After his wife's death in 1971, Tolkien remembered, I never called Edith Luthien—but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion.
Trala morte da súa muller en 1971, Tolkien recordaba: Nunca lle chamei a Edith Lúthien - pero ela foi a fonte da historia que naquel entón sería a parte principal do Silmarillion.