/lit/ - Literature

>faenor asks galadriel for a lock of her hair because it captured the light of Telperion and Laurelin
>she refuses
>he just forges the silmarils instead
>Melchor and Ungoliant destroy the two trees
>ungoliant wants to devour the silmarils as well
>is refused
>the silmarils are recovered
>eärandil marries a mortal woman
>and fathers two sons, elrond and elros
>elrond becomes and elf, elras becomes a human and founds the royal house of numenor
>eärandil flies and becomes a star together with one of the silmarils
>eärandil is the most beloved star of the elves
>its light is bound into a phial
>which galadriel gives to frodo
>which sam uses to defeat shelob, daughter of ungoliant
>which allows them to defeat sauron and bring about the new age of aragorn
>who is a descendant of elras
>and marries the daughter of elrond, an elf
Are these historic loops intentional by tolkien?