List of Middle-earth Elves - L

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• Legolas Greenleaf of Gondolin

Legolas Greenleaf "of the house of the Tree" is an Elf from The Book of Lost Tales.

Greenleaf is a literal translation of Legolas.

• Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood

Legolas Greenleaf is an Elf from Mirkwood and one of nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. He was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit.

Both Elves named Legolas are called Greenleaf.

• Lindir

Lindir is an Elf of Rivendell who listens to Bilbo Baggins declaiming poetry.

• Lúthien Tinúviel

Lúthien Tinúviel was the only child of Elu Thingol, king of Doriath, and his queen, Melian the Maia. Lúthien's romance with the mortal man Beren is one of the great stories of the Elder Days.

The name Lúthien appears to mean "enchantress" in a Beleriandic dialect of Sindarin, but it can also be translated "blossom". However, the root for "blossom" is "loth" as in "Lothlórien", and "luth" is clearly given by Tolkien as the root for "enchantment", which casts some doubt on this alternate translation. Tinúviel was a name given to her by Beren. It literally means "daughter of the starry twilight", which signifies "nightingale". She is described as the Morning Star of the Elves, while her descendant Arwen is called Evenstar, the Evening Star.