| Adan | |
| Eilinel | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | the White[1] |
| Death | c. F.A. 455 |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Gorlim |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Hair colour | Greying[2] |
”
Gorlim, Gorlim!
Thou canst not have forsaken me.
Then slain, alas! thou slain must be!
And I must linger cold, alone,
and loveless as a barren stone!
Eilinel was the wife of Gorlim the Unhappy.
History
Eilinel was a fair and gentle maiden, and was much loved by Gorlim. When her husband went to the Dagor Bragollach, their house was "roofless"[3] and their "fields and homestead"[3] were plundered. Eilinel was killed "by butchers"[4] in some "burned woods"[4].[5]
Upon returning home, Gorlim could not find any trace of Eilinel. He kept returning to their house seeking for his lost wife, and Sauron tricked him by devising a phantom of Eilinel to make him betray the location of Barahir.[5]
Genealogy
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "IV. The Lay of Leithian Recommenced", "Of Gorlim the Unhappy", line 298
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "III. The Lay of Leithian", line 165
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "IV. The Lay of Leithian Recommenced", "Of Gorlim the Unhappy", lines 206-7
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "IV. The Lay of Leithian Recommenced", "Of Gorlim the Unhappy", line 332
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien"