Elendil's Sword and Sauron's Ring

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Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I've seen numerous references to the slaying of Gil-Galad being due to the heat of Sauron's hand. Could anyone tell us where that's from?

(If it's from the Sil and I've missed it I'll just die of embarrassment.. . )

I just stumbled upon the answer to your question by accident. It's in LotR, during the Council of Elrond, in Isildur's scroll:

"The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat of Sauron's hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed;"

It's just slipped in there - no wonder I haven't seen it before.

And I understand now how you can read the passages in the CoE and the Sil otherwise... I was in a hurry when I wrote my last post. I still think that's how it happened though.

Luthien defeated Sauron without any sword.

Luthien was also half-Maia and lived in the Elder Days. She also had certain aids: her cloak of drowsiness, and Huan's help - Huan was probably more helpful than a sword could have been.