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Elmo was the younger brother of Elwë and Olwë.

Biography

Elmo was only mentioned in the Unfinished Tales in discussions on Galadriel and Celeborn because Celeborn was in The Silmarillion presented as a "kinsman of Thingol", and Tolkien wished to develop this family link. One of his solutions was to establish Celeborn as the grandson of Elmo, a non-important brother of Elwë who remained behind when Elwë was lost, becoming one of the Sindar of Doriath. In this conception Elmo had a son named Galadhon, who in turn sired Celeborn and another son named Galathil, who was the father of Queen Nimloth of Doriath.^[1]

In writings which appear to be later than the one discussed above, Celeborn is made into a Telerin elf, and a relative of Olwë of Valinor instead, but this was not further developed or published.

It therefore remains uncertain if Elmo would have remained in the Middle-earth legendarium.

Etymology

The name Elmo has unclear origins. The first element el may mean "star", which is found in both Sindarin and Quenya. The second element mo, although does not seem to have any direct origin in Sindarin, may have come from the words môr or morn which means "dark, black".

In Quenya, -mo is a frequent ending in names and titles, sometimes with significance.

House of Elmo

Melian

Elu Thingol

Olwë

Elmo

Beren

Lúthien

Eärwen

Galadhon

Galadriel

Celeborn

Galathil

Dior

Nimloth

Eluréd and Elurín

Elwing

Eärendil

Elros

Elrond

Celebrían

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዐልሞ
Arabic	المو
Armenian	Էլմո
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елмо
Bengali	এলাম
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Елмо
Chinese	埃尔牟
Georgian	ელმო
Greek	Ελμο
Gujarati	એલ્મો
Hebrew	אלמו
Hindi	एल्मो
Japanese	エルモ
Kannada	ಎಲ್ಮೋ
Kazakh	Элмо (Cyrillic) Élmo (Latin)
Korean	엘모
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Элмо
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елмо
Marathi	एल्मो
Mongolian Cyrillic	Элмо
Nepalese	एल्मो
Pashto	یلمو
Persian	المو
Punjabi	ਐਲਮੋ
Russian	Эльмо
Sanskrit	एल्मो
Serbian	Елмо (Cyrillic) Elmo (Latin)
Sinhalese	එල්මෝ
Tajik Cyrillic	Елмо
Tamil	எல்மோ
Telugu	ఎల్మో
Thai	เอลโม
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Елмо
Urdu	یلمو
Uzbek	Елмо (Cyrillic) Elmo (Latin)
Yiddish	עלמאָ

References

↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"

[1] Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"

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 ==Biography==
-Elmo was only mentioned in the'' [[Unfinished Tales]]'' in discussions on [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]]. Because Celeborn was in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' presented as a "kinsman of Thingol", [[Tolkien]] wished to develop this family link. One of his solutions was to establish Celeborn as the grandson of Elmo, a non-important brother of [[Elwë]] who remained behind when Elwë was lost, becoming one of the [[Sindar]] of [[Doriath]]. In this conception Elmo had a son named [[Galadhon]], who in turn sired Celeborn and another son named [[Galathil]], who was the father of Queen [[Nimloth]] of Doriath.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"</ref>
+Elmo was only mentioned in the'' [[Unfinished Tales]]'' in discussions on [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] because Celeborn was in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' presented as a "kinsman of Thingol", and [[Tolkien]] wished to develop this family link. One of his solutions was to establish Celeborn as the grandson of Elmo, a non-important brother of [[Elwë]] who remained behind when Elwë was lost, becoming one of the [[Sindar]] of [[Doriath]]. In this conception Elmo had a son named [[Galadhon]], who in turn sired Celeborn and another son named [[Galathil]], who was the father of Queen [[Nimloth]] of Doriath.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"</ref>
 In writings which appear to be later than the one discussed above, Celeborn is made into a [[Teleri]]n elf, and a relative of [[Olwë]] of [[Valinor]] instead, but this was not further developed or published.