Where did Tolkien get the name Sauron?

Aragorn: from Sindarin, an elvish language Tolkien made up, it means King-Tree. Sauron: from Old Norse, it means abominable. Saruman: from Old English, it means cunning man. Edoras: capital of Rohan, it means enclosures.

What is the history between Gandalf and Galadriel?

Gandalf and Galadriel never get together in the books. While the relationship between Gandalf and Galadriel is expanded in the books (as are most things), the one thing the books and films have in common is that that relationship is always 100 percent platonic.

Who is the oldest elf in Middle-Earth?

The Oldest Elf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is Cirdan the Shipwright. The bodies of Elves live indefinitely (they do not age) in Middle-Earth, but they can be killed, or so badly wounded that their spirits forsake their bodies.

What do Tolkien Elves represent?

Tolkien’s Elves represent what humans would be had the Fall never occurred.

Is Gandalfs name mithrandir?

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Istar (Wizard)Ring-bearerServant of the Secret FireWielder of the Flame of Anor
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What did Tolkien say about Sauron in 1958?

In 1958, at a Dutch bash held in his honor, Tolkien told his audience: “I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron. But I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons.

Who is Galadriel in The Hobbit?

Galadriel was an elven Lady who witnessed Middle-earth during the Three Ages of the Sun. Galadriel was born in Valinor as one of the Noldor, being the daughter of Finarfin and younger sister to Finrod Felagund (later King of Nargothrond ), Angrod, and Aegnor.

Did Tolkien believe in something greater than himself?

In almost all ways, the devastation of Tolkien’s twentieth-century world was far greater than that of St. Augustine’s fifth-century world. At least barbarian man believed in something greater than himself. One could confront him as a man, a man who knew who he was and what he believed, however false that belief might be.

Was Tolkien a convert to the Catholic Church?

Tolkien would have received his understanding of St. Augustine from his boyhood upbringing in the Birmingham Oratory, founded by the most famous nineteenth-century convert to Roman Catholicism, John Henry Newman.