda Tulkas espoused Nessa the sister of
Orome, and she danced before the Valar upon the green grass of Almaren.
Then Tulkas slept, being weary and content, and Melkor deemed that his hour had come. And
he passed therefore over the Walls of the Night with his host, and came to Middle-earth far in the
north; and the Valar were not aware of him.
[Oath-112] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 8
Varda looked down from Taniquetil, and beheld the Shadow soaring up in sudden towers of
gloom; Valmar had foundered in a deep sea of night. Soon the Holy Mountain stood alone, a last
island in a world that was drowned. All song ceased.
[Oath-113] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 9
Then Feanor rose, and lifting up his hand before Manwe he cursed Melkor, naming him
Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World; and by that name only was he known to the Eldar ever after.
[Oath-115] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 9
...and that night he [Feanor] made a speech before the Noldor which they ever remembered.
Fierce and few were his words, and filled with anger and pride...
[Oath-117] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 7
With him into banishment went his seven sons, and northward in Valinor they made a strong
place and treasury in the hills; and there at Formenos a multitude of gems were laid in hoard, and
weapons also, and the Silmarils were shut in a chamber of iron.
[Oath-120] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 9
Then Feanor swore a terrible oath. His seven sons leapt straightway to his side and took the
selfsame vow together, and red as blood shone their drawn swords in the glare of the torches. They
swore an oath which none shall break, and none should take, by the name even of Iluvatar, calling
the Everlasting Dark upon them if they kept it not; and Manwe they named in witness, and Varda, and
the hallowed mountain of Taniquetil, vowing to pursue with vengeance and hatred to the ends of the
World Vala, Demon, Elf or Man as yet unborn, or any creature, great or small, good or evil, that time
should bring forth unto the end of days, whoso should hold or take or keep a Silmaril from their
possession.
[Oath-121] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 9
Thus spoke Maedhros and Maglor and Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir, Amrod and Amras,
princes of the Noldor; and many quailed to hear the dread words. For so sworn, good or evil, an oath
may not be broken, and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.
[Oath-125] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 9
Then turning to the herald he cried: “Say this to Manwe Sulimo, High King of Arda: if Feanor
cannot overthrow Morgoth, at least he delays not to assail him, and sits not idle in grief. And it may be
that Eru has set in me a fire greater than thou knowest. Such hurt at the least will I do to the Foe of
the Valar that even the mighty in the Ring of Doom shall wonder to hear it. Yea, in the end they shall
follow me. Farewell!”
[Oath-127] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 13
But even in the hour of the death of Feanor an embassy came to his sons from Morgoth,
acknowledging defeat, and offering terms, even to the surrender of a Silmaril. Then Maedhros the
tall, the eldest son, persuaded his brothers to feign to treat with Morgoth, and to meet his emissaries
at the place appointed; but the Noldor had as little thought of faith as had he.
[Oath-128] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 13
...Morgoth held Maedhros as hostage, and sent word that he would not release him unless the
Noldor would forsake their war, returning into the West, or else departing far from Beleriand into the
South of the world. But the sons of Feanor knew that Morgoth would betray them, and would not
release Maedhros, whatsoever they might do; and they were constrained also by their oath, and
might not for any cause forsake the war against their Enemy.
[Oath-130] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 18
Thus Felagund escaped, and returned to his deep fortress of Nargothrond; but he swore an
oath of abiding friendship and aid in every need to Barahir and all his kin, and in token of his vow he
gave to Barahir his ring.
[Oath-140] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 23
Tidings were brought by Thorondor Lord of Eagles of the fall of Nargothrond, and after of the
slaying of Thingol and of Dior his heir, and of the ruin of Doriath; but Turgon shut his ear to word of
the woes without, and vowed to march never at the side of any son of Feanor.
[Oath-145] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 23
But Morgoth thought that his triumph was fulfilled, recking little of the sons of Feanor, and of
their oath, which had harmed him never and turned always to his mightiest aid; and in his black
thought he laughed, regretting not the one Silmaril that he had lost, for by it as he deemed the last
shred of the people of the Eldar should vanish from Middle-earth and trouble it no more.
