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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name is [[Sindarin]], which the own narrative translates as "White Tree". It contains the elements ''[[galadh]]'' ("tree") + ''[[sil|thil]]'' ("shine silver)".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entries ''kal-'', ''sil-''</ref> The final element could be the patronymic ''[[-ion]]'', perhaps indicating the tree descents from Telperion.<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3011243921.html|articlename=S. ''Galathilion'' pn.|website=Eldamo|accessed=30 June 2020}}</ref>
The name is [[Sindarin]], and is glossed as "White Tree". It contains the elements ''[[galadh]]'' ("tree"), ''[[sil|thil]]'' ("shine silver)",<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entries ''kal-'', ''sil-''</ref> and the patronymic suffix ''[[-ion]]'' ("son of").
 
The final element could be the patronymic ''[[-ion]]'', perhaps indicating the tree descents from Telperion.<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3011243921.html|articlename=S. ''Galathilion'' pn.|website=Eldamo|accessed=30 June 2020}}</ref>


==Names==
==Names==

Revision as of 23:07, 2 July 2020

The name White Tree refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see White Tree (disambiguation).

Galathilion, the White Tree, was a tree made by Yavanna for the Elves of the city of Tirion. It was made in the image of Telperion, as the Amanyar loved the White Tree most, although it gave no light.[1]

It grew in the Great Square, a high open courtyard beneath the Mindon Eldaliéva, and had many seedlings in Eldamar. From it came Celeborn, the White Tree of Tol Eressëa;[1] through which it became the ancestor of Nimloth of Númenor and the White Tree of Gondor.[2]

Genealogy

 
 
 
Telperion
killed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Galathilion
Made in the image of Telperion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Celeborn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nimloth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First tree of Gondor (Minas Ithil)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Second tree of Gondor (Minas Anor)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third tree of Gondor (Minas Tirith)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fourth tree of Gondor (Minas Tirith)
 
 
 
 

Etymology

The name is Sindarin, and is glossed as "White Tree". It contains the elements galadh ("tree"), thil ("shine silver)",[3] and the patronymic suffix -ion ("son of").

The final element could be the patronymic -ion, perhaps indicating the tree descents from Telperion.[4]

Names

It was also known was the Tree of Tirion[5] or Tree of Túna.[2]

Galathilion was at first a name for Telperion, "but in after days Galathilion the Less was the name of the White Tree of Túna."[6]

Legolas noted that the Doors of Durin displayed the Tree of the High Elves,[7][note 1] which probably represented Galathilion.[8][9]

Notes

  1. Actually the drawing of the Doors, displays a pair of trees flanking the composition, not a sole tree; unless they are both taken to symbolize the "Tree of the High Elves".

References