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Galathil was a Sindarin elf of Doriath.

Biography[]

Galathil was the grandson of Thingol's younger brother Elmo. He was son of Galadhon and brother of Celeborn. Galathil was the father of Nimloth, who later wedded Dior and became the Queen of Doriath.[1]

Etymology[]

Galathil and his close kin shared names with the White Trees.[2][3]

The conception of this name was based on Tolkien's idea that Celeborn's name was first devised to mean "Silver Tree", and his close kin all had "tree-names". Although he later changed what he wanted Celeborn's name to mean, referring to "silver" and "tall" from the adjective ornâ ("uprising, tall") instead of "silver" and "tree" from the noun ornê ("tree"), he did not revise the name meanings of his close kin.[2]

Based on Tolkien's original version of the family's names, Galathil is a name that can be seen in the tree name Galathilion, which was another name for Telperion. This was also the name of the White Tree of Tirion, 'Galathilion the Less', and its seedlings were Celeborn in Tol Eressëa and Nimloth in Númenor.[3] In The Lord of the Rings, Galathilion was the tree of Tol Eressëa, and Nimloth was its seedling.[4]

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[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ጋላጢል
Arabic جالاتيل
Armenian Գալաթիլ
Assamese গালাথিল
Belarusian Cyrillic Галаціл
Bengali গালাথিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic Галатил
Georgian გალათილი
Greek Γαλαθιλ
Gujarati ગાલાથિલ
Hebrew גאלאתהיל
Hindi गैलाथिल
Japanese ガラシル
Kannada ಗಲಾಥಿಲ್
Kazakh Галатил (Cyrillic) Galatïl (Latin)
Konkani गलाथिल
Korean 갈라실
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Галатhил
Macedonian Cyrillic Галатил
Malayalam ഗലാത്തിൽ
Marathi गालाथिल
Mongolian Галатил
Nepalese गालाथिल
Pashto عالاتهیل ?
Persian گالاتیل
Punjabi ਗਲਾਥਿਲ
Russian Галатхил
Sanskrit ङलथिल्
Serbian Галатил (Cyrillic) Galatil (Latin)
Sinhalese ගලාතිල්
Tajik Cyrillic Галатҳил
Tamil கலாத்தில்
Telugu గలాథిల్
Thai กาลาธิล
Ukrainian Ґалатгіл ?
Urdu گالاتھیل
Uzbek Галатҳил (Cyrillic) Galathil (Latin)
Yiddish גאַלאַטהיל


References[]

  1. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien", pg. 233
  2. 2.0 2.1 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien", Appendix E: "The Names of Celeborn and Galadriel", pg. 266 (fourth paragraph)
  3. 3.0 3.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, V: "The History of the Akallabêth", pgs. 147-8
  4. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, ch. V: "The Steward and the King", pgs. 163–4