Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían. Her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir. Her name ""Ar-wen"" means 'noble maiden' in Sindarin. She bore the soubriquet "Evenstar" (Evening Star), as the most beautiful of the last generation of High Elves in Middle-earth. As told in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", Aragorn in his twentieth year met Arwen for the first time in Rivendell, where he lived under Elrond's protection. Arwen, then over 2,700 years old, had recently returned to her father's home after living with her grandmother, the elf-queen Galadriel in Lothlórien. Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight.
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Her father was Elrond half-elven, a descendant of the Man Tuor.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Arwen is a character from "The Lord of the Rings". Arwen may also refer to:
Arwen (disambiguation) | Introduction
She granted that Arwen is not a conspicuous character, and unlike Éowyn does not ride into battle, but stated that her inner power is "subtly conveyed" and present throughout the novel.
Arwen | Concept and creation
Aragorn is the opposite of hobbitish: tall, not provincial, untroubled by the discomforts of the wild. At the start, in Bree, he appears as a Ranger of the North, a weatherbeaten man named Strider. Gradually the reader discovers he is heir to the throne of Gondor, engaged to be married to Arwen, an Elf-woman. He emerges as an unqualified hero, in Frye's "High Mimetic" or "Romantic" literary mode, making the whole novel indeed a heroic romance: he regains his throne, marries Arwen, and has a long, peaceful, and happy reign.
Man (Middle-earth) | From "clod" to hero
It has been noted also that the tale's relegation deprives the main story of much of its love-interest, shifting the book's emphasis towards action.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Introduction
In the film adaptation of "", the injured Aragorn is revived by a dream or vision of Arwen, who kisses him and asks the Valar to protect him.
Arwen | Adaptations
Aragorn has an Ideal Partner in Arwen, but also a Negative Animus in Eowyn, at least until she meets Faramir and chooses a happy union with him instead.
Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien | Jungian archetypes
The medievalist and scholar of Old English literature and its use in fantasy, Tom Shippey, analyses the tale for what it says about Tolkien's delicate balance between open Christianity and his treatment of his characters as heathens, a word that Shippey observes Tolkien uses very sparingly. Shippey notes that both Aragorn and Arwen are pagan, though Aragorn is "remarkably virtuous .. without even the faults of Theoden, and he foreknows his death like a [Christian] saint". Shippey notes that Arwen is inconsolable, seeing nothing after death, rejecting Aragorn's "we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Missing religion
Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían. Her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir. Her name ""Ar-wen"" means 'noble maiden' in Sindarin. She bore the soubriquet "Evenstar" (Evening Star), as the most beautiful of the last generation of High Elves in Middle-earth. As told in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", Aragorn in his twentieth year met Arwen for the first time in Rivendell, where he lived under Elrond's protection. Arwen, then over 2,700 years old, had recently returned to her father's home after living with her grandmother, the elf-queen Galadriel in Lothlórien. Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight.
Arwen | Literature
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, a descendant of the Man Tuor, while her mother was the Elf Celebrian, daughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel. In the novel, she marries the Man Aragorn, who becomes King of Arnor and Gondor, thus adding long life and nobility to his dynasty. In Peter Jackson's film adaptation, Arwen is played by Liv Tyler.
Arwen | Introduction
Anwen is a Welsh feminine name. Notable bearers of the name are: It is not a very common first name, though neither is it rare. However, Anwen is popularly confused with "Arwen", a name created by the author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his novel "The Lord of the Rings", and modelled on the etymology and sound patterns of Welsh. The origins of Anwen are somewhat unclear, though the -"wen" ending is known to represent the mutated form of the adjective "gwen" (note: the "G" in "gwen" is dropped in a mutation of the word as the word follows a consonant), which is the feminine form of "gwyn", used to mean "white" as well as "blessed".
Anwen | Introduction
As related in "The History of Middle-earth", Tolkien conceived the character of "Elrond's daughter" late in the writing. Prior to this, he considered having Aragorn marry Éowyn of the royal family of Rohan. Arwen is depicted as extremely beautiful; she is in Melissa Hatcher's view in "Mythlore" "a symbol of the unattainable, a perfect match for the unattainable Aragorn in Éowyn's eyes." Carol Leibiger wrote in the "J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia" that Arwen's lack of involvement follows the general Elvish pattern of retreating to safe havens already established in "The Silmarillion" and continued in "The Lord of the Rings". The scholar of English literature Nancy Enright wrote that Arwen, like Christ, is an immortal who voluntarily chooses mortality out of love, in her case for Aragorn.
