What was the purpose of Númenor? In this episode, we explore that question through the lens of the song of Númenor.

Many of you know that I have argued that Númenor’s purpose went beyond being a mere reward for the descendants of the Edain, and seemed to be filled with symbolism and rituals intended to point them to a greater destiny both in this world and beyond it.

"Lovely is Númenor. But my heart resteth not here for ever;
for here is ending, and there will be an end and the Fading,
when all is counted, and all numbered at last,
but yet it will not be enough, not enough.
What will the Father, O Father, give me in that day beyond the end when my Sun faileth?"

- JRR Tolkien, The Lost Road and Other Writings

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