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Legolas — In The Lord of the Rings, an archer and one of the Fellowship. 14. ... High Elf Names. 45. Riven — English, meaning "split," often associated with rivers or streams.
Quenya (pronounced [ˈkʷwɛɲja]) [T 1] is a constructed language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth fiction.. Tolkien began devising the language around 1910, and restructured its grammar several times until it reached its final state.
This category lists High Elves from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. This includes all the members of the race of Elves who left for Valinor, and therefore includes the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri of Alqualondë. It also includes those, such as Thingol, who were accounted among the High Elves for other reasons.
Formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men with Elendil, and fell in combat against Sauron's forces. Glorfindel: Noldorin elf-lord notable for his death and resurrection within Tolkien's legendarium. Gimli: Dwarven member of the Fellowship of the Ring and a major character in The Lord of the Rings.
The archer Legolas Greenleaf, here portrayed by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, is the archetypal elf in that story. [3] Tolkien created many languages for his Elves. His interest was primarily philological, and he said his stories grew out of his languages. Indeed, the languages were the first thing ...
The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').
In Medieval epics, heroes gave names to their weapons. The name, lineage, and power of the weapon reflected on the hero. Among the major tales are those of Sigurd the Volsung and his sword Gram that he used to kill the dragon Fafnir; [a] [1] Beowulf and the swords Hrunting and Nægling; [2] King Arthur's Excalibur, the "Sword in the Stone"; [2] Roland's Durendal; Waldere's Mimming; [2] and the ...
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