"Only a God can kill another God." or, headcanons and opinions on Fëanor and godkilling

It’s well known that Fëanor’s ambition was to defeat Morgoth, get revenge for the death of his father, and retrieve the Silmarils. It’s also well known that Fëanor made the Silmarils, that he made them out of the Light of the Trees. A light that was divine. He took that light and made it alive.

 

“Yet as they were indeed living things they rejoiced in light and received it and gave it back in hues more marvelous than before.” That’s a quote from the Silmarillion regarding the Silmarils. So the Silmarils were indeed alive, Fëanor took something divine and brought it to life.

 

And that’s amazing. Normal men, normal elves, could not hope to achieve such work as that. Only those god-touched or born with divinity in their blood can do so. Only they can take something divine and improve upon it and make it something else.
 

 

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