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Laurelin

the Golden Tree; the younger tree of light

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Name and Nature

Laurelin — “the Golden Tree”, the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor — the tree whose light “was as of gold, warm and bright, like the rising sun”: his blossoms and leaves shed the golden radiance whose mingling with Telperion’s silver made the “light of Valinor” and the “double star” of the elder days. In his vigour — he was the glory of the day-side of the timeless realm.

The Legacy

  • The sun: From Laurelin’s last golden fruit was made the Sun — destined to the Maia Arien — so that “the light of Laurelin goes always upon the world”.
  • Named in the growing days: By the elvish lore of the sun-name, the “Gold” of later suns (Laurelin’s “anar”) underlies the names of the golden ages; his warmth is the ancestor of all summer sunshine in the mythology.
  • The death: Pierced (with Telperion) at the hand of Morgoth, drained by Ungoliant — but his fruit saved the light of the world beyond the years of the Trees.

Verknüpfte Seiten

The Two Trees of ValinorTelperionYavannaThe SunArienConcordance — A to ZThe Light of Valinor
Werke: die Quellen sind seitenübergreifend die Bücher von J.R.R. und Christopher Tolkien (Silmarillion, Hobbit, Herr der Ringe, Unfinished Tales, History of Middle-earth, Nature of Middle-earth u. a.) — eigene Zusammenfassung. Siehe die Concordance und den README der Quelle für die Einzelbelege.
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