[j. d. worthington]

I think "remote" is a very apt term here, Pyan... if I remember correctly, it's one that CRRT himself applied to those sections of the work. This isn't really surprising, as (according to the myth that Tolkien was creating) these were among the earliest Elvish traditions, dating back to before the fall of the Two Trees and the Noldorin exile (or encompassing the early parts of the latter)... so it is sort of like the earliest parts of the Bible; traditions that are so distant in antiquity that they are seen through a veil of ages... remote, high, and almost numinous in quality.

And yes, that can take some getting used to... but it can add to the feel of the thing, too, by putting the reader in the position of the later generations of elves, or even of men who are of the elf-friends, looking back to a history that is both hallowed and at the same time almost alien in its hoary antiquity...