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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''[[Nim]]'' is [[Sindarin]] for "white", while ''[[loth]]'' is "flower"; thus, the name can be taken to mean "white flower".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><!--Appendix sources one half of this sentence, not the other-->
''[[Nim]]'' is [[Sindarin]] for "white", while ''[[loth]]'' is "flower"; its name means "white blossom".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>


==Genealogy==
==Genealogy==

Revision as of 21:22, 30 June 2020

This article is about the White Tree of Númenor. For the wife of Dior Eluchíl, see Nimloth of Doriath.
The name White Tree refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see White Tree (disambiguation).
Nimloth
[[File:Juliana Pinho - Tar-Miriel and Nimloth.png|250px|"Tar-Miriel and Nimloth" by Juliana Pinho]]
"Tar-Miriel and Nimloth" by Juliana Pinho
Other namesWhite Tree
LocationArmenelos
FamilyDescended from Galathilion
GalleryImages of Nimloth

Nimloth was the White Tree which grew in the King's Court in Armenelos of Númenor. It was brought as a gift by the Eldar from Tol Eressëa, in the form of a seedling from Celeborn as a symbol of friendship between the two races. Its blossoms appeared as the Sun set, and their perfume filled the night in Númenor's royal city.

Soon after S.A. 3262, it was cut down at the instigation of Sauron and its wood was used to light the first flames in the fire of the new religion which worshipped Melkor.

However, the night before Isildur stole a fruit from the tree and planted it in secret. The fruit grew into a seedling that Isildur carried to Middle-earth with him during the Downfall of Númenor. That seedling was planted in Minas Ithil, and was destroyed before the end of the Second Age. Its seedling in turn grew into the first White Tree of Gondor.

Etymology

Nim is Sindarin for "white", while loth is "flower"; its name means "white blossom".[1][2]

Genealogy

Telperion
destroyed
 
 
 
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)


References

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"