The Mirror of Galadriel was a silver basin of water used in the Elven realm of Lothlórien by Galadriel.[1] The Mirror was used to grant the viewer things of the past, present, and possible future. It could show images that the viewer desired to see, or that of its own choice.
Its history is unknown. In the first year of the Quest of the Ring, before the breaking of the Fellowship, Frodo Baggins looked into the Mirror and saw glimpses the Scouring of the Shire far in the future, among other things.
Portrayal in adaptations
Ralph Bakshi
In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 film, both Frodo and Sam look into the Mirror, and it shows many colored images running back and forth. In eagerness Frodo bends down too closely with the One Ring on its chain, which nearly touches the Mirror's water before Galadriel restrains him.
Peter Jackson's film trilogy
Galadriel pouring water into the mirror
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring only Frodo is invited to look into the Mirror. He is shown a vision of the Shire being destroyed, Orcs slaughtering other Hobbits, the four (Merry, Pippin, Frodo and Sam) chained and forced to walk, being whipped by Orcs, as well as a final glance from the Eye of Sauron, at which the Ring slides from Frodo's shirt and almost touches the water. Peter Jackson later explained that the vision of the Shire in bondage was meant as a way of incorporating (by showing them as a possibility) some of the events of the chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" from the novel, since those events were not included in the films.
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Spieël van Galadriel |
| Albanian | Pasqyra e Stineman |
| Amharic | ጛላድሪአል ያለው መስተዋት ? |
| Arabic | مرآة ل عالادرييل |
| Armenian | Հայելին Գալադրիել |
| Azerbaijani | Galadrielın aynasıdır |
| Basque | Galadriel Ispiluan |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Люстэрка Галадриэль |
| Bengali | গ্যালাড্রিয়েল আয়না |
| Bosnian | Ogledalo Galadriel |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Огледалото на Галадриел |
| Catalan | El Mirall de Galàdriel |
| Cebuano | Ang Salamin sa Galadriel |
| Chinese | 凱蘭崔爾之鏡 |
| Corsican | U Emiliana di Galadriel |
| Croatian | Zrcalo Galadriel |
| Czech | Zrcadlo Galadriel |
| Danish | Galadriels spejl |
| Dutch | De Spiegel van Galadriel |
| Esperanto | La Spegulo de Galadriel |
| Estonian | Peegel Galadrielile |
| Filipino | Ang Salamin ng Galadriel |
| Finnish | Galadrielin Peili |
| French | Le Miroir de Galadriel |
| Frisian | De Spegel fan Galadriel |
| Galician | O Espello de Galadriel |
| Georgian | გალადრიელის სარკე |
| German | Der Spiegel von Galadriel |
| Greek | Ο καθρέφτης της Γκαλάντριελ |
| Gujarati | ગ઼અલદ્રિએલનું અરીસો |
| Haitian Creole | Iwa de Galadriel |
| Hausa | Madubi na Galadriel |
| Hawaiian | Ka Sniani o Galadriel |
| Hebrew | המראה של גלדריאל |
| Hungarian | Galadriel tükre |
| Hindi | ङलद्रिएल का आईना ? |
| Hmong | Lub daim iav ntawm Galadriel |
| Icelandic | Galadriels spegill |
| Indonesian | Cermin Galadriel |
| Irish Gaelic | An Scáthán na Galadriel |
| Italian | Lo Specchio di Galadriel |
| Japanese | ガラドリエルの鏡 |
| Kannada | ಮಿರರ್ ಗಲಾಡ್ರಿಯಲ್ |
| Kazakh | Галадриэльның айна (Cyrillic) Galadrïélnıñ ayna (Latin) |
| Korean | 갈라드리엘의 거울 |
| Kurdish | Galadriyels neynikê (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Галадриэлдын күзгү |
| Latvian | Spogulis Galadriel |
| Lithuanian | Galadriel Veidrodis |
| Luxembourgish | De Spigel vun Galadriel |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Огледалото на Галадриел |
| Malaysian | Cermin Galadriel |
| Maltese | Il-Mera ta 'Galadriel |
| Maori | Te Whakaata o Galadriel |
| Marathi | घलद्रिएल प्रतिबिंब |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Галадриел-ийн толь |
| Norwegian | Galadriels speilet |
| Pashto | د هنداره عالادریېل ? |
| Persian | آیینه ی گالادریل |
| Polish | Zwierciadło Galadrieli |
| Portuguese | O Espelho de Galadriel |
| Punjabi | ਗ਼ਅਲਦ੍ਰਿਏਲ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੇ |
| Romanian | Oglinda Galadriel |
| Serbian | Огледалу Галадријела (Cyrillic) Ogledalu Galadrijela (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ගලද්රිඑල්ගේ කැඩපත |
| Slovak | Zrkadlo Galadriel |
| Slovenian | Ogledalo Galadriel |
| Spanish | El Espejo de Galadriel |
| Swahili | Kioo cha Galadriel |
| Swedish | Galadriels spegeln |
| Tamil | கலத்ரிஎல் மிரர் ? |
| Telugu | గాలడ్రిల్ అద్దం |
| Thai | กระจกของกาลาเดรียล |
| Turkish | Galadriel'in Aynası |
| Turkmen | Galadrieliň Aýnasy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | дзеркало Галадріель |
| Urdu | گالدریل کے آئینے |
| Uzbek | Галадриелъи кўзгуси (Cyrillic) Galadriel'i ko'zgusi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Gương Galadriel |
| Welsh | Drych Galadriel |
| Yiddish | דער שפּיגל פון גאַלאַדריעל |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter VII: "The Mirror of Galadriel"