Arwen | Concept and creation
30 years later, the two were reunited in Lórien. Arwen reciprocated Aragorn's love, and on the mound of Cerin Amroth they committed themselves to marry each other. In making that choice, Arwen gave up the Elvish immortality available to her as a daughter of Elrond and agreed to remain in Middle-earth instead of traveling to the Undying Lands. Arwen first appears in the text of "The Lord of the Rings" in Rivendell, shortly after Frodo Baggins wakes in the House of Elrond: she sits beside her father at the celebratory feast. When the Fellowship of the Ring comes to Lothlórien, Aragorn remembers his earlier meeting with Arwen and pauses in reverence.
Arwen | Literature
He then married Arwen and ruled for 122 years. Tolkien developed the character over a long period, beginning with a hobbit nicknamed Trotter, and trying out many names before arriving at a Man named Aragorn.
Aragorn | Introduction
In Greek mythology, Acarnan (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνάν; "genitive" Ἀκαρνᾶνος derived from ἀκαρνάν "akarnan" "laurel") was the name of these two characters:
Acarnan | Introduction
He remains Urien's son in virtually all literature in which he appears, whereas other characters in Arthurian legend based on historical figures usually lost their original familial connections in romance literature.
Ywain | Introduction
Morwen is a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and the wife of Húrin, Lord of Dor-lómin. Morwen may also refer to:
Morwen (disambiguation) | Introduction
However, as a priest Arnd is probably not the author of the book in question, unless he was multi-classed. It is possible there was a wizard called Arnd separate from the legendary priest. Arnd of Tdon was named after Don Arndt, a player in the first "Greyhawk" campaign.
List of Greyhawk characters | Arnd
The International Astronomical Union names all colles (small hills) on Saturn's moon Titan after characters in Tolkien's work. In 2012, they named a hilly area "Arwen Colles" after Arwen.
Arwen | Namesakes
The original manuscript pages of the deathbed exchange between Aragorn and Arwen show that this key scene was almost unchanged from the published version, and had been written at great speed.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Context
Arwen flees to an abandoned Lothlórien, where she dies.
Elf (Middle-earth) | Fourth Age
A character named Llwydeu ap Cilcoed appears in the early Arthurian tale "Culhwch and Olwen" in which he is named as one of the many knights of Arthur's court. After stealing a cauldron from Diwrnach the Irishman, Arthur and his men land at Llywdeu's house in Porth Cerddin in Dyfed.
Llwyd ap Cil Coed | Other appearances
Amendt-Raduege describes the death of Aragorn as "one of the most deeply moving scenes in the story".
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Missing religion
There are many other dithematic -"wen" names in use in Wales today, some examples being:
Anwen | Introduction
Recurring characters include: Non-recurring characters include:
The Harlequin (novel) | Other characters
Jeremy Hooker sees "The Mabinogion" as having "a significant presence […] through character's knowledge of its stories and identification of themselves or others with figures or incidents in the stories". When Rhisiart, for example, first sees Owen Glendower, he remarks, "I'll be damned if he doesn't look like […] Pryderi!", while earlier, in Chapter Two, Tegolin remarks that when Rhisiart defended her he "looked like Pwyll […] riding against Halfgan […] King of Annwn. Indeed there are "almost fifty allusions to these four […] tales"' (The "Four Branches of the Mabinogi") in the novel, though "some that are fairly obscure and inconspicuous".
Owen Glendower (novel) | Myth and legend
Rachel Bromwich (ed.), "Trioedd Ynys Prydein" (3rd edition, University of Wales Press, 2006)
Arofan | References
Scholars such as Thomas Stephens have concluded that this is a mistake, and that the intended person was someone else.
Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn | Literary missteps
In "The Chronicles of Prydain" by Lloyd Alexander a, Hen Wen is depicted as a clairvoyant pig kept by Dallben and Coll and looked after by Taran, the young protagonist of the series. Hen Wen also appears in The Black Cauldron, the Walt Disney adaptation of the first two books in Alexander's series.
