Gwaihir

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Gwaihir was the Lord of the Eagles of Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring. He rescued Gandalf from the pinnacle of Orthanc, and from the peak of Zirakzigil, and he and his kind brought Frodo and Sam out of Mordor after the destruction of the One Ring.

In The Hobbit, Gwaihir and some other Eagles to rescue Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin Oakenshield, and the rest of their Dwarf companions, from Orcs and Wargs.

Etymology

Gwaihir comes from the Sindarin gwaew "wind" + hîr "lord". His name translated into English would be, therefor, "Windlord".


Gwaihir by Roger Thomasson.


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