What's the Valor of Death in Numenor?

When Elendiel first speaks Quenya to Gladriel, we learn soon after that his wife has recently died. So it comes down to any, the question, any sentient being has to answer. How do you live with the knowledge that you're going to die? And for humans, that's a much more present question. The magical traditions come to us from the Hermetic tradition from Egypt and became part of medieval magic throughout Europe.

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