The original nickname "Trotter" was retained for a long time, and Tolkien decided to change it to "Strider" only after the story was completed. There were also several experimental translations of "Trotter" to Sindarin: "Padathir", "Du-finnion", and "Rimbedir", with "Ethelion" possibly an equivalent of "Peregrin" (Boffin). Before the later title "the Dúnadan" ("Man of the West") emerged, "Tarkil" (Quenya for "noble Man") was used, as another synonym for "Númenórean". Tolkien hesitated for some time over Strider's "real" name. Although "Aragorn" was the first suggestion when his Mannish descent was determined, though the name was changed a number of times. At one point Tolkien decided that an Elvish name did not suit a Man, and thus altered it from "Aragorn" via "Elfstone" to "Ingold", an Old English name with "ing-" representing "West".
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Aragorn | Names
"Trotter" "Strider" “Padathir” and "Du-finnion” to name a few. Strider The original nickname "Trotter" was retained for a long time, and Tolkien decided to change it to "Strider" only after the story was completed. Strider.
arwen's dad in lord of the rings
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Her father was Elrond half-elven, a descendant of the Man Tuor.
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what is an elven?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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who created the aforementioned character?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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are there any other names of the character?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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is the character referred in any literature?
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Yes, in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen".
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what kind of literary work is it?
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The tale is set in the Third and Fourth Ages of fictional universe.
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is it a novel?
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It is a story within the Appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".
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what is the story about?
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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.
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who is the mortal man?
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Aragorn is a fictional character who was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, King of Gondor. He was a confidant of Gandalf and part of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.
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does he have any other names?
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Later he introduced a new plot element: Galadriel's gift of a green stone, and Tolkien reverted to "Elfstone" to make an additional connection. Among other names Tolkien considered "Elfstan", "Elfmere", "Elf-friend", "Elfspear", "Elfwold" and "Erkenbrand", with Elvish forms: "Eldamir", "Eldavel", "Eledon", "Qendemir". The name of Aragorn's father also passed through many transient forms: Tolkien paired "Aramir" or "Celegorn" with "Aragorn" before settling upon "Arathorn"; among the various pairings were "Elfhelm" and "Eldakar" with "Elfstone" and "Eldamir"; and "Ingrim" with "Ingold".
Aragorn | Names
The original nickname "Trotter" was retained for a long time, and Tolkien decided to change it to "Strider" only after the story was completed. There were also several experimental translations of "Trotter" to Sindarin: "Padathir", "Du-finnion", and "Rimbedir", with "Ethelion" possibly an equivalent of "Peregrin" (Boffin). Before the later title "the Dúnadan" ("Man of the West") emerged, "Tarkil" (Quenya for "noble Man") was used, as another synonym for "Númenórean". Tolkien hesitated for some time over Strider's "real" name. Although "Aragorn" was the first suggestion when his Mannish descent was determined, though the name was changed a number of times. At one point Tolkien decided that an Elvish name did not suit a Man, and thus altered it from "Aragorn" via "Elfstone" to "Ingold", an Old English name with "ing-" representing "West".
Aragorn | Names
As a foster child in Rivendell, Aragorn was renamed Estel or Hope. In Rohan (Middle-earth) and Gondor he was named Thorongil ("Eagle of the Star"). Renaming is common in Tolkien's writings, as seen in the Council of Elrond. In Lothlórien, he is given the name Elessar. At this point he begins to grow into his kingly role. He is given many names later in Minas Tirith, but the one the people know him by and give him is again, Elessar Elfstone which is his regal name. Túrin never embraces a new name until Turambar. He uses names to remake himself and doesn't acknowledge old ones except for Túrin.
The Lay of the Children of Húrin | Aragorn's Name Story
Aragorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is one of the main protagonists of "The Lord of the Rings". Aragorn was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, King of Gondor. He was a confidant of Gandalf and part of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. He fell in love with the immortal elf Arwen, as told in The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen; her father, Elrond, forbade them to marry unless Aragorn became King of both Arnor and Gondor.
Aragorn | Introduction
He met the wizard Gandalf and they became close friends. The Rangers help to guard the Shire, inhabited by the diminutive hobbits. He became known as "Strider" in the areas around the Shire and Bree. Aragorn undertook great journeys, serving in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan (King Théoden's father) and of Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor (father of Denethor). His tasks helped to raise morale in the West and to counter the growing threat of Sauron and his allies, and he acquired experience that he would later put to use in the War of the Ring. Aragorn served his lords during that time under the name "Thorongil" (Eagle of the Star).
Aragorn | Early life
Aragorn was the son of Arathorn II and his wife Gilraen. Through his distant ancestors Isildur and Anarion, the sons of Elendil, whom he closely resembled, he was directly in line for the thrones of both Gondor and Arnor. When he was two years old, his father was killed while pursuing orcs. He was fostered in Rivendell by Elrond, who was still living in Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age. At the bidding of Elrond, his lineage was kept secret, as Elrond feared he would be killed like his father and grandfather if his true identity as Isildur's heir became known.
Aragorn | Early life
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
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
Aragorn was renamed "Estel" ("hope" in Sindarin) to hide his existence from Sauron and his servants. He was not told about his heritage until he came of age. Elrond revealed to Aragorn his true name and ancestry, and delivered to him the shards of Elendil's sword Narsil, and another ancient heirloom, the Ring of Barahir. He withheld the Sceptre of Annúminas from him until he earned the right to possess it. Aragorn met and fell in love with the elf Arwen, Elrond's daughter (whom he mistook for Lúthien), when she returned from Lothlórien, her mother's homeland. Aragorn thereafter assumed his role as the sixteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain, the Rangers of the North, and went into the wild, living with the remnants of his people, whose kingdom had been destroyed through civil and regional wars centuries before.
Aragorn | Early life
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
This story was further elaborated, making Trotter a nephew of Bilbo, named Peregrin Boffin, and an elder cousin of Frodo. He was said to have run away after he came of age, some 20 years before Bilbo left the Shire, and had helped Gandalf in tracking Gollum later. A hint was also given as to why Trotter wore wooden shoes: he had been captured by the Dark Lord in Mordor and tortured, but saved by Gandalf; a note was added by Tolkien in the margin, saying that it would later be revealed that Trotter had wooden feet.