Henwen | In popular culture
Sir James Ware says of Alen that "he was of a turbulent spirit, but a man of hospitality and learning, and a diligent inquirer into antiquities".
John Alen | Character
Two thirds of Powys's allusions are from "Branwen, daughter of Llŷr", whose main character is Brân the Blessed, "Bendigeidfran", a giant and king of Britain, who Powys associates with the fortress of Rhisiart's ancestors, Castell Dinas Brân (though there is no known connection with the castle and this mythological hero). There are also important associations between Bran and another setting in the novel, Harlech. Powys also draws on "Culhwch and Olwen" (a tale about a hero connected with King Arthur and his warriors), the "Book of Taliesin", both also found in Guest's "Mabinogion", as well as mentioning Merlin, and the poet Aneirin, so that is "clear that [he] intended his ideal reader to be made perpetually aware of the ancient Welsh mythical and literary heritage".
Owen Glendower (novel) | Myth and legend
His early works were published under the pseudonym of "Andrew Warden": both names are anagrams of his surname.
Hugh Darwen | Publications
Furthermore, Arwen was a descendant of Beren and Lúthien, whose story resembled hers. Indeed, Arwen was held to be the reappearance in likeness of her ancestor Lúthien, fairest of all the Elves, who was called Nightingale ("Tinúviel"). Arwen was a distant relative of her husband Aragorn. Aragorn's ancestor, Elros Tar-Minyatur, the first King of Númenor, was her father Elrond's brother, who chose to live as a Man rather than as one of the Eldar. Arwen eventually became Queen of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor when she married Aragorn, who was of the line of the Kings of Arnor.
Arwen | Background
Even today the name appears apt.
Black Moor (Rhön) | Name
Walsh confirmed that the conception of Arwen in the script changed radically before the release of "The Two Towers".
The Lord of the Rings: film versus book | Transformations of characters
There are several major characters in the television show and books:
Guinevere Jones | Characters
In the ""Canu y Meirch"" (Song of the Horses, aka "Torrit anuyndawl"), in the "Book of Taliesin", is a mention of the horse by the name of Henwyn.
Henwen | Henwyn
In Welsh mythology, Arawn (; ) was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn, appearing prominently in the first branch of the Mabinogi, and alluded to in the fourth. In later tradition, the role of the king of Annwn was largely attributed to the Welsh psychopomp, Gwyn ap Nudd - meaning "white" (i.e. 'winter') a possible kenning for the god's true name. However, Arawn's memory is retained in a traditional saying found in an old Cardigan folktale: The name Arawn is possibly analogous to the continental theonym "Arubianus".
Arawn | Introduction
"Owen", Powys's ninth novel, reflects "his increasing sense of what he thought of as his bardic heritage." Powys has used Shakespeare's anglicised version of Owain Glyndŵr's name, "Owen Glendower" for the title of his novel. However, within the novel, he uses Owen Glyn Dŵr (sic) (most often just Owen). He also refers to Glyndŵr, as "Owen ap Griffith" or "son of Griffith Fychan" (Welsh: Owain ap Gruffydd)
Owen Glendower (novel) | Introduction
The story of The Dream of Rhonabwy in the 12th century Red Book of Hergest is a prose literary tale where the main character travels to the time of King Arthur in a dream. There he sees the famous men from many historical eras. In a passage where 24 knights arrive to seek a truce with the famous Arthur, Arthur considers the request by assembling his counselors where "a tall, auburn, curly-headed man" was standing. Rhonabwy asks who he is, and is told that he is Rhun ap Maelgwn Gwynedd, a man who may join in counsel with anyone, because there was none in Britain better skilled in counsel than he.
Rhun (Welsh given name) | Rhun in literature
Pendoy, apart from the parents of Luisa and Nieves, became one of the obstacles affecting the relationships in the story.
Madaling Araw | Characters
And there was a man in that battle, unless his name were known he could not be overcome; and there was on the other side a woman called Achren, and unless her name were known her party could not be overcome. And Gwydion ab Don guessed the name of the man".
