The Lord of the Rings · Character
Lúthien
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 9
Lúthien is evoked as a figure of distant legend, her name carrying the enduring resonance of an ancient line. The text offers no physical portrait, leaving her presence luminous only through memory and descent.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- historical figure
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 9
- Books
- 1
Lúthien is recalled as an ancestral figure in Aragorn’s lineage, one of the children from whom his line descends. Her place in the book is brief but resonant, connecting the present to a history reaching far beyond mortal years. No further details of her life or story are given here.
Description
The historical figure from whom Aragorn is descended as one of the children of Lúthien.
Story so far
BOOK 3The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
Appearances
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