Aragorn | Identity
While Aragorn was with the Valkyrie, Dane Whitman gained a new flying horse named Strider from the Lady of the Lake.
Aragorn (comics) | Second Aragorn
Gandalf is given several names and nicknames in Tolkien's writings. Gandalf himself says, "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves, Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North "Gandalf"; to the East I go not." In an early manuscript version of "The Hobbit", he is called Bladorthin. Each Wizard is distinguished by the colour of his cloak. For most of his manifestation as a wizard, Gandalf's cloak is grey, hence the names Gandalf "the Grey", and Greyhame. "Mithrandir" is a name in Sindarin meaning "the Grey Pilgrim" or "the Grey Wanderer".
Gandalf | In-universe names
Despite the urging of Elrond and Círdan, Gil-galad's lieutenants, Isildur did not throw the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. The Second Age ended, and Isildur became King of both Arnor in the North and Gondor far away in the South. Isildur was killed by orcs soon afterwards at the Gladden Fields beside the River Anduin, and the Ring was seemingly lost for ever.
Aragorn | Background
The archaeologist Max Adams suggests that Tolkien may have based Aragorn on Oswald, a prince of the Northumbrian royal house exiled to the Kingdom of Dál Riata after Cadwallon King of Gwynedd and Penda King of Mercia laid waste to his ancestral homelands, and who returned years later with a raised army of Anglian exiles and retook his kingdom slaying Cadwallon in the process. The French medievalist Alban Gautier, and separately the historian Christopher Snyder, suggest a connection with a different Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred of Wessex, described by Snyder as "an unexpected monarch (he had four elder brothers) and inspirational leader who united disparate peoples".
Aragorn | Conjectured historical basis
Midway through "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf becomes the head of the order of Wizards, and is renamed Gandalf the White. This change in status (and clothing) introduces another name for the wizard: the White Rider. However, characters who speak Elvish still refer to him as "Mithrandir". At times in "The Lord of the Rings", other characters address Gandalf by disparaging nicknames: Stormcrow, "Láthspell" ("Ill-news" in Old English), and "Grey Fool".
Gandalf | In-universe names
The original form of "Agarwaen" "Bloodstained" was "Iarwaeth", and "Thurin" "the Secret" supposedly originated in "Thuringud" "the Hidden Foe". In early texts Tolkien usually interpreted "Turambar" as "the Conqueror of Fate".
Túrin Turambar | Rejected names
In Brian Sibley's 1981 BBC radio dramatisation of "The Lord of the Rings", Aragorn was played by Robert Stephens. Sibley writes that Stephens gave "a mercurial performance, combining nobility and humanity in his portrayal of the returning king whose fate, along with that of all Middle-earth, [hung] on the success or failure of Frodo's quest." On stage, Aragorn was portrayed by Evan Buliung in the three-hour production of "The Lord of the Rings," which opened in 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the 1969 parody "Bored of the Rings", Aragorn is portrayed as "Arrowroot son of Arrowshirt".
Aragorn | Other
He can not let go of his past. Ultimately, Aragorn accepts and uses all of his names becoming more or less an anti-Túrin as Croft puts it.
The Lay of the Children of Húrin | Aragorn's Name Story
The idea of Túrin changing his name to escape his doom is present already in the original versions of the tale, although to a lesser extent. The name "Turambar" goes to preliminary drafts, where however it was taken by Túrin at his first encounter with Glaurung after the latter had "revealed" to Túrin that he was cursed. "Blacksword" also appears there, as a side-name; in addition Túrin is said to have called himself "Turambar son of the weary forest" when he returned to Dor-lómin, with Quenya form "Rúsitaurion" and Gnomish "bo-Dhrauthodavros". Tolkien was hesitant about the exact Elvish transcriptions of names: in various texts the later "Turumarth" appears as "Turumart", "Turmarth", or "Turamarth"; "Mormegil" as "Mormagli(r)" or "Mormael" in Gnomish/Sindarin and as "Mormakil" in Quenya.
Túrin Turambar | Rejected names
Later he took the name Gorthol, "the Dread Helm" (S. "gor-" 'horror', "thôl" 'helm'), since he wore the Dragon-helm then. When Túrin came to Nargothrond, he hid his identity under the epithet "Agarwaen son of Úmarth", "the Bloodstained, son of Ill-fate", but soon became generally known as "Adanedhel", "Man-Elf", since he greatly resembled Elves in manners and looks. Finduilas also called him "Thurin", "the Secret", and after the reforging of the black sword Gurthang and because of his prowess with it, Túrin was known as "Mormegil", "the Blacksword" (S. "mor-" "black", "magol" or "megil" "sword"). When he first met the Men of Brethil, Túrin presented himself as the Wildman of the Woods, but soon took the name "Turambar" when he decided to settle there.
Túrin Turambar | Names and titles
One of the author's favorite books, "The Lord of the Rings", lent several words and images to "Animorphs": the elvish word for Orc, "yrch", became Yeerk; the flaming red Eye of Sauron inspired the Crayak, and Ax's middle name, "Esgarrouth", is based on a town in the books called Esgaroth. The human name of Ax's brother, Elfangor, is Alan Fangor and his last name is in reference to the Fangor region or Fangorn Forest. Also there was a minor reference to Gondor, in the form of a fictional company named "Gondor Industries" in the 14th book. (It may also be significant that Visser Three's host is named Alloran, a rough homonym of Gandalf's Valinorean name "Olórin", and that one of the minor alien races is called "the Five", which is also a term used in "The Lord of the Rings" for the Istari.) Applegate's writing was inspired by her family.