[Oath-150] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 19
But Beren laughed. “For little price,” he said, “do Elven-kings sell their daughters: for gems,
and things made by craft. But if this be your will, Thingol, I will perform it. And when we meet again
my hand shall hold a Silmaril from the Iron Crown; for you have not looked the last upon Beren son of
Barahir.”
[Oath-154] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 20
For Maedhros and his brothers, being constrained by their oath, had before sent to Thingol
and reminded him with haughty words of their claim, summoning him to yield the Silmaril, or become
their enemy.
[Oath-155] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 20
And every day that he [Thingol] looked upon the Silmaril the more he desired to keep it for
ever; for such was its power. Therefore he sent back the messengers with scornful words. Maedhros
made no answer, for he had now begun to devise the league and union of the Elves; but Celegorm
and Curufin vowed openly to slay Thingol and destroy his people, if they came victorious from war,
and the jewel were not surrendered of free will.
[Oath-156] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 20
Then Thingol fortified the marches of his realm, and went not to war, nor any out of Doriath
save Mablung and Beleg, who were unwilling to have no part in these great deeds.
[Oath-160] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 1
It is one with this gift of freedom that the children of Men dwell only a short space in the world
alive, and are not bound to it, and depart soon whither the Elves know not. Whereas the Elves remain
until the end of days, and their love of the Earth and all the world is more single and more poignant
therefore, and as the years lengthen ever more sorrowful. For the Elves die not till the world dies…
[Oath-170] HoME-X, “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”
You see us, the Quendi, still in the first ages of our being, and the end is far off. As maybe
among you death may seem to a young man in his strength; save that we have long years of life and
thought already behind us. But the end will come. That we all know. And then we must.die; we must
perish utterly, it seems, for we belong to Arda (in hroa and fea).
[Oath-175] HoME-X, “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”
For that is what lies before us, so far as our reason could see: the completion of Arda and its
end, and therefore also of us children of Arda; the end when all the long lives of the Elves shall be
wholly in the past.
[Oath-180] HoME-X, “The Later Quenta Silmarillion”, “Laws and Customs among the Eldar”
The new fea, and therefore in their beginning all fear, they believe to come direct from Eru and
from beyond Ea. Therefore many of them hold that it cannot be asserted that the fate of the Elves is
to be confined within Arda for ever and with it to cease. This last opinion they draw from their own
thought, for the Valar, having had no part in the devising of the Children of Eru, do not know fully the
purposes of Eru concerning them, nor the final ends that he prepares for them.
[Oath-185] HoME-X, “The Later Quenta Silmarillion”, “Laws and Customs among the Eldar”
What then happened to the houseless fea? The answer to this question the Elves did not know
by nature. In their beginning (so they report) they believed, or guessed, that they “entered into
Nothing”, and ended like other living things that they knew, even as a tree that was felled and burned.
Others guessed more darkly that they passed into “the Realm of Night” and into the power of the
“Lord of Night”. These opinions were plainly derived from the Shadow under which they awoke; and it
was to deliver them from this shadow upon their minds, more even than from the dangers of Arda
marred, that the Valar desired to bring them to the light of Aman.
[Oath-190] Морваэн, ≪Размышления над Клятвой с карандашом в руках≫
Полагаю, что данная Тьма в данном случае является метафорой ада, то есть бытия в
предельной отлучённости от всего доброго и жизнетворного, что есть в жизни. Опять же здесь
мы имеем предельное согласие с христианской традицией, как богословской, так и
литературной –вспомним, кому был отведён последний круг преисподней: предателям,
нарушителям слова.
[Oath-200] Соколова Н.А., Афанасьева Л.П. (Две Змеи), Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири), ≪Клятва
феанорингов: история и смысл мотива≫
Какой смысл вкладывает Толкиен в понятие ≪Вечнодлящаяся Тьма≫ (Everlasting Dark)?
