Wednesday, 4 May 2016

lord of the rings - Did Tolkien liken Aragorn to a wolf?

This is perhaps stretching, but might you be thinking of "Thorongil"? It's the name Aragorn used during his time in Gondor and Rohan, and means "Eagle of the Star":




Thorongil men called him in Gondor, the Eagle of the Star, for he was swift and keen-eyed, and wore a silver star upon his cloak; but no one knew his true name nor in what land he was born.



Return of the King Appendix A "Annals of the Kings and Rulers" Chapter 1: "The Númenórean Kings" (iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion The Stewards




That Thorongil is Aragorn is revealed in Appendix B:




2957-80 Aragorn undertakes his great journeys and errantries. As Thorongil he serves in disguise both Thengel of Rohan and Ecthelion II of Gondor.



Return of the King Appendix B "The Tale of Years" (ii) The Third Age




It would also be a much more complimentary comparison, since eagles are traditionally associated with Manwë (good) and wolves with Morgoth/Sauron (bad).

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