Arawn | Other legends
The Tolkien scholar Richard C. West notes the resemblance between Arwen and Lúthien, and analyses Arwen's understanding of her fateful choice, between love for Aragorn and mortality on the one hand, and her father's wishes and immortality on the other. Others such as Bill Davis analyse Tolkien's exploration of mortality through an elf's choosing to die. West further shows how Tolkien subtly weaves the tale into the main story of "The Lord of the Rings". West gives examples of direct and indirect references to Arwen that only make sense or become clearer once the tale in the Appendices has been read, such as the gift-giving scene in Lothlorien where Aragorn refers to Arwen with his words to Galadriel "Lady, you know all my desire, and long held in keeping the only treasure that I seek.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Love and death
In 1940 he began a novel set in contemporary Corwen but gave it up, to start his "Romance of Corwen", "", in January 1942, the action of which takes place in 499 AD.
Corwen | Culture
A brief reference to Culhwch is made in "Marwnad Cynddylan", a probably seventh-century "awdl"-poem, in which the mythological hero is compared to the deceased Cynddylan, a seventh-century ruler of Pengwern.
Culhwch | Other appearances
"", one of the novels in the series, suggests that It, along with the Turtle, are themselves creations of a separate, omnipotent creator referred to as "the Other" (possibly Gan, who is said to have created the various universes where King's novels take place).
It (character) | Literature
Arwen is depicted as extremely beautiful; she is in Hatcher's view "a symbol of the unattainable, a perfect match for the unattainable Aragorn in Éowyn's eyes." Leibiger wrote that Arwen's lack of involvement follows the general Elvish pattern of retreating to safe havens already established in "The Silmarillion" and continued in "The Lord of the Rings". Enright wrote that Arwen, like Christ, is an immortal who voluntarily chooses mortality out of love, in her case for Aragorn. She granted that Arwen is not a conspicuous character, and unlike Éowyn does not ride into battle, but stated that her inner power is "subtly conveyed" and present throughout the novel.
Women in The Lord of the Rings | Arwen
Joffrey is mentioned a few times in the later novels.
Joffrey Baratheon | Later novels
The Third Age ends as Elrond departs Middle-earth never to return, and he and Arwen are "sundered by the Sea and by a doom beyond the end of the world".
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Plot
Dayton was named Arwen after an elf in The Lord of the Rings. She began writing around the age of 7 or 8, when her teacher asked her to write a one-page story. As a child she enjoyed reading adventure and fantasy stories, and at the age of 8 envisaged a story about a prince arriving on a spaceship from another planet to rescue his little sister; several elements of her original idea weaved their way into her novel many years later, "Resurrection". At the age of 12 she read the book "The King Must Die", by Mary Renault, which had a major impact on the budding writer, describing it as "having everything, Greek mythology brought into real life...
Arwen Elys Dayton | Background
Arawn, king of the otherworld realm of Annwn:
Welsh mythology in the arts and popular culture | Arawn
Culhwch and Olwen () is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest, c. 1400, and a fragmented version in the White Book of Rhydderch, c. 1325. It is the longest of the surviving Welsh prose tales.
Culhwch and Olwen | Introduction
Frodo's Shadow is, appropriately in Grant's view, also a male Hobbit, like Frodo. Aragorn has an Ideal Partner in Arwen, but also a Negative Animus in Eowyn, at least until she meets Faramir and chooses a happy union with him instead. All of these together create an image of the self.
Character pairing in The Lord of the Rings | Jungian archetypes
In Welsh mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu. She is the heroine of the story "Culhwch and Olwen" in the Mabinogion. Her father is fated to die if she ever marries, so when Culhwch (sometimes spelled as Kilhwch) comes to court her, he is given a series of immensely difficult tasks which he must complete before he can win her hand. With the help of his cousin King Arthur, Culhwch succeeds and the giant dies, allowing Olwen to marry her suitor. The name "Olwen" reappears in the non-Arthurian folktale "Einion and Olwen", about a sheep herder who travels to the Otherworld to marry Olwen; they later have a son named Taliesin.
Olwen | Introduction
Other scholars disagree with this idea, as many of these newer translations create more problems within the story and do not ground themselves in the Llyfr Gwyn, from which the Mabinogi was translated.
Arawn | The Four Branches
Renwick (a character who becomes more involved in the Brodies' family life towards the end of the novel).
