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Stories of Galadriel's life prior to the War of the Ring appear in both The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. [T 3] [T 1] She was the only daughter and youngest child of Finarfin, prince of the Noldor, and of Eärwen, daughter of Olwë and cousin to Lúthien. Her elder brothers were Finrod Felagund, Angrod, and Aegnor. She was born in Valinor ...
Galadriel's Ring of Power preserved the land from death and decay, and warded off Sauron's gaze. [ T 6 ] [ T 7 ] As the War of the Ring loomed, the Company of the Ring , emerging from the dark tunnels of Moria and seeing their leader Gandalf perish, was brought through Lothlórien to Caras Galadhon, and there met the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim.
Further, Burns suggests, Galadriel is an Elf from Valinor "in the Blessed Realm", [11] bringing Varda's influence with her to Middle-earth. This is seen in the phial of light that she gives to Frodo , and that Sam uses to defeat the evil giant spider Shelob : Sam invokes Elbereth when he uses the phial.
She adds that the Silmarils share attributes with the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend, being the "symbolic centre" of their story, having a "mystical dimension", being called "holy", and being the objects of "a life-changing quest". Unlike the Sampo, which brings wealth, the Silmarils bring pain, misfortune, and death, in her view contradicting ...
Galadriel has a vision of Celebrimbor reciting a poem about the Rings of Power while he is killed by vines that she planted. She expresses concern to High King Gil-galad that Sauron may be in Eregion and asks to go there. Gil-galad has also been having visions since putting on his Ring of Power, but refuses to send Galadriel alone due to her ...
Galadriel used it to protect and preserve the realm of Lothlórien. [T 2] "Adamant" means both a type of stone, usually a diamond, and "stubbornly resolute", a description that equally well suits the quality of Galadriel's resistance to Sauron. [3] Vilya (the Ring of Air, the Blue Ring), from Quenya vilya, "air", [T 14] was the mightiest of the ...
The monster attacks the raft, leaving only Galadriel and one of the Men alive. He introduces himself as Halbrand of the Southlands, and explains that he is escaping from Orcs who have attacked his homeland. They are caught in a storm and Halbrand saves Galadriel from drowning. The next morning, the pair are found by an unknown ship.
Gil-galad was an Elf of a royal house of Beleriand; beyond that, accounts of his birth vary.According to The Silmarillion, he was born into the house of Finwë as a son of Fingon sometime in the First Age, and as a child, he was sent away during the Siege of Angband for safekeeping with Cirdan the shipwright in the Falas.