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]
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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[]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, V: "The History of the Akallabêth", pgs. 147-8
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, ch. V: "The Steward and the King", pgs. 163–4