Hatter's Castle | Characters
In the early novels he is described several times as looking like a cross “between a monk and a grandee.” He is very tall, dark and good looking; the press have given him the nickname “Handsome Alleyn.” He has a habit of quoting Shakespeare, among others. As the series progresses, Alleyn marries and has a son, and eventually rises to the rank of Chief Superintendent.
Roderick Alleyn | Background and early life
Nodwick Yeagar Artax
Nodwick | Main characters
Uther Pendragon remains a widely used character in modern Arthurian literature and other fiction.
Uther Pendragon | Modern works
"The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", which is told in the appendices of "The Lord of the Rings", served as a sequel to this story. Indeed, both Aragorn and Arwen were descendants of Beren and Lúthien.
Beren and Lúthien | Development and versions
Edward Lear makes reference to Ware in "More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc": "There was an old person of Ware, Who rode on the back of a bear: When they ask'd, - 'Does it trot?'-- He said 'Certainly not! He's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear!'"
Ware, Hertfordshire | Literature
Sir Edward Anwyl, however, informs me that he does not think that Cellan and Callwen can possibly be the same word."
Saint Callwen | Legacy
A number of Welsh poems addressed to Llywelyn by contemporary poets such as Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Dafydd Benfras and Llywarch ap Llywelyn (better known under the nickname "Prydydd y Moch") have survived. Very little of this poetry has been published in English translation. Llywelyn has continued to figure in modern Welsh literature. The play Siwan (1956, English translation 1960) by Saunders Lewis deals with the finding of William de Braose in Joan's chamber and his execution by Llywelyn. Another well-known Welsh play about Llywelyn is "Llywelyn Fawr" by Thomas Parry. Llywelyn is the main character or one of the main characters in several English-language novels:
Llywelyn the Great | Cultural allusions
Nell Gwyn has appeared as the principal, or a leading character, in numerous stage works and novels, including:
Nell Gwyn | In stage works and literature
Bowman notes that when Aragorn first sees Arwen, he both sings about Lúthien Tinúviel and calls Arwen by that name "as if the story [of Lúthien and Beren] had come to life before his eyes" and later he compares his life with Beren's, saying "I have turned my eyes to a treasure no less dear than the treasure of Thingol that Beren once desired". To Bowman, this blurs the line between story and history, something that as she notes Tolkien much preferred, whether "true or feigned", in the same way that Dante in his "Inferno" (5.121-138) narrates that Paolo and Francesca were trying to imitate Lancelot and Guinevere of Arthurian legend.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | "History, true or feigned"
His daughter, Anora would eventually be married to Cailan.
Loghain Mac Tir | Character
"Arvon" is an Anglicized version of the Welsh word "Arfon". Arfon references the Welsh medieval administrative district Cantref Arfon. This area figures prominently in Welsh mythology. In the fourth saga of the Mabinogi (the collection great medieval stories of Wales), it is the home of several heroes and kings. Robert Vaughn named his daughter Arvonia after this mythological region, and a masculine form of her name graces the building.
Arvon Block | Name
Leon of Modena is the basis of the character Judah Aryeh in the novel "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks.
Leon of Modena | Appearances in popular culture
Yes, he was happily married, and yes, he did have a daughter. But his wife, Edith Mary, and daughter, Priscilla, seemed to have practically no influence on his writing." They quoted the scholar of medieval and Old English literature, Linda Voigts, as defending Tolkien, pointing out that, brought up in a male world and living among male scholars at a time when "Oxford was a boys' club", he could not have been expected to be a modern feminist. Butler and Eberhard wrote that the woman in the novel see little action, giving the example of Arwen. In their opinion, a strong-willed woman, Éowyn, was created when the teenaged Priscilla asked her father for a female character.
Women in The Lord of the Rings | A story about men for boys
Gwendolen Harleth, later Gwendolen Grandcourt, is a central character in George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda" (1876). She acts as a foil to Mirah Lapidoth.
Gwendolen Harleth | Introduction
There are references to "March ap Meichion" ("Mark") and "Trystan" in the Welsh Triads, in some of the gnomic poetry, the "Mabinogion" stories, and in the 11th-century hagiography of Illtud. A character called Drystan appears as one of King Arthur's advisers at the end of "The Dream of Rhonabwy", an early 13th-century tale in the Welsh prose collection known as the "Mabinogion". Iseult is listed along with other great men and women of Arthur's court in another, much earlier "Mabinogion" tale, "Culhwch and Olwen".
