May 29, 2013

The Kinship of Galadriel and Elrond

"But during the Third Age Galadriel became filled with foreboding, and with Celeborn she journeyed to Lorien and stayed there long with Amroth, being especially concerned to learn all news and rumors of the growing Shadow in Mirkwood" (p. 244, Unfinished Tales). It remains unclear if Tolkien decided whether Amroth was the son of Galadriel and Celeborn or not. Whereas it is clear that Celebrian is the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn. But it appears that after staying in Lorien Galadriel and Celeborn travelled the land gathering information (seeing Gondor, Mordor, Thranduil's realm, etc) before staying in Imladris with Elrond, their kinsmen, for many years. It seems Galadriel was gathering information regarding the growing Shadow in the land. She and Celebrian rested with Elrond since he was their son-in-law. Indeed, early in the Third Age (the year 109 to be exact) Elrond married Celebrian.

Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, circa 1050
Today's reading comes from: Unfinished Tales, page 244


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