Animorphs | Development
As Garrett was dying, he persuades his nephew Dane Whitman to take his scientific discoveries and use them for good. Whitman thus became a new, heroic Black Knight, and used his uncle's techniques to create another winged horse. This one he names Aragorn and uses as his mount. Aragorn helped the Black Knight and the Avengers battle the Masters of Evil; carried the Black Knight into battle against Le Sabre; helped the Black Knight and Doctor Strange battle Tiboro; carried the Black Knight alongside Doctor Strange and the Avengers as they battled Ymir and Surtur; carried the Black Knight to Olympus to battle Ares and the Enchantress, among numerous other adventures together.
Aragorn (comics) | Second Aragorn
This word originated from the fictional language of Quenya, which was invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for elves in his Middle Earth series. It translated to "elf-stone", and is one of the many names of the character more well-known as Aragorn. Another name of Aragorn is "long-shanks", justifying its connection to "Elessaurus", which possessed characteristically elongated shin bones. The specific name translates to "Western Gondwana", the region of the Early Triassic world which is now South America.
Elessaurus | Discovery
"The Lord of the Rings" hero Aragorn, heir of the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor, carried the shards of the sword Narsil, broken when his ancestor Elendil died in battle with the Dark Lord Sauron. Its name, Narsil, contained the roots for "fire" and "white light", meaning "Sun and Moon" in Quenya. It had been forged in the First Age by the greatest of the Dwarf-smiths, Telchar. He worked into the enchanted sword the ability to shine "with the light of the sun and of the moon", with the result that "the sword of Elendil filled Orcs and Men with fear".
Named weapons in Middle-earth | Narsil / Andúril
But she chose otherwise, marrying Aragorn II Elessar, king of the Reunited Kingdom, at the start of the Fourth Age, and bringing noble elvish blood into his dynasty. He ruled for 120 years, choosing to die at a great age for a man, but while still in full health. She died alone at the age of 2,901 years, grieving the brevity of her mortal happiness.
Half-elf | Aragorn and Arwen
Elven-smiths reforged the shards of Narsil into a new sword, setting into the design of the blade seven stars (for Elendil) and a crescent moon (for Isildur), as well as many runes. Aragorn renamed the sword Andúril, "Flame of the West". The group attempted to cross the pass of Caradhras, and having failed, travelled instead through the mines of Moria. When Gandalf was killed fighting a Balrog, Aragorn led the company to Lothlórien and down the River Anduin to the Falls of Rauros. He planned to go to Gondor to aid its people in the war, but he became increasingly concerned about Frodo and the quest.
Aragorn | The War of the Ring
One of his notes suggested that the Rangers should not be hobbits as originally planned, and that this would mean that Trotter was either a man, or a hobbit who associated himself with the Rangers and was "very well known" (within the story). The latter suggestion was linked to an early comment of Bingo: "I keep on feeling that I have seen him somewhere before". Tolkien considered that Trotter might be Bilbo Baggins himself, but soon rejected that idea after Aragorn identified himself. Another suggestion was that Trotter was Fosco Took (Bilbo's first cousin), who "vanished when a lad, owing to Gandalf".
Aragorn | Identity
The first three of these five wizards were named in "The Lord of the Rings" as Saruman "man of skill" (Rohirric), Gandalf "elf of the staff" (northern Men), and Radagast "tender of beasts" (possibly Westron). Tolkien never provided non-Elvish names for the other two; their names in Valinor are stated as Alatar and Pallando, and in Middle-earth as Morinehtar and Rómestámo. Each wizard in the series had robes of a characteristic colour: white for Saruman (the chief and the most powerful of the five), grey for Gandalf, brown for Radagast, and sea-blue for Alatar and Pallando. Gandalf and Saruman play important roles in "The Lord of the Rings", while Radagast appears only briefly, more or less as a single plot device.
Wizards (Middle-earth) | Names
Beleriand had many different names in Tolkien's early writings, including Broceliand, a name borrowed from medieval romance, Golodhinand, Noldórinan ("valley of the Noldor"), Geleriand, Bladorinand, Belaurien, Arsiriand, Lassiriand, and Ossiriand (later used as a name for the easternmost part of Beleriand).
Beleriand | Concept and creation
The development of Aragorn's connection to Gondor was long and complex, as was his association with Boromir. Initially it is said that Aragorn's forefathers were the exiles of Númenor who ruled over the people of "Ond" (the early name of Gondor) but were driven out by the Witch King "when Sauron raised a rebellion". The story of the two branches of Elendil's descendants ruling over two kingdoms of Men through many generations only emerged gradually; at one time, Tolkien even seems to have conceived only three generations between Isildur and Aragorn. Aragorn's relationship with Arwen was established very late in the writing.
Aragorn | Development
The name "Túrin" supposedly comes from the speech of the Folk of Hador, with unknown etymology. "Turambar" derives from Quenya, an Elvish language created by Tolkien, with the meaning "Master of Fate" (Q. "Tur-" 'mastery', "umbar" or "ambar" 'fate'). All other names given to and taken by Túrin come from Sindarin, another Elven-tongue devised by Tolkien. The Sindarin form of "Turambar", rarely used by Tolkien, was "Turumarth" (S. "umarth" or "amarth" 'fate', also "úmarth" 'ill-fate'). After leaving Doriath, Túrin usually tried to conceal his curse and, consequently, his true name. When he first appeared among the outlaws, he called himself "Neithan", "the Wronged", as he thought that he had been expelled from Doriath.
Túrin Turambar | Names and titles
The "first germ" of the character that later evolved into Aragorn or Strider was a peculiar hobbit met by Bingo Bolger-Baggins (precursor of Frodo Baggins) at the inn of "The Prancing Pony". His description and behaviour, however, was already quite close to the final story, with the difference that the hobbit wore wooden shoes, and was nicknamed Trotter for the "clitter-clap" sound that they produced. He was accounted to be "one of the wild folk – rangers", and he played the same role in Frodo's journey to Rivendell as in "The Lord of the Rings". Later Tolkien hesitated about the true identity of "Trotter" for a long time.
Aragorn | Identity
Later Aragorn renewed Faramir's hereditary appointment as Steward to the King, and granted him the titles of the Prince of Ithilien and Lord of Emyn Arnen.
