ACK! Legolas..Gondolin....! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Esmerelda the Elf-Girl · 04-04-2002, 01:58 PM

Ahh, the insane beauty of tolkien...so i was reading a bit from the Lost Tales part II and there was SOMEONE named legolas greenleaf at the fall of gondolin. OK, i really need some help on this one cuz it's driving me crazy! is it the SAME legolas that we all know and love? or not? here are the facts:
*"in this tale appears the keen sighted elf Legolas Greenleaf, first of the names of the fellowship of the ring to appear in my father's writings (see p. 217 on this earlier legolas), followed by gimli (an ELF), in the tale of Tinuviel." does this imply that it is only the NAME legolas, and two different guys, or the SAME guy? cuz it says "this earlier legolas." or is it just an earlier version of the same elf? im going insane....! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] and gimli as an elven name?!?!?!??!

*in the idex if you look under legolas greenleaf it says (I) gondolin elf; (II) member of the fellowship of the ring
ARE THEY THE SAME OR NOT?!?!

sry, i know this is a very specific, nit-picky little question, but i would really love to know, if anybody has some insight...and if anybody besides me cares! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (im writing something and would like to know about legolas' past...)

04-04-2002, 01:58 PM	#1
Esmerelda the Elf-Girl Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: lalaland Posts: 14	ACK! Legolas..Gondolin....! Ahh, the insane beauty of tolkien...so i was reading a bit from the Lost Tales part II and there was SOMEONE named legolas greenleaf at the fall of gondolin. OK, i really need some help on this one cuz it's driving me crazy! is it the SAME legolas that we all know and love? or not? here are the facts: "in this tale appears the keen sighted elf Legolas Greenleaf, first of the names of the fellowship of the ring to appear in my father's writings (see p. 217 on this earlier legolas), followed by gimli (an ELF), in the tale of Tinuviel." does this imply that it is only the NAME legolas, and two different guys, or the SAME guy? cuz it says "this earlier legolas." or is it just an earlier version of the same elf? im going insane....! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] and gimli as an elven name?!?!?!??! in the idex if you look under legolas greenleaf it says (I) gondolin elf; (II) member of the fellowship of the ring ARE THEY THE SAME OR NOT?!?! sry, i know this is a very specific, nit-picky little question, but i would really love to know, if anybody has some insight...and if anybody besides me cares! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (im writing something and would like to know about legolas' past...) __________________ "The fire's very cozy here, and the food's VERY good, and there are Elves when you want them. What more could one want?" -Bilbo