Несмотря на то, что данная формулировка встречается у Толкиена только в связи с Клятвой
феанорингов, само понятие тьмы (Dark, Darkness) с различными эпитетами (внешняя тьма,
древняя тьма) употребляется неоднократно. Основное значение этого понятия имеет
космогонический смысл. Это пространство за пределами мира, в котором: существует Арда,
сначала путешествует сам, а потом находится в изгнании Мелькор, откуда, возможно, пришла
Унголиант, а также, согласно отдельным редакциям, совершает плавание Эарендил и проходят
Солнце и Луна, до границ этой тьмы доходил Феанор с сыновьями в своих путешествиях. В
этом значении ≪тьма≫ может нести негативный смысл (она сопряжена с хаосом, с угрозой, с
заточением Мелькора), но необязательно. Но эта тьма не есть зло.
Поскольку в ряде случаев то же пространство за пределами мира Толкиен именует
пустотой (Timeless Void), она может рассматриваться и как небытие (≪Преображённые
мифы≫, 7.2)… Так, например, Мелькор был выдворен в пустоту за пределами мира. Но этим
значением она исчерпываться не может.
[Oath-210] Соколова Н.А., Афанасьева Л.П. (Две Змеи), Лебедева Е.Ю. (Кеменкири), ≪Клятва
феанорингов: история и смысл мотива≫
Если мы вернёмся к моменту Клятвы, то в сознании самого Феанора и его сыновей она
скорее сопряжена с тьмой иного рода, исходящей от Унголиант. ≪Слепящая тьма нахлынула на
Север, и в сердце той тьмы шла тьма, которой не было имени, и тьма изливалась из неё…≫.
Мы можем только догадываться о том, насколько эта эсхатологическая картина произвела
впечатление на не знавших ничего подобного обитателей Валинора. В клятве Феанор
понимает тьму, как самую ужасную участь, которую он может представить. ≪В тот час родилась
Тьма, что казалась не пустотой, а живой тварью, ибо она порождена была злой силой (из) вне
Света, и владела мощью проницать взор, входить в сердце и душу, и покорять волю≫. Для них
тьма –это первый страх, который они узнали в жизни, первое соприкосновение со смертью.
Таким образом, Вечнодлящаяся Тьма, упомянутая в клятве, это не место, а состояние феа в
трагические дни перед Исходом нолдор.
[Oath-215] “Quenta Silmarillion” (published by Christopher Tolkien), ch. 5
Feanor and his sons abode seldom in one place for long, but travelled far and wide upon the
confines of Valinor, going even to the borders of the Dark and the cold shores of the Outer Sea,
seeking the unknown. Often they were guests in the halls of Aule; but Celegorm went rather to the
house of Orome, and there he got great knowledge of birds and beasts, and all their tongues he
knew.
[Oath-220] HoME-X, “The Later Quenta Silmarillion”, “Laws and Customs among the Eldar”
For Feanor, being now come to his full might, was filled with a new thought, or maybe some
shadow of foreboding came to him of the doom that drew near; and he pondered how the Light of the
Trees, the glory of the Blessed Realm, might be preserved imperishable. Then he began a long and
secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle craft, for the making of
jewels more marvellous than any that had yet been devised, whose beauty should last beyond the
End. Three jewels he made, and named them the Silmarils.
[Oath-230] HoME-XI, “The Wanderings of Hurin and Other Writings”, “Tale of Years” (B)
503. Birth of Earendil in Gondolin. The Dwarves invade Doriath. Thingol is slain and his realm
ended. Melian takes Nauglamir to Beren and Luthien and then returns to Valinor. Celegorm and
Curufin destroy the Dwarf-host at Sarn-athrad in Rath-loriel; and are wroth to find the Silmaril not
there. Dior goes to Doriath.
[Oath-240] HoME-XI, “The Grey Annals”
But Celegorn said: “Know this: thy going is vain; for could ye achieve this quest it would avail
nothing. Neither thee nor this Man should we suffer to keep or to give a Silmaril of Feanor. Against
thee would come all the brethren to slay thee rather. And should Thingol gain it, then we would burn
Doriath or die in the attempt. For we have sworn our Oath.”
[Oath-250] HoME-XII, “Late Writings”, “The Problem of Ros”
Elured and Elurin, before they came to manhood, were both slain by the sons of Feanor, in the
last and most abominable deed brought about by the curse that the impious oath of Feanor laid upon
them.__
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