Tristan and Iseult | British
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Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn | Modern version
The scholar of English literature Chris Walsh describes "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" as an alternative ending to "The Lord of the Rings", with Aragorn's sombre last words to Arwen in place of the hobbit Sam Gamgee's cheery "Well, I'm back". Walsh notes that in a letter, Tolkien wrote "The passage over Sea [to Elvenhome in the West] is not Death ... I am only concerned with Death as part of the nature, physical and spiritual, of Man, and with Hope without guarantees. That is why I regard the tale of Arwen and Aragorn as the most important of the appendices; it is part of the essential story [...]".
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Relegated ending
'What name,' I thought, 'would pair well with 'Arlo?' It didn’t take long to come up with 'Janis.'”
Arlo and Janis | Origins of the characters' names
The correct rendering of this name in Modern Welsh depends on the specific source. The Middle Welsh "avanc" of Llyn Barfog is "afanc" in Modern Welsh, a word which is now used to mean "beaver". The form "avanc/afanc" is also used in the Red Book of Hergest and most other medieval sources. In the Middle Welsh version of Peredur's tale in the "White Book of Rhydderch", the creature in the cave is called the "addanc". "Afanc" is by far the most common spelling.
Afanc | Orthography
So Taran had traded his sword for nothing and the Cauldron would have been secure forever with the witches. The witches disappear in the clouds, laughing.
Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch | In film
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Penygarn, Torfaen | References
As he has no payment, the sisters refuse to directly answer the question; however, they direct him to the Mirror of Llunet and leave him with the advice "The seeking counts more than the finding" and "every robin must scratch for his own worms". In "The High King", the witches make one final appearance near the end, this time in the shape of beautiful maidens (a form only glimpsed in "The Black Cauldron"). They give Taran a farewell present of an uncompleted tapestry which depicts his life's story. They tell him that they will leave on a journey of their own and when Taran asks for them to give him the answer of one final question as a last boon, they reply (a little sadly) "When in truth did we ever give you anything?" before vanishing.
Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch | In the books
Mabon is almost certainly related to the continental Arthurian figures Mabonagrain, Mabuz, Nabon le Noir and Maboun.
Mabon ap Modron | Other appearances
The ode is structured in four parts and presents two principal characters, "Merch y Drycinoedd" ("Daughter of the Tempests") and the "Arwr". There has been much disagreement in the past regarding the meaning of the ode. It can be said with certainty that Hedd Wyn, like his favourite poet Shelley, longed for a perfect humanity and a perfect world during the chaos of war.
Hedd Wyn | Manuscripts and publications
Roald sat through that term and then returned to serve in deputy position.
Arnfinn Severin Roald | Introduction
The following is a list of characters are named Yvain (or a variation of Yvain), mentioned in Arthurian legend. The work(s)in which they appear are italicized.
List of characters named Ywain in Arthurian legend | Introduction
Aragorn, visiting Rivendell, sings the "Lay of Lúthien", an immortal Elf-maiden in the First Age who marries a man, Beren, thereby choosing a mortal life. As he does so, "Lúthien walked before his eyes": he sees Arwen in the woods, and calls out to her "Tinúviel! Tinúviel!" as Beren had done; she reveals that although she seems no older than he, she is of great age, having "the [immortal] life of the Eldar". He falls in love with her. Arwen's father, Elrond the Half-elven, sees without being told what has happened, and tells Aragorn that a "great doom awaits" him, either to be the greatest of his line since Elendil, or to fall into darkness; and that he "shall neither have wife, nor bind any woman to you in troth" until he is found worthy.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Plot
"Oxford Companion to Welsh Literature" (1986), p. 203.
Y Ford Gron | References
Gwyddelan in Dolwyddelan.
Angharad James | Life
"The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" is a story within the Appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". It narrates the love of the mortal Man Aragorn and the immortal Elf-maiden Arwen, telling the story of their first meeting, their eventual betrothal and marriage, and the circumstances of their deaths. Tolkien called the tale "really essential to the story". In contrast to the non-narrative appendices it extends the main story of the book to cover events both before and after it, one reason it would not fit in the main text. Tolkien gave another reason for its exclusion, namely that the main text is told from the hobbits' point of view.
