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In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Two Trees of Valinor are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold Tree, which bring light to Valinor, a paradisiacal realm where angelic beings live. The Two Trees are of enormous stature, and exude dew that is a pure and magical light in liquid form.
[5] The Tolkien scholars Shelley Saguaro and Deborah Cogan Thacker comment that Tolkien clearly loved trees; he was often photographed with them, such as with the large black pine in the Oxford Botanic Garden. [1] [2] The "mythical mallorn" tree may be magical: but for Tolkien, all trees were, they write, in some sense "magical". [1]
Secondly, the family trees provide a powerful impression of depth, bringing "essential details, texture, and verisimilitude" to his secondary world. [1] In The Two Towers, the Wizard Gandalf jokingly warns Théoden, King of Rohan, of the ways of Hobbits with family affairs: [T 5] 'You do not know your danger, Theoden', interrupted Gandalf.
Yavanna made the Two Trees, named Telperion (giving silver light) and Laurelin (golden light). [9] The Trees illuminated Valinor, leaving Middle-earth in darkness. [T 2] Later, Varda kindled stars above Middle-earth, and the Elves awakened there. [T 3] Melkor, assisted by the giant spider Ungoliant, destroyed the Two Trees. The world was again ...
[7] Himes comments that Tolkien wanted something more comprehensible, so he chose to split the Sampo's parts into desirable objects. The pillar became the Two Trees of Valinor with their Tree of life aspect, illuminating the world. The decorated lid became the brilliant Silmarils, which embodied all that was left of the light of the two Trees ...
The Two Trees of Valinor derive from the magical medieval Trees of the Sun and the Moon. The two magical trees drip a wonderful balsam, and have the power of speech. They tell Alexander the Great that he will die in Babylon. Tolkien has adapted the story; his trees emit light, not balsam; and instead of prophesying death, their own deaths bring ...
[T 5] These two groups were the highest of the Elves, and unlike the Teleri kept the faith by migrating all the way to Aman and thus saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. [8] T 7 ] Aragorn was thus not only of a long royal lineage, and not only with an admixture of Elvish blood: it was the best possible, being both from high Elves and ...
The Celestial Paradise of Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle" lies "beyond (or above)", as it does, they note, in Dante's Paradiso. [8] Matthew Dickerson notes that Valinor resembles the Garden of Eden in having two trees. [9] Fates of Elves and Men in Tolkien's legendarium.