As much as I support looking for the hidden truth in everything, I unfortunately am going to draw the line at Tolkien.
Tolkien's narrative is not an allegory for anything. He hated allegory. He himself said these words and said only that it is a story - a story where one may immerse oneself and then emerge ready for the real world.
You could easily retort "Well of course he would say that", but since he never said or hinted anything to the contrary, that is what we have to work with as far as what he wanted.
I think its disrespectful to the man's own express wishes to say he was trying to expose the Deep State, much in the same way that same Deep State wants to disrespect his wishes with their shitty Amazon series.
The two trees of the Valinor served as more or less the sun and moon for the rest of Arda. They had 11 hours of light each with 1 hour of dawn or dusk each much like we understand the concept of day and night.
Morgoth had the great spider Ungoliant try to steal the light from the trees because he coveted and hated the light and beauty they gave. It fits well into his character as a Devil-like figure, since he is a failed creator who cannot create, only corrupt what was made by good, as Tolkien would say it.
As much as I support looking for the hidden truth in everything, I unfortunately am going to draw the line at Tolkien.
Tolkien's narrative is not an allegory for anything. He hated allegory. He himself said these words and said only that it is a story - a story where one may immerse oneself and then emerge ready for the real world.
You could easily retort "Well of course he would say that", but since he never said or hinted anything to the contrary, that is what we have to work with as far as what he wanted.
I think its disrespectful to the man's own express wishes to say he was trying to expose the Deep State, much in the same way that same Deep State wants to disrespect his wishes with their shitty Amazon series.
The two trees of the Valinor served as more or less the sun and moon for the rest of Arda. They had 11 hours of light each with 1 hour of dawn or dusk each much like we understand the concept of day and night.
Morgoth had the great spider Ungoliant try to steal the light from the trees because he coveted and hated the light and beauty they gave. It fits well into his character as a Devil-like figure, since he is a failed creator who cannot create, only corrupt what was made by good, as Tolkien would say it.