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ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Born in Valinor during the Years of the Trees; returned to Middle-earth with the Noldor I 1; departed over the sea 29 September III 3021 Race Elves Division Noldor Culture Originally one of the Elves of Valinor; later settled among the Galadhrim of Lórien Family House of Finarfin Pronunciation ne'rwen Meaning 'Man-maiden'1 Other names Alatáriel, Altáriel, Artanis, Galadhriel, Galadriel Titles Lady of the Galadhrim, Lady of the Golden Wood, Lady of Lórien, Lady of the Noldor, Lady of the Wood, Mistress of Magic, Sorceress of the Golden Wood Indexes: Alphabetical: N Elves About this entry: Updated 24 August 2018 This entry is complete The ‘mother-name’ of Galadriel Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Finarfin Eärwen Finrod Orodreth Angrod AegnorNerwen(Galadriel)Celeborn Celebrían Elrond At the time of her birth, Finarfin named his only daughter Artanis, 'noble woman'. According to the custom of the Elves, her mother Eärwen waited a while to give her daughter a name. From her height and her great strength of body and will, Eärwen chose the name Nerwen, meaning 'man-maiden'. In the end, though, their daughter used neither her father-name nor her mother-name, and instead took the name by which she is known to history: Galadriel. Notes 1 The ner- element of the name Nerwen meant 'man' in the sense of 'male' rather referring to the race of Men. Indeed, at the time Nerwen was born the appearance of Men as a people still lay far in the future. Galadriel was given this name because she was exceptionally tall and strong for a maiden of the Eldar. See also... Alatáriel, Altáriel, Epessë, Galadriel Indexes: Alphabetical: N Elves About this entry: Updated 24 August 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2010, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is a powerful, flexible DISC profile solution - find out much more in our free guide.

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Dates Born in Valinor during the Years of the Trees; returned to Middle-earth with the Noldor I 1; departed over the sea 29 September III 3021 Race Elves Division Noldor Culture Originally one of the Elves of Valinor; later settled among the Galadhrim of Lórien Family House of Finarfin Pronunciation ne'rwen Meaning 'Man-maiden'1 Other names Alatáriel, Altáriel, Artanis, Galadhriel, Galadriel Titles Lady of the Galadhrim, Lady of the Golden Wood, Lady of Lórien, Lady of the Noldor, Lady of the Wood, Mistress of Magic, Sorceress of the Golden Wood Indexes: Alphabetical: N Elves About this entry: Updated 24 August 2018 This entry is complete The ‘mother-name’ of Galadriel

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Finarfin

Eärwen

Finrod Orodreth Angrod AegnorNerwen(Galadriel)

Celeborn

Celebrían

Elrond At the time of her birth, Finarfin named his only daughter Artanis, 'noble woman'. According to the custom of the Elves, her mother Eärwen waited a while to give her daughter a name. From her height and her great strength of body and will, Eärwen chose the name Nerwen, meaning 'man-maiden'. In the end, though, their daughter used neither her father-name nor her mother-name, and instead took the name by which she is known to history: Galadriel. Notes 1 The ner- element of the name Nerwen meant 'man' in the sense of 'male' rather referring to the race of Men. Indeed, at the time Nerwen was born the appearance of Men as a people still lay far in the future. Galadriel was given this name because she was exceptionally tall and strong for a maiden of the Eldar. See also... Alatáriel, Altáriel, Epessë, Galadriel Indexes: Alphabetical: N Elves About this entry: Updated 24 August 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2010, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is a powerful, flexible DISC profile solution - find out much more in our free guide.