Faramir | Names and titles
Aragorn joined Frodo Baggins, Bilbo's adopted heir, and three of Frodo's friends at the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree; a letter from Gandalf convinced Frodo to trust Aragorn. The four hobbits had set out from the Shire to bring the One Ring to Rivendell. Aragorn, going by the nickname "Strider", was then 87 years old, nearing the prime of life for a Númenórean. With Aragorn's help the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl, though Frodo was gravely injured, and reached Rivendell. There, Frodo, healed by Elrond, volunteered to destroy the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom, and Aragorn is chosen as a member of the Fellowship of the Ring to accompany him, along with Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the dwarf, Boromir of Gondor, and the hobbits Pippin, Merry, and Frodo's faithful gardener Samwise Gamgee.
Aragorn | The War of the Ring
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
Italian "moro" (cf. Latin "maurus", black, and "Mauri", a North African tribe) means a Moor, and the adjective means "black"; Tolkien said that he liked the Italian language. Greek Μαυρός ("mauros") means "dark, dim". He notes, too, the possible connection in Tolkien's mind with Mirkwood, the dark Northern forest, from Norse "myrk" "dark", cognate with English "murky". He adds that words like "Latin "mors" 'death' or Old English "morðor" 'murder'—further darkened the ring of this syllable." Finally, Fauskanger mentions the Arthurian names like Morgana, Morgause, and Mordred; the Mor- element here does not mean "dark", possibly being connected to Welsh "mawr" "big", but Tolkien could have picked up the association with Arthurian evil.
Mordor | Naming
Paul H. Kocher writes that whereas Isildur claimed the Ring as his own, Aragorn, on hearing Frodo's exclamation that since he is Isildur's direct descendant the Ring must be his, at once renounces all claim to it. Aragorn explains that he searched for it to help Gandalf as "it seemed fit that Isildur's heir should labour to repair Isildur's fault", an inherited wrong. Vedran Dodig writes that just as Jesus, in his role as king, is a descendant of King David, Aragorn is a descendant of Isildur. Nicholas Birns notes Isildur's survival, along with his father Elendil, of Númenor's catastrophic fall, an event that recalls to him Plato's Atlantis,the Biblical fall of man, and Noah's flood; he notes that Tolkien called Elendil a "Noachian figure", an echo of the biblical Noah.
Isildur | Reception
The name "Carach Angren" is derived from J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and means "Iron Jaws" in the Elvish language of Sindarin. In the Tolkien universe, "Carach Angren" is the name of a fortified pass into North-Western Mordor.
Carach Angren | Name
After the death of Beleg, he names himself Agarwaen, Son of Úmanth (Blood-Stained, Son of Ill-Fate). This is only a pseudonym. "There are two more nicknames yet to come in this chapter of Túrin's life; first the Elves begin calling him Adanedhel, the Elf-Man, because of his elvish looks and bearing, and then the elf-maiden Finduilas falls in love with him and gives him another nickname: Thurin, the Secret. So during his stay in Nargothrond we find Túrin at his most polyonomous, overly blessed with four names in addition to his hidden birth-name: one given by himself, one by his enemies, one by the people he lives with, and one (uncomfortably close to his true name) by the woman who loves him."
The Lay of the Children of Húrin | Túrin's Name Story
Ermanaric's Gothic name is reconstructed as "*Airmanareiks". It is recorded in the various Latinized forms: In medieval Germanic epics, the name appears as: Since the name "Heiðrekr" may have been confused with Ermanaric through folk etymology he is possibly identical to "Heiðrekr Ulfhamr" of the Hervarar saga.
Ermanaric | Name
He briefly appears in the first scenes of "", and in an extended flashback scene later on. In the theatrical versions Anárion and heirs do not appear, nor are they mentioned, and Arnor does not figure either. In "" Legolas refers to Isildur as "the last king of Gondor". However, in the extended edition both Arnor and the House of Anárion are mentioned, and it is clear that Isildur was not the last king. In the first film Isildur and Elrond go to the Crack of Doom where he refuses to destroy the Ring (Tolkien never wrote that he went to the Crack himself, only that he was advised to).
Isildur | Adaptations
Like Sauron, he had a host of other titles: Lord of the Dark, the Dark Power of the North and Great Enemy. The Edain called him the Dark King and the Dark Power; the Númenóreans corrupted by Sauron called him the Lord of All and the Giver of Freedom. He was called "Master of Lies" by Amlach of the House of Hador. http://www.dollypathak.com/ http://www.reenasexena.com/ http://www.escortsserviceinagra.com/
Morgoth | The name
"Morgoth Bauglir" is thus an epithet. His name in "Ainulindalë" (the creation myth of Middle-earth and first section of "The Silmarillion") is "Melkor", which means "He Who Arises In Might" in Quenya. This too is an epithet since he, like all the Ainur, had another "true name" in Valarin (in the legendarium, the language of the Ainur before the beginning of Time), but this name was not recorded. The Sindarin equivalent of "Melkor" was "Belegûr", but it was never used; instead a deliberately similar name "Belegurth", meaning "Great Death", was employed. In earlier versions of Tolkien's legendarium the form of his name was Melko, simply meaning "Mighty One".
Morgoth | The name
In earlier versions of Tolkien's writings, and in the first edition of "The Lord of the Rings", the name Finrod was given to the character later known as Finarfin. Finrod Felagund was then named Inglor Felagund. In the first edition of "The Lord of the Rings", the character Gildor introduces himself as "Gildor Inglorion of the house of Finrod." However, in the second edition, when Finrod's name was changed to Finarfin, this line was not changed. The earliest name of this character was Felagoth. In the published "The Silmarillion" Orodreth is Finrod's brother.
Finrod Felagund | Earlier versions
The "high men" of Gondor "married late, and their children were few", and eventually the line of kings died out, and Gondor was ruled instead by Stewards. Aragorn is the head of the Dúnedain ("Men of the West", Númenóreans) surviving in the North at the end of the Third Age, and as a descendant of Isildur can claim the kingship. The Princes of Dol Amroth were descended from a family of The Faithful from Númenor who had ruled over the land of Belfalas since the Second Age. This family of Númenóreans were akin to the Lords of Andúnië, and thus related to Elendil.
