Lúthien and Beren
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Lúthien and Beren are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth. Lúthien is an elf, daughter of the elf-king Thingol and goddess-like Melian. Beren is a mortal man. The complex tale
Lúthien — a gouache painting depicting a scene from The Silmarillion by Ted Nasmith. It was published in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar.
Lúthien pleading with Mandos. Art by Gregor Roffalski
The Harrowing of Hell, Petites Heures, 14th-century illuminated manuscript for John, Duke of Berry
Possible influence from the Welsh "Culhwch and Olwen": heroic hound, woman with magical powers, warrior seeking her hand in marriage, demanding father. Illustration "Culhwch at Ysbaddaden's court" by Ernest Wallcousins, 1920
Beren and Lúthien
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Beren and Lúthien is a 2017 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy story about Lúthien and Beren by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of his earliest tales of Middle-earth. The story is one of three
Lúthien and Beren
…in The Silmarillion, the epic poem The Lay of Leithian, the Grey Annals section of The War of the Jewels, and in the texts collected in the 2017 book Beren and Lúthien. Their story is told to Frodo by Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings. The story of Lúthien and Beren, immortal elf-maiden marrying a mortal man and choosing…
Front cover of the 2017 hardback edition