Galadriel's Hair. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Milady Revenwyn · 09-09-2007, 07:47 PM

Hey, I *think* I remember reading something about how in her younger years Galadriel refused to cut her hair to (I think) be fashioned into a jewel. Am I correct? Who asked such a bold request? Where is it found?

I can't remember. Help me please!

davem · 09-10-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Milady Revenwyn

Hey, I *think* I remember reading something about how in her younger years Galadriel refused to cut her hair to (I think) be fashioned into a jewel. Am I correct? Who asked such a bold request? Where is it found?

I can't remember. Help me please!

It was Feanor. This from The History of Galadriel & Celeborn:

...her hair held a marvel unmatched. It was golden like the hair of her father & of her foremother Indis, but richer & more radiant, for its gold was touched by some memory of the starlike silver of her mother; & the Eldar said that the light of the Two Trees, Laurelin & Telperion, had been snared in her tresses. Many thought that this saying first gave to Feanor the thought of imprisoning & blending the light of the Two Trees that later took shape in his hands as the Silmarils. For Feanor beheld the hair of Galadriel with wonder & delight. He begged three times for a tress, but Galadriel would not give him even one hair.

Actually, I started a thread on Hair in M-e a while back http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=12132

Milady Revenwyn · 09-10-2007, 09:19 AM

Thank you! Erm, what book is that in? I moved and I don't have all my books with me, unfortunately, or else I would have looked it up myself.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-10-2007, 09:21 AM

It's in the Unfinished Tales.

Milady Revenwyn · 09-10-2007, 09:30 AM

Aha, and that's one of the books that I had to unfortunately leave behind when I moved out of the house.

Thanks!

I don't blame Galadriel for not giving her hair to Feanor... he was a jerk.

Meriadoc1961 · 09-11-2007, 08:21 AM

I did not know that! Interesting! It makes her giving three strands to Gimli, a Dwarf, even more remarkable!

Merry

09-09-2007, 07:47 PM	#1
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	Galadriel's Hair. Hey, I think I remember reading something about how in her younger years Galadriel refused to cut her hair to (I think) be fashioned into a jewel. Am I correct? Who asked such a bold request? Where is it found? I can't remember. Help me please!

09-10-2007, 09:21 AM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	It's in the Unfinished Tales. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

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Meriadoc1961 Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 101	I did not know that! Interesting! It makes her giving three strands to Gimli, a Dwarf, even more remarkable! Merry __________________ "If I yawn again, I shall split at the ears!"

09-10-2007, 09:19 AM	#3
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	Thank you! Erm, what book is that in? I moved and I don't have all my books with me, unfortunately, or else I would have looked it up myself.

09-10-2007, 09:30 AM	#5
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	Aha, and that's one of the books that I had to unfortunately leave behind when I moved out of the house. Thanks! I don't blame Galadriel for not giving her hair to Feanor... he was a jerk.