Númenor | Aftermath
Sauron, the Dark Lord, had made the One Ring, a Ring of Power, to enable him to take control of the whole of Middle-earth. Isildur and his brother Anarion, and their father Elendil, joined the Last Alliance of Elves (under Gil-Galad) and Men against Sauron. They defeated him at the Battle of Dagorlad, and laid siege to Sauron's Dark Tower, Barad-dûr, in Mordor. After seven years, Sauron came out to challenge Isildur. During the final battle on the slopes of Mount Doom, Elendil and Gil-galad were both killed. Isildur took up the hilt-shard of Narsil, Elendil's sword, and cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron.
Aragorn | Background
This might be another name for Gothmog, though Christopher Tolkien thought it more likely that Lungorthin was simply "a Balrog lord".
Balrog | Gothmog
Melkor was renamed "Morgoth" when he destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor, murdered Finwë, the High King of the Noldor Elves, and stole the Silmarils in the First Age. The darker name was then bestowed by Finwë's son Fëanor, and the Elves called him thereafter by that name alone. The name "Morgoth" is Sindarin (one of Tolkien's invented languages) and means "Dark Enemy", "Black Foe", or "Black Foe of the World". "Bauglir" is also Sindarin, meaning "Tyrant" or "Oppressor". Fëanor actually named him in Quenya (another of Tolkien's languages), "Moriñgotto" or "Moriñgotho", and this was later translated into Sindarin as "Morgoth".
Morgoth | The name
Searching through the closets of Orthanc, King Aragorn and his aides found the long lost first "Elendilmir", a white star of Elvish crystal affixed to a fillet of mithril. Once owned by Elendil, the first King of Arnor, it was an emblem of royalty there. After Elendil fell in the War of the Last Alliance, his eldest son Isildur ascended to the throne. On his journey back to the northern capital of Arnor, his retinue was ambushed by orcs. Isildur tried to escape by jumping into the river Anduin but was killed by arrows. Saruman may have found his body there, and taken the Elendilmir from it.
Mithril | Other mithril objects
The motif of hope is illustrated in Aragorn's successful handling of Saruman's seeing-stone or palantír. Aragorn is given the very name of "Hope" (Sindarin "Estel"), by which he is still affectionately called by his queen, Arwen, who at the hour of his death cries out "Estel, Estel!". Only Aragorn, as the heir of Isildur, can rightfully use the palantír, while Saruman and Denethor, who have both also made extensive use of palantírs, have fallen into despair or presumption. These latter traits have been identified as the two distinct sins "against the virtue of Hope".
Christianity in Middle-earth | Hope
They did not find the hobbits, but met Gandalf the White (whom they initially mistook for Saruman), sent back from death to continue his duties in Middle-earth. Gandalf told them that the hobbits were in the care of the Ents of Fangorn.
Aragorn | The War of the Ring
The in-fiction etymology, according to the essay "The Istari" in "Unfinished Tales", is that the name "Radagast" means "tender of beasts" in Adûnaic, another of Tolkien's fictional languages. However, Christopher Tolkien says that his father intended to change this derivation and bring Radagast in line with the other wizard-names, Gandalf and Saruman, by associating it with the old language of the Men of the Vales of Anduin. No alternative meaning is provided with this new association; indeed, Tolkien stated that the name was "not now clearly interpretable". His title "The Brown" is simply a reference to his earth-brown robes; each of the wizards had a cloak of a different colour.
Radagast | Etymology and origins
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
Tom Bombadil does not belong to any of the peoples of Middle-earth; Tolkien calls him the spirit of the countryside. Unlike the other races, he is seemingly unaffected by the One Ring and appears to predate the Children of Ilúvatar (Elves and Men). As to the nature of Bombadil, Tolkien himself said that some things should remain mysterious in any mythology, "especially if an explanation actually exists." Tom is also known as "The First", "Master Tom", "Old Tom", "Iarwain Ben-adar" (a Sindarin name meaning "The Oldest without a father"). The Noldor call him "Orald" meaning "Very Old", Dwarves call him "Forn" (meaning: The Ancient).
Middle-earth peoples | Tom Bombadil
He talks of the "kings of Númenor, that is Westernesse", and as they gaze at him, they see that the moon "climbs behind him as if to crown him", which Rutledge calls an echo of the Transfiguration. Rutledge explains that Aragorn is of the line of Elendil and knows he will inherit "the crown of Elendil and the other Kings of vanished Númenor", just as Jesus is of the line of King David, fulfilling the prophecy that the line of Kings would not fail. Zak Cramer notes in "Mallorn" that Tolkien's middle name, Reuel, means "God's friend", and could be written "El's friend" with reference to the Hebrew word for "God".
Elendil | Biblical echoes
In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world." His heir and 38-greats-grandson Aragorn spoke these traditional words again when he took up the crown of Gondor in "The Return of the King". Elendil lived in Arnor, where he founded the city of Annúminas. His sons lived in Gondor; Anárion founded the city of Minas Anor (later Minas Tirith) in Anórien, and Isildur founded Minas Ithil (later Minas Morgul) in Ithilien.
Elendil | Biography
Aragorn was voiced by John Hurt in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film version of "The Lord of the Rings", and by Theodore Bikel in the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of "The Return of the King", made for television. Kari Väänänen portrayed him in the 1993 Finnish television miniseries "Hobitit". In Peter Jackson's the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Aragorn is played by the Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen. He received critical acclaim for the portrayal, and was ranked No. 15 in "Empire"s 2015 survey of greatest film characters. In the 2009 fan film "The Hunt for Gollum", Aragorn is portrayed by Adrian Webster.
Aragorn | Film
Within Tolkien's fiction, "Mordor" had two meanings: "Black Land" in Sindarin, and "Land of Shadow" in Quenya. The root "mor" ("dark", "black") also appeared in Moria, which meant "Black Pit", and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Popular sources have conjectured or stated directly that "Mordor" came from Old English "morðor", "mortal sin" or "murder". Against this, Helge Fauskanger notes that Tolkien had been using both the elements of the name, "mor" and "dor" (as in Gondor, Eriador) for decades before assembling them into "Mordor". Fauskanger writes that there are however several words that sound like "mor" with connotations of darkness.
