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White Lady is an epithet that referred to multiple women within the legendarium.
During the First Age, Aredhel (Y.T. 1362 - F.A. 400), an Elven princess and the sister of King Turgon, was known as "the White Lady of the Noldor"[1][2] and "the White Lady of Gondolin"[2].
During the Second Age, Erendis, a Númenórean Queen and wife of Tar-Aldarion, was known as the "White Lady of Emerië" and the "White Lady".[3]
During the Third Age, Éowyn (b. T.A. 2995), the niece of King Théoden and slayer of the Witch-king, was called the "White Lady of Rohan" or the "White Lady" by Faramir.[4] The Lady of Lórien, Galadriel (b. Y.T. 1362), the bearer of Nenya, was also referred to as the "White Lady" by Faramir[5] and by Eorl[6].
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Maeglin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King", pp. 963-4
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Window on the West", p. 679
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", "(iii) Cirion and Eorl"