| Thingol | |
|---|---|
| Tolkien character | |
 A battle between Thingol (right) and the Orc chieftain Boldog. Illustration by Tom Loback. | |
| In-universe information | |
| Aliases | Elwë Singollo, Elu Thingol |
| Race | Elves |
| Gender | Male |
| Book(s) | The Silmarillion, The Children of Húrin, The Lays of Beleriand, Beren & Lúthien |
Elu Thingol or Elwë Singollo is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in The Silmarillion, The Lays of Beleriand and The Children of Húrin and in numerous stories in The History of Middle-earth. The King of Doriath, King of the Sindar Elves, High-king[T 1] and Lord of Beleriand, he is a major character in the First Age of Middle-earth[1] and an essential part of the ancestral backgrounding of the romance between Aragorn and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings. Alone among the Elves, he married an angelic Maia, Melian.
Scholars have written that Thingol turns away from the light, so that when he receives a Silmaril, he is unable to appreciate it. They have stated, too, that he fails to take advantage of his marriage to Melian, instead ignoring her advice about the Silmaril, leading to the downfall of his kingdom.
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- ^ Bülles, Marcel R. (2013) [2006]. "Thingol". In Michael D. C. Drout (ed.). J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-415-86511-1.