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'''Elbereth''' (pronounced {{IPA|[ˈelbereθ]}}) is a [[Sindarin]] name, meaning "star-queen". It can refer to:
'''Elbereth''' (pronounced {{IPA|[ˈelbereθ]}}) is a [[Sindarin]] name. It can refer to:
* [[Varda|Elbereth Gilthoniel]], the Sindarin name for Varda.
* '''[[Varda|Elbereth Gilthoniel]], the Sindarin name for Varda, Queen of the [[Valar]].'''
* Various songs to Elbereth:
** [[Elven Hymn to Elbereth]], a song sung by [[Gildor|Gildor Inglorion]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.
** [[Elven Hymn to Elbereth]]
** [[A Elbereth Gilthoniel]], a [[Sindarin]] poem in both ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]''.
** [[A Elbereth Gilthoniel]]
 
==Etymology==
''Elbereth'' derives from ''[[elen]]-[[barathi]]''. The final ''-i'' umlauted the word to ''berethi'' forming thus ''elemberethi'' > ''elbereth''.
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
[[Elrohir]] and one of the sons of [[Dior Eluchíl]] was at one stage called ''Elbereth''.
[[Eluréd]], son of [[Dior|Dior Eluchíl]], originally referred to as ''Elbereth'', an [[Ilkorin]] name containing the word ''bereth'' "valor". [[Elrohir]], son of [[Elrond]], was occasionally referred to as ''Elbereth'' in earlier writings. The name ''Elbereth'' was later fixed to Varda while Tolkien was writing ''[[Three is Company]]'' (in the original Elven Hymn, Varda was until then called ''Elberil'').<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries '''BARATH''', '''BER'''</ref><ref>{{WR|3|IV}}, p. 302</ref>


Also, [[Ilbereth]] was an elf, the secretary of [[Father Christmas]] in ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''.
==Other works==
* [[Ilbereth]], an elf, the secretary of [[Father Christmas]] in ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''.


==See also==
==Fandom==
*''[[Elbereth (journal)]]'', the journal of the Australian Tolkien Society ''[[Fellowship of Middle Earth]]''.
* ''[[Elbereth (journal)]]'', the journal of the Australian Tolkien Society ''[[Fellowship of Middle Earth]]''.
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Revision as of 12:44, 30 November 2019

Elbereth (pronounced [ˈelbereθ]) is a Sindarin name. It can refer to:

Other versions of the Legendarium

Eluréd, son of Dior Eluchíl, originally referred to as Elbereth, an Ilkorin name containing the word bereth "valor". Elrohir, son of Elrond, was occasionally referred to as Elbereth in earlier writings. The name Elbereth was later fixed to Varda while Tolkien was writing Three is Company (in the original Elven Hymn, Varda was until then called Elberil).[1][2]

Other works

Fandom

References


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