I'm probably way off here, or perhaps this is common knowledge but...
How common is the occurence of 2 elf-lords of equal name? I am sure Glorfindel of Elronds house in the LoTR books needs no further introduction (The Ford of Bruinen etc), but what of the other Glorfindel, of Gondolin who fell from a cliff in battle with a Balrog upon the fall of Gondolin?
The Silmarillion p 293:
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"Many are the songs that have been sung of the duel of Glorfindel with the Balrog upon a pinnacle of rock in that high place, and both fell to ruin in the abyss."
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and also page 294:
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Then Thorondor bore up Glorfindel's body out of the abyss, and they buried him in a mound of stones beside the pass..."
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