Elendil a écrit :De plus SoF affirme que Gil-Galad fut le nom donné à Artanáro par sa mère (donc un amilessë plutôt qu'un epessë (cf. HoME XII, p.350).

Citation :To this difficulty - as it proved to those who in later days tried to use and adapt Elvish traditions of the First Age as a background to the legends of their own heroes of that time and their descendants [Note 17] -

Citation :17 As is seen in The Silmarillion, This is not an Eldarin title or work. It is a compilation, probably made in Númenor, which includes (in prose) the four great tales or lays of the heroes of the Atani, of which The Children of Húrin was probably composed already in Beleriand in the First Age, but necessarily is preceded by an account of Fëanor and his making of the Silmarils. All however are "Mannish" works. [With this cf. X. 373 and p. 390, note 17 in this book. ]

Citation :What we have in the Silmarillion etc. are traditions ... handed on by Men in Numenor and later in Middle-earth (Arnor and Condor); but already far back from the first association of the Dunedain and Elf-friends with the Eldar in Beleriand - blended and confused with their own Mannish myths and cosmic ideas.

Citation :It is not easy to say from what fictional perspective Laws and Customs among the Eldar was composed. There is a reference to the Elves who linger in Middle-earth 'in these after-days' (p. 223); on the other hand the writer speaks as if the customs of the Noldor were present and observable ('Among the Noldor it may be seen that the making of bread is done mostly by women', p. 214) - though this cannot be pressed. It is clear in any case that it is presented as the work, not of one of the Eldar, but of a Man