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From the lens Legolas of Mirkwood: Prince Among Equals.

What do you think? I hope I've given you a deeper insight into a minor but appealling character in Tolkien's trilogy.

  • bensen32 May 8, 2012 @ 10:08 pm | delete
    Legolas I would have to say was my favorite in the movies. Thanks for all the extra info. nice lens
  • DarthCondylura Jan 22, 2012 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    Hello.
    This is a great, well-thought article on the character of Legolas. I just want to ask something. Tolkien actually says that Legolas is Thranduil's father? Because that's what we see here: "Thranduil father of Legolas of the Nine Walkers was Sindarin, and that tongue was used in his house, though not by all his folk." (sorry, I'm not so knowledgeable on Lotr as you guys)
    What Celeborn said (Thranduil's son), could just mean that he's one of Thranduil's subjects, aka Mirkwood elf.
  • ViolinStudent Nov 7, 2011 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    Great page. Really makes me want to delve back into the Trilogy for a sixth reading.
    --Art
  • kenobi1985 Nov 2, 2011 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    I was going to bring up the fact that Legolas's grandfather (and father?) came from Doriath, which would make them Sindar, or grey-elves, but you mentioned it after all. At any rate, it makes as much sense to me for Legolas to be a full-blooded Sindarin elf as it would for him to be half-Sindarin-half-Silvan. Either way, the Mirkwood elves became largely rustic and the royal family along with them (origins aside). Thus, Legolas's persistant association of himself with the wood-elves rather than with the grey- or high-elves, whom his grandfather and father seemed to want to get away from so much, makes a lot of sense.
  • Heliocles Jan 16, 2011 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Nice page!

    I think one of the 'problems' with Legolas is that he doesn't belong to a Silmarillion family! He is just the son of an Elven-king from "The Hobbit", and his father was a rather petty character with boorish subjects. The Lorien elves truly belong in the main tradition in Tolkien's legendarium, with links - though rewritten many times - back to the First Age.

    So when Legolas' royal ancestry is downplayed it's really just a subtle way for Tolkien to avoid the fact that the elves of eastern Mirkwood had no real place in the great underlying history that he thought he would eventually write.
  • Palleas_Greenleaf_of_Mikwood Jun 11, 2010 @ 1:33 am | delete
    That was great, people of Middle-Earth often refer to themselves as their preferred manner. Lord Elrond does not call himself as the son of his human father but 'Half-Elven'. Keep up the good work!!!
  • LudahBasher Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:58 am | delete
    if im correct there is 1 more type of elves, called the Dark Elves which never left the east.
    i also want to know more about them.
  • jjj1 Feb 7, 2009 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Wonderful post about my favourite book.

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I'm a writer who loves the myth and magic of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Almost a decade ago, I participated in a Tolkien-inspired online community for writers,... more »

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