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- "Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand..."
- —J.R.R. Tolkien[1]
Aeglos or Aiglos was the famed Elvish glaive of Gil-galad, last High King of the Ñoldor, and was used in the War of the Last Alliance. It was greatly feared by the enemies, but its fate after Gil-galad's death in SA 3441 is unknown.[2]
Etymology[]
Aeglos means "snow-point"[3] or "icicle" in Sindarin. The element aeg means "point" from ayak, "sharp, pointed". The element los means "snow". There are two variant spellings of the name, Aiglos and Aeglos (though they are pronounced in the same way, and would be written identically in Elvish characters). Aiglos is the spelling in most earlier editions of The Lord of the Rings[2][4], while Aeglos is seen in later editions. It should be pronounced EYE-glose.
In adaptations[]
In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy[]
Mark Ferguson portrays Gil-galad holding Aeglos in the 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy by Peter Jackson, Gil-galad, portrayed by Mark Ferguson, appears only briefly in the first film, during the opening prologue sequence, moments before Sauron enters the battle.
In behind-the-scenes material for The Fellowship of the Ring, Aeglos is also referred to as a lance, suggesting that Gil-galad used it as such on horseback. It is portrayed to be nine feet in length with a blade etched in brass filigree.
The blade bears an Elvish inscription, written by the filmmakers:
Gil-galad ech vae vaegannen matha
Aith heleg nín i orch gostatha
Nin cíniel na nguruthos
Hon ess nín istatha:
Aeglos
Gil-galad wields a well-made spear
The Orc will fear my point of ice
When he sees me, in fear of death
He will know my name:
Aeglos [5]
In Middle-earth: Shadow of War[]
Celebrimbor's wraith wields the glaive once belonging to Gil-galad.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power[]
Aeglos first appears briefly in the final episode of The Rings of Power Season One as Gil-galad departs Ost-in-Edhil.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዓአግሎስ |
| Arabic | ايجلوس |
| Armenian | Աեգլոս |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Аеглос |
| Bengali | আএগ্লস |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Аеглос |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 艾格洛斯 |
| Georgian | აეგლოსი |
| Greek | Αεγλος |
| Gujarati | આએગ્લોસ |
| Hebrew | איגלוס |
| Hindi | आएग्लोस |
| Japanese | アイグロス |
| Kannada | ಆಎಗ್ಲೋಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Аеглос (Cyrillic) Aeglos (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Аэглос |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Аеглос |
| Marathi | आएग्लोस |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Аеглос |
| Nepalese | आएग्लोस |
| Pashto | آېګلوس |
| Persian | آیگلوس |
| Punjabi | ਆਏਗ੍ਲੋਸ |
| Russian | Аэглос |
| Sanskrit | आएग्लोस् |
| Serbian | Аеглос (Cyrillic) Aeglos (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ආඑග්ලොස් |
| Tamil | ஆஎக்லொஸ் |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Аеглос |
| Telugu | ఆఎగ్లొస |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Аеґлос |
| Uzbek | Аеглос (Cyrillic) Aeglos (Latin) |
| Yiddish | ײַעגלאָס |
| Named weapons of Middle-earth | |
|---|---|
| Hobbits | Barrow-blades • Sting |
| Dwarves | Durin's Axe • Orcrist |
| Servants of Evil | Grond (battering ram) • Grond (hammer) • Morgul-knife |
| Elves | Aeglos • Anglachel • Anguirel • Angrist • Aranrúth • Belthronding • Dailir • Glamdring • Orcrist • Ringil |
| Men | Andúril • Dramborleg • Black arrow • Dagmor • Gúthwinë • Gurthang • Herugrim • Narsil • Red Arrow |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter II: "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Index
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare, "Gil-galad"