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The Tolkien scholars Carol Leibiger, in the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, and separately Maureen Thum, replied that Stimpson's charge was definitely disproven by Tolkien's vigorous characterisation of Éowyn (and in The Silmarillion by numerous strong female characters such as Lúthien).
Pages in category "Characters in The Silmarillion" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Relative of numerous notable characters in Tolkien's legendarium through bloodline and kinship. Gandalf: A wizard. A member of the Fellowship of the Ring. Killed in battle in Moria, but returns to play a leading role in the defeat of Sauron. Gil-galad: Last High King of the Noldor, who ruled during the Second Age. Formed the Last Alliance of ...
Galadriel, lady of light, assisting Frodo on his quest to destroy the One Ring, opposed to Shelob, the giant and evil female spider of darkness, have been compared to Homer's opposed female characters in the Odyssey: Circe and Calypso as Odysseus's powerful and wise benefactors on his quest, against the perils of the attractive Sirens, and the ...
Melian is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.She appears in The Silmarillion, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and in several stories within The History of Middle-earth series.
In the Years of the Trees, Arda was lit by the Two Trees of Valinor. Melkor damaged the trees, and Ungoliant drained them of their sap [T 2]. Tolkien's original writings say that Ungoliant was a primeval spirit of night, named Móru, [T 3] who aided Melkor in his attack upon the Two Trees of Valinor, draining them of their sap after Melkor had injured them.
However Tolkien initially created the character of Beren as a mortal man before this in an even earlier but erased version of the tale. [ T 10 ] The story is also told in an epic poem in The Lays of Beleriand , upon which most of the finer details of her life and relationship to Beren is extracted from in this article, since The Silmarillion ...
Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.She appears in the novel The Lord of the Rings.Arwen is one of the half-elven who lived during the Third Age; her father was Elrond half-elven, lord of the Elvish sanctuary of Rivendell, while her mother was the Elf Celebrian, daughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel, ruler of Lothlórien.