Supplement 6: Vocabulary — Body Parts & Health
Why This Domain Matters Tolkien's Elves are pre-eminently healers. The Elvish healing arts pervade The Lord of the Rings : the herb athelas (a fully attested Sindarin word), Aragorn's identity as a healer-king, the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith, and Elrond's role as the great healer of Rivendell. When Éowyn and Faramir are brought to the healing houses, the warden quotes the ancient verse: "The hands of the king...