July 7, 2003

Legolas's Name
Mithril Miner

In response to Tina's post about Legolas's name...

Legolas means Greenleaf (at least, that's what all the websites say!). That is why, online (and sometimes offline), people refer to him as Mr. Greenleaf.

Another thing--for those of you who have read the Silmarillion:

In Tolkien's earlier versions he had an elf named Legolas escape from Gondolin with Idris (I think that's her name...). HOwever, he later dropped the character. He liked the name, however, and used it for the Legolas we all know and love.