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Introduction
Arwen does not appear in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", nor in the 1980 Rankin-Bass adaptation of "The Return of the King". In Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Arwen is played by Liv Tyler. The films give her a more prominent role than her literary counterpart. In the first film, Arwen searches for Aragorn and single-handedly rescues Frodo Baggins from the Black Riders at Bruinen, thwarting them with a sudden flood, summoned by an incantation. (In the novel, Elrond summons the flood, and Glorfindel takes Frodo to Rivendell.) During this flight Arwen wields the sword Hadhafang, which according to film merchandise was once wielded by her father and had belonged to his grandmother Idril Celebrindal.
Arwen | Adaptations
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Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn | First published version
West speculates that Aragorn may be thinking here of the consequences of what will happen should Arwen marry him, and later states that he finds "the lonely death of Arwen the most moving tragedy within ["The Lord of the Rings"]". A similar conclusion regarding Aragorn's feelings at Weathertop is drawn by scholar of medieval English literature John M. Bowers in his work on the influence of Geoffrey Chaucer on Tolkien. Bowers, looking at both the Weathertop scene and 'The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen', states that like certain pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", Aragorn's stories of his ancestors "open a window into his private desires and fears".
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen | Love and death
Some supporting characters continue between novels; there is always a beautiful girl, a handsome former student, and an intrepid housewife.
The Iron Clew | Literary significance and criticism
Although some were serious dramas (such as his play on Illiam Dhone), Kneen's plays were generally short comic pieces in dialect. This was in marked contrast to Kneen's generally serious personality. The plays noted for special mention by William Cubbon were "A Lil' Smook", "Yn Blaa Sooree" ('The Courting Flower'), "Ann", "Putting up the Banns" and "The Magpies".
John Kneen | Literature
The Scottish author and playwright Alasdair Gray references the name Sludden as one of his predominant characters in his first novel "Lanark".
Sludden | Other References to Sludden
Cunimund's grim end and Rosamund are mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkien's story "The Lost Road", when the character Alboin asks his father, Oswin Errol, about the origin of his name:
Cunimund | In literature
Thomas Love Peacock's novel of 1829 The Misfortunes of Elphin relates much of Elfin's story. The novel is in part a satire of contemporary British life and in part a playful and ironic version of Welsh legend. The novel includes the discovery of Taleisin as a baby and the attempted raper of Elfin's wife by Rhun - which is considerably toned down for a comic novel.
Elffin ap Gwyddno | Later literary references
Nora Fisher – an English teacher from New Jersey. Twenty-nine years old when the story begins. Corresponds roughly to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Lord Aruendiel – a magician, the third son of Lord Aruen. Died once in battle with the Faitoren, and was revived by other magicians. Bad-tempered and walks with a limp. Approximately one hundred and eighty years old (magicians age more slowly than other people). Corresponds roughly to Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Toristel – an old woman who cooks and cleans for Aruendiel. Turns out to be Aruendiel's great-great-granddaughter.
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic | Characters
He is not mentioned by name in the novel.
Anthony Corleone | Introduction
Bronwen () is a Welsh feminine given name. It is closely associated with the similar name "Branwen", which appears in medieval Welsh literature. Used in Wales since the 19th century, it was introduced to the English-speaking public at large by a character in the Richard Llewellyn novel "How Green Was My Valley" (1939). Notable bearers of the name include:
Bronwen | Introduction
The author knows her Dartmoor thoroughly and the people are alive, the heroine Morwenna, being a particularly well drawn and interesting character." The novel begins during World War One when men are still being called up to serve on the front. The heroine Morwenna has grown up in a large Dartmoor farming family she has been adopted into by her uncle. Her parents died when she was little. The title refers to the heroine's green gown which, due to her uncle's lack of funds, is in the early part of the novel the only gown (dress) she has. It has become old, faded, and too small for her.
Charlotte Mary Matheson | "Morwenna of the Green Gown" (1923)
She also appears as Bronwyn Mantel.
Bronwen Mantel | Early life and career
Erawan (disambiguation)
Erewan | See also
The Anselm is one of the main figures in these historical novels:
Anselm Adornes | Appearance in Literature