Saturday, 19 July 2025

How does Melkor get to be evil in Tolkien's Silmarillion?



There is a problem in explaining the origin of Melkor's evil nature, in the creation myth Ainulindale of The Silmarillion . 

If Eru is wholly good, and if Eru was wholly responsible for creating Melkor - then Melkor's evil nature and choices must derive ultimately from Eru...

(Which apparently means that Eru is not wholly good.)

I discuss this, and some possible answers, over at the Notion Club Papers



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