Lesson 37: Name Making Part 2 — Personal Names
Introduction A Sindarin personal name is a gift — a compressed poem that captures something essential about a person's nature, appearance, lineage, or destiny. Tolkien's Elves treated naming as a high art, and the names he invented for his characters are among the most beautiful words in any constructed language: Galadriel , Lúthien , Celebrimbor , Glorfindel , Tinnúviel . Each is a miniature world of meaning. In this lesson...