Glorfindel

Belwen_of_nargothrond · 01-08-2008, 05:44 PM

There was a Glorfindel in Gondolin and there was one also that resided in Rivendell. I've heard from some sources that there were two elves by the same name, but I also heard from somewhere else that they were the same one. I heard Glorfindel was sent back when he perished in Gondolin and therefore he was the same one that dwelt in Rivendell. I would like to know for a fact so if anyone has the answer please let me know, were there two or just one.

Thank you

Willow Oran · 01-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Originally the two Glorfindels resulted from random name re-use. Tolkien went back later and wrote a short essay addressing the problem of having two elves with such a unique name and finally decided on a singular, re-embodied Glorfindel. You can find the essay in the HoME volumn titled "Peoples of Middle Earth."

01-08-2008, 05:44 PM	#1
Belwen_of_nargothrond Enting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nargothrond Posts: 71	Glorfindel There was a Glorfindel in Gondolin and there was one also that resided in Rivendell. I've heard from some sources that there were two elves by the same name, but I also heard from somewhere else that they were the same one. I heard Glorfindel was sent back when he perished in Gondolin and therefore he was the same one that dwelt in Rivendell. I would like to know for a fact so if anyone has the answer please let me know, were there two or just one. Thank you __________________ Lady Belwen of Nargothrond

01-08-2008, 05:57 PM	#2
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	Originally the two Glorfindels resulted from random name re-use. Tolkien went back later and wrote a short essay addressing the problem of having two elves with such a unique name and finally decided on a singular, re-embodied Glorfindel. You can find the essay in the HoME volumn titled "Peoples of Middle Earth." __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

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