Mordor | Naming
Tolkien's own account, given in "The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien", No. 297 (never sent), gives both the fictional and the actual etymologies of Rohan:
Rohan (Middle-earth) | Etymology
"Moredhil", "Dark-Elves". Still others form their plurals through some combination of the two, and a few do not change in the plural: "Belair", "Beleriandic-Elf/Elves" is singular and plural. The other system of number was called by Tolkien 2nd plural or collective number. The nouns in this system form it usually by adding a suffix to the plural (as in Welsh); for example -ath, as in "elenath", "all the stars (in the sky)", but not always as in "Drúath". Another ending of the 2nd pl. is "-rim", used especially to indicate a race-group: "Nogothrim" "the race of the Dwarves", from pl.
Sindarin | Nouns
This puts him in Frye's "Romantic" mode. Tolkien does come close to myth, Shippey suggests, as when Gandalf confronts the leader of the Nazgûl at the gate of Minas Tirith, and a cock crows, "as if" signalling the arrival of the Rohan cavalry, just as, he writes, a crowing cock signalled the Resurrection to Simon Peter in the Bible.
Aragorn | Romantic hero
The wise, like the Wizard Gandalf and the Elf-queen Galadriel, therefore avoid putting pressure on anybody. In contrast, Sauron is evil exactly because he seeks to dominate the wills of others; the Ringwraiths, the nine fallen kings of Men, are the clearest exemplars of the process. Kocher states that the leading Man in "The Lord of the Rings" is Aragorn, though critics often overlooked him in favour of Frodo as protagonist. Aragorn is one of two Men in the Fellowship of the Ring, the nine walkers from the Free Peoples opposed to the nine Black Riders. The other is Boromir, elder son of the Steward of Gondor, and the two Men are sharply opposed.
Man (Middle-earth) | Ambition for power
With the exception of Aragorn, the Rangers of the North are virtually omitted in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, save for a few mentions in the extended cuts. Arnor is mentioned only in one line in the extended edition of "The Two Towers", when Aragorn explains to Éowyn that he is a "Dúnedain Ranger", of whom few remain because "the North-kingdom was destroyed". There is however an original Ranger of Ithilien named Madril, played by John Bach. He serves as Faramir's lieutenant. He helps defend Osgiliath, but is fatally injured and is eventually killed by Gothmog by a spear-thrust.
Dúnedain | In film
He later made a note suggesting that he might change Maedhros's name to "Maedron" instead. Tolkien wrote Maedhros's name as "Maedros" or "Maidros" in early versions. When the latter name first appears in drafts, however, it does not designate the eldest son of Fëanor, but his grandfather: Fëanor's father was originally named Bruithwir-go-Maidros.
Maedhros | Etymology
Professor Nathan Garrett, the criminal Black Knight, developed genetic engineering techniques capable of granting a horse the wings of a bird. He used it to create a mount to ride during his criminal adventures. After Garrett's final defeat by Iron Man, this horse escaped, was found and further mutated by Victor Frankenstein's great-granddaughter Victoria (who had originally tried to restore it to normal), and fell into the possession of the Dreadknight, who named it the Hellhorse.
Aragorn (comics) | First Aragorn
With a small squadron of ships from Gondor, he led an assault on Umbar, burning many of the Corsairs' ships and personally killing their lord during the Battle of the Havens. After the victory at Umbar, "Thorongil" left the field, to the dismay of his men, and went East.
Aragorn | Early life
The scholar of English literature John M. Bowers writes that the name of the Elven-smith Celebrimbor, who forged the Elf-rings, is the Sindarin for "Silver Hand".
One Ring | Nodens
Khelben was once "The Nameless Chosen," the child of Arun Maerdrym — the first half-elf born to a noble elven family of the ancient city of Myth Drannor — and the human ranger Arielimnda. Khelben made a name for himself to prove himself worthy in the disapproving eyes of his elven peers, battling phaerimm along the way. He has raised many families, and his first son was Sarael, whom he named after his paternal uncle, Sarael Maerdrymm.
Khelben &quot;Blackstaff&quot; Arunsun | History
In addition, Tolkien wrote that the sword's original name, Narsil, "symbolised the chief heavenly lights [Sun and Moon], as enemies of darkness". The poem that Aragorn says goes with his own name, "The Riddle of Strider", calls the sword the "blade that was broken":
Named weapons in Middle-earth | Narsil / Andúril
Croft begins by comparing Aragorn from "The Lord of the Rings" and Túrin from "Children of Húrin." One character (Aragorn) is willing to step into his role, while the other (Túrin) tries everything he can to change fate.
The Lay of the Children of Húrin | Túrin and Aragorn: Evading, and Embracing, Fate
Tolkien derived the name "Gandalf" from "Gandálfr", a dwarf in the Völuspá's "Dvergatal", a list of dwarf-names. In Old Norse, the name means "staff-elf". This is reflected in his name "Tharkûn", which is "said to mean 'Staff-man'" in Khuzdul, one of Tolkien's invented languages.
Gandalf | Etymology
Tolkien also mentions "Men-orcs" and "Orc-men"; or "half-orcs" or "goblin-men". They share some characteristics with Orcs (like "slanty eyes") but look more like men.
Middle-earth | Other humanoid peoples
Aragorn is portrayed as a puppet of the Elves who has been instructed to usurp the throne of Gondor by murdering Boromir (whom he had discovered alone after Merry and Pippin were captured) before Gandalf removes Denethor. Arwen, being 3000 years older, holds Aragorn in contempt but uses their marriage to cement Elvish rule over Gondor. Faramir has been exiled to Ithilien where he is kept under guard with Éowyn. The Elves have also corrupted (using New-Age style mysticism) the youth of Umbar, which they aim to use as a foothold into Harad and Khand. After defeating the Mordorian army, the Elves enter Mordor to massacre civilians with the help of Men from the East, supposedly to eliminate the "educated" classes.
