Luthien

Lúthien
Lúthien was an Elven princess of Doriath and daught of the Sindar Grey-elf king, Thingol and Melian the Maia. She was born during the Ages of Starlight and was considered the most beautiful maiden of any race born. In the year 465 of the First Age of the Sun, she met the mortal Edain hero, Beren, and the couple fell in love. King Thingol did not approve, for when Elves fall in love with mortals they give up their mortality, and thus set Beren an impossible task: the Quest of the Silmaril. Despite many perils, Lúthien also embarked on this quest. With Huan, the Hound of the Valar, she overcame Sauron on the Isle of Werewolves, and freed Beren from its dungeons. She then went on with Beren to Angband, where she cast spells of enchantment which allowed Beren to cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's iron crown. Although the quest was achieved in the end, it cost Beren his life. Lúthien was filled with such remorse, she faded and died. However, when she stood before Mandos, Lord of the Dead, she sang a song of such sadness that in pity he granted the couple a second mortal life. United at last with Beren, Lúthien soon gave birth to Dior, their only child. The two lovers lived quietly for another forty years in Ossiriand, before they were granted their second and final death.

Lúthien is a character from JRR Tolkien's novel, The Silmarillion.

This image is of Lúthien walking the Halls of Mandos, before she meets with him for the first time.


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