from The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
6 March 1973
from a letter to Mrs. Catharine Findlay
Galadriel, like all other names of elvish persons in
The Lord of the Rings , is an invention of my own.
It is in Sindarin form and means 'Maiden crowned with
gleaming hair'. It is a secondary name given to her in
her youth in the far past because she had long hair
which glistened like gold but was also shot with silver.
She was then of Amazon disposition and bound up
her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats.
page 428 of paperback edition of THE LETTERS of J.R.R. Tolkien
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