The Last Ringbearer | Plot
"Unfinished Tales" explains that Radagast, like the other Wizards, came from Valinor around the year 1000 of the Third Age of Middle-earth and was one of the Maiar. His original name was Aiwendil, meaning "bird-friend" in Tolkien's invented language of Quenya. The Vala Yavanna forced the wizard Saruman to accept Radagast as a companion, which, Tolkien says, may have been one of the reasons Saruman was contemptuous of him, to the point of scornfully calling him "simple" and "a fool". However, he was an ally and confidant of Gandalf, who describes him in "The Hobbit" as his "cousin". He was also friends with the skin-changer Beorn, something that Gandalf relied upon to get his party of dwarves and a hobbit accepted by a sceptical Beorn.
Radagast | Appearances
While many of the names in the book are identical or close to those in the later versions, some of them bear almost no resemblance to their final forms. Tolkien changed names rather frequently, sometimes with several new variants (rejected in turn) written in a single manuscript. Confusingly, sometimes the name applied to one thing is later used to refer to something quite different, the original use abandoned. For example, the house of Elves called "Teleri" in "The Book of Lost Tales" is not the same as that of "The Silmarillion" (see Teleri). The original usage of "Teleri" would eventually change until the name became "Vanyar", while the house of Elves called "Solosimpi" would inherit the name "Teleri".
The Book of Lost Tales | Content
Figwit does not appear in Tolkien's writings and was created exclusively for the films; thus there is little authentic information regarding him, save that he is a Royal escort. The only "official" place where the name Figwit is used is on several Topps trading cards, including a "The Return of the King" series card, titled "Return to Rivendell," and an Authentic Autographs card featuring the signature of actor Bret McKenzie. In "The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game" he was assigned the name of Aegnor, one of Galadriel's brothers in "The Silmarillion." A Figwit action figure was also created, though it was named "Elven Escort," as in the film.
Figwit | In other media
The Dead Men then departed and the others continued on to fight in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. There, Halbarad was killed. They are also mentioned as part of the army Aragorn commanded at the Battle of Morannon. Aranarth would have been King of Arnor at the death of his father Arvedui. When Aranarth was still a youth by the standards of his people, the Witch-king of Angmar destroyed the Northern Kingdom, overrunning Fornost. Most of the people, including Aranarth, fled to Lindon, but the King Arvedui went north to the Ice-Bay of Forochel. At Aranarth's urging, Círdan sent a ship to rescue Arvedui, but this ship never returned.
Dúnedain | Rangers of the North
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Finrod Felagund was a Noldorin Elf, the eldest son of Finarfin and Eärwen of Alqualondë in Aman. He was the brother of Galadriel, Angrod and Aegnor and Orodreth. He was the king of Nargothrond before his death in Middle-earth. There, the men gave him another title, Nóm, meaning "Wise".
Finrod Felagund | Character Overview
Within Tolkien's fiction, the Drúedain call themselves "Drughu". When the Drúedain settled in Beleriand, the Sindarin Elves adapted this to "Drû" (plurals "Drúin", "Drúath") and later added the suffix "-adan" "man", resulting in the usual Sindarin form "Drúadan" (plural "Drúedain"). Tolkien also used the form "Drûg", with a regular English plural "Drûgs". "Drughu" became "Rú" in Quenya, with the later suffixed form "Rúatan" (plural "Rúatani"). The Orcs called the Drúedain "Oghor-hai". The word used for them by the Rohirrim during the Third Age is represented by Tolkien as "Púkel-men". This includes the Old English word "pūcel" "goblin, troll", which survives in Shakespeare's Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and in two forms in Kipling's "Puck of Pook's Hill".
Drúedain | Names and etymology
So Arawn takes on the form of Pywll, Pwyll takes on the appearance of Arawn, and after spending a year in each other's lands, Pwyll (who looks like Arawn) does battle with Havgan, who must only be struck once, since if he is struck repeatedly, he will return the next day as fit and well as he ever was.
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain | "Mabinogion"
This article includes information from the expanded "Narn i Chîn Húrin" and "The Wanderings of Húrin": the account in the published "The Silmarillion", according to which Húrin himself buried Morwen and brought Nauglamír to Thingol, has been significantly edited for publication. In early versions of Tolkien's mythology his name was "Úrin" or "Úrinthalion", and also "Thalion Erithámrod" 'the Unbending'.
Húrin | Other versions of the legendarium
Men proved less resilient, and the nine kings given the Rings become the nine Ring-wraiths, or Nazgûl, led by the Witch-king of Angmar. In his ongoing efforts to conquer Middle-earth, Sauron regained the allegiance of many of Morgoth's servants from the First Age, and successfully corrupted Númenor. However, in doing so, he expended a great deal of his power, and lost the ability to ever again assume a pleasing disguise. Returning to Mordor, he regained his strength, eventually capturing Minas Ithil. However, realizing that if they did not join together, Sauron would destroy both men and elves, Elendil, High-King of Arnor, and Gil-galad, High-King of Noldor, formed the Last Alliance of Men and Elves, and attacked Sauron in his fortress, Barad-dûr.
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest | Background
A remnant of the Men of Númenor who remained faithful, under Elendil, sail to Middle-earth, where they found the kingdoms of Arnor in the North and Gondor in the South. Arnor becomes fragmented, and declines until its kings become Rangers in the wilds, but they retain their memory of Númenor or "Westernesse", through many generations down to Aragorn, a protagonist in "The Lord of the Rings". The line of kings in Gondor eventually dies out, and the country is ruled by Stewards, the throne empty, until Aragorn returns.
Man (Middle-earth) | History
Aragorn led the Fellowship of the Ring following the loss of Gandalf in the Mines of Moria. When the Fellowship was broken, he tracked the hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took with the help of Legolas the elf and Gimli the dwarf to Fangorn Forest. He then fought in the battle at Helm's Deep and the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. After defeating Sauron's forces in Gondor, he led an army of Gondor and Rohan against the Black Gate of Mordor, distracting Sauron's attention and enabling Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn was acclaimed as King by the people of Gondor, and crowned King of both Gondor and Arnor.
