The Encyclopedia of Arda - Blue Ring (original) (raw)

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 Completed c. II 1590; passed into the West with Elrond 29 September III 3021 Origins Made by Celebrimbor and the Mírdain of Eregion Location At first held by Gil-galad in Lindon, but taken to Rivendell by Elrond where he held it from II 1697 Race Elves Divisions The Ring's maker Celebrimbor was of the Noldor, as was its first Keeper Gil-galad; its later Keeper Elrond was Half-elven Meaning 'Blue' refers to the blue sapphire of the Ring Other names Ring of Air, Ring of Sapphire, Vilya Indexes: Alphabetical: B Items About this entry: Updated 25 January 2014 This entry is complete Mightiest of the Three Rings Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Vilya, one of the Three Rings of the Elves, and said to be the mightiest of those three Elven-rings. In form it was a golden ring set with a blue sapphire, hence the name Blue Ring, but it had other names besides: the Ring of Air and, naturally, the Ring of Sapphire. Its maker Celebrimbor sent it originally to King Gil-galad in Lindon, but Gil-galad passed it on to Elrond to aid the founding of Rivendell. At the end of the Third Age, Elrond had borne the Blue Ring for nearly five thousand years. See also... Eärendil, Guardian of the Third Ring, Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings, The Red, Three Rings, Vice-regent of Eriador, Vilya Indexes: Alphabetical: B Items About this entry: Updated 25 January 2014 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.

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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 Completed c. II 1590; passed into the West with Elrond 29 September III 3021 Origins Made by Celebrimbor and the Mírdain of Eregion Location At first held by Gil-galad in Lindon, but taken to Rivendell by Elrond where he held it from II 1697 Race Elves Divisions The Ring's maker Celebrimbor was of the Noldor, as was its first Keeper Gil-galad; its later Keeper Elrond was Half-elven Meaning 'Blue' refers to the blue sapphire of the Ring Other names Ring of Air, Ring of Sapphire, Vilya Indexes: Alphabetical: B Items About this entry: Updated 25 January 2014 This entry is complete Mightiest of the Three Rings

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Vilya, one of the Three Rings of the Elves, and said to be the mightiest of those three Elven-rings. In form it was a golden ring set with a blue sapphire, hence the name Blue Ring, but it had other names besides: the Ring of Air and, naturally, the Ring of Sapphire. Its maker Celebrimbor sent it originally to King Gil-galad in Lindon, but Gil-galad passed it on to Elrond to aid the founding of Rivendell. At the end of the Third Age, Elrond had borne the Blue Ring for nearly five thousand years. See also... Eärendil, Guardian of the Third Ring, Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings, The Red, Three Rings, Vice-regent of Eriador, Vilya Indexes: Alphabetical: B Items About this entry: Updated 25 January 2014 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.