Words and Names in Tolkien's Work

[LadyBrooke]

Thanks, Galin, for the clarification of what Nimloth’s name means. Hmmm...I think my ponderings on why she would be named this can still stand, for when I think of a white blossom I do imagine a rather frail looking flower, that would still manage to survive by itself, as I have raised several types of flowers like that.

Originally Posted by Galin

More than two, regarding Celeborn's clan anyway; but Tolkien decided to publish that Celeborn was Sindarin in any case: once in The Return of the King, and again (in the next decade) in The Road Goes Ever On.

I must admit, one of the other reasons I prefer Celeborn to be a Sindar, and not one of the Teleri of Aman is that there is the added tragic element. If he is one of the Teleri, they meet before the kinslaying and are friends. However if he is one of the Sindar, they meet while she is a exile. Also, the Noldor seem to look down on the Sindar, as Morquendi, ignoring the fact that as kinslayers they are probably darker than the Avari, who have never slain their own kin.

I am still doing research for Elmo. Did you guys know there was a Catholic saint who was known as Elmo?