Aragorn | Introduction
He also appears in Phillip Mann's alternate history series "A Land Fit for Heroes". Judith Tarr's fantasy series, "The Hound and the Falcon" and the "Alamut" series, features Gwydion as the immortal elf king of Rhiyana, a side character in both series. Robert Carter's "The Language of Stones" series, has a short appearance in "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and is the ancestor to the main character in Jenny Nimmo's "Snow Spider Trilogy". In "The Mists of Avalon", Gwydion is the birth name of both King Arthur and Mordred. The name Gwydion also appears in the Sierra game "King's Quest III", where a Prince Alexander of Daventry has been kidnapped by an evil wizard named Manannan who renames him Gwydion.
Welsh mythology in the arts and popular culture | Gwydion
Aragorn was a fictional winged horse appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aragorn has served as a mount for various characters.
Aragorn (comics) | Introduction
Only in his work on the appendices for "The Lord of the Rings" did Tolkien record the full Tale of Aragorn and Arwen.
Aragorn | Development
Aragorn descendants include: "c = colt, f = filly" He retired to stud at Lane's End Farm in Kentucky.
Aragorn (horse) | Stud career
Another Éber Donn, Éber Donn mac Ír, the nephew of the previous, is considered the progenitor of the kings of Ulaid and Dalriada.
Éber Donn | Introduction
Gondor is also called the South-kingdom or Southern Realm, and together with Arnor as the Númenórean Realms in Exile. Researchers Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have proposed a Quenya translation of "Gondor": "Ondonórë". The Men of Gondor are nicknamed "Tarks" (from Quenya "tarkil" "High Man", Numenorean) by the orcs of Mordor.
Gondor | Fictional etymology
If a second player is present, they control Frodo's sister Elanor in the Shire, and Gandalf in the main game. However, the players cannot switch characters - player one must always be Aragorn and Frodo, and player two must also be Gandalf and Elanor. During combat, the player has five basic sword attack moves; an upward swipe, a downward swipe, a left swipe, a right swipe, and a thrust. Later in the game, Aragorn can use charged up versions of each of the five main attacks. The player can also use a secondary weapon to thrust attack; this weapon can be a shield, a torch or a spear.
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest | Gameplay
In Rankin/Bass' 1980 adaptation of "The Return of the King", a dark-haired man is shown next to Éowyn in greeting Aragorn as he arrives to Minas Tirith. This character could be interpreted as Faramir. In the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, Faramir is played by David Wenham. The actor jokes that he got the role because he and Sean Bean, who played Boromir, both had large noses. Faramir and his brother's appearances were slightly altered from the book: in the films, they have fair hair and are slightly bearded, whereas in the book they were dark-haired and, following a statement in "Unfinished Tales", lacked beards.
Faramir | Film
Taking the form of wizards, they were led by Saruman. Unsure of the origin of the evil power in Dol Guldur, the wizard Gandalf was sent to investigate. However, Sauron hid from Gandalf, waiting for four hundred years before returning. Around the same time, the One Ring was found by a Hobbit named Sméagol, who became utterly corrupted by it, living in the caves of the Misty Mountains, and physically transforming into a creature known as Gollum. For five hundred years, Gollum was consumed and corrupted by the Ring. Eventually, Gandalf was able to determine the evil presence in Dol Guldur was indeed Sauron.
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest | Background
The new-age group Shadowfax took its name from Gandalf the White's horse named Shadowfax.
List of things named after J. R. R. Tolkien and his works | Music
In the Grey-elvish or Sindarin the Dwarves were called "Naugrim" ("Stunted People"), "Gonnhirrim" ("Stone-lords"), and "Dornhoth" ("Thrawn Folk"), and "Hadhodrim". In Quenya they were the "Casári". The Dwarves called themselves "Khazâd" in their own language, Khuzdul. In reality, Tolkien took the names of twelve of the thirteen dwarves he used in "The Hobbit" (and the wizard Gandalf's name) from the Old Norse "Völuspá". When he came to "The Lord of the Rings", where he had a proper language for the Dwarves, he was obliged to pretend, in the essay "Of Dwarves and Men", that the Old Norse names were translations from Khuzdul, just as the English spoken by the Dwarves to Men and Hobbits was a translation from Westron.
Dwarf (Middle-earth) | Language and names
In "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien, Dáin II Ironfoot is a Dwarvish King who helps his cousin Thorin Oakenshield in the Battle of the Five Armies.
Dáinn (Norse dwarf) | J.R.R. Tolkien
The wizards of Middle-earth were Maiar: spirits of the same order as the Valar, but lesser in power. Outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical and mental power, they were called Istari (Quenya for "Wise Ones") by the Elves. They were sent by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth to contest Sauron. The first three of these five wizards were known in the Mannish tongues of the Lord of the Rings series as Saruman "man of skill" (Rohirric), Gandalf "elf of the staff" (northern Men), and Radagast "tender of beasts" (possibly Westron). Tolkien never provided non-Elvish names for the other two; one tradition gives their names in Valinor as Alatar and Pallando, and another as Morinehtar and Rómestámo in Middle-earth.
Middle-earth peoples | Wizards
When writing "The Hobbit" in the early 1930s Tolkien gave the name "Gandalf" to the leader of the Dwarves, the character later called Thorin Oakenshield. The name is taken from the same source as all the other Dwarf names (save Balin) in "The Hobbit": the "" in the "Völuspá". The Old Norse name ' incorporates the words ' meaning "wand", "staff" or (especially in compounds) "magic" and "" "elf". The name "Gandalf" is found in at least one more place in Norse myth, in the semi-historical Heimskringla, which briefly describes Gandalf Alfgeirsson, a legendary Norse king from eastern Norway and rival of Halfdan the Black.
Gandalf | Name
Isildur is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, the elder son of Elendil. He was born in Númenor, and fled with his father when the island was drowned. He became King of Gondor. He cut the Ring from Sauron's hand, but instead of destroying it, claimed it for his own. He was killed by orcs, and the Ring was lost in the River Anduin.
Isildur | Introduction