Silmarillion Sigil Set 45

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Disclaimer: Here is a blend of Original Tolkien creations (aka my best efforts at recreating the author’s drawing), modifications on the original, and designs completely from cloth. Previous Entries can be found under the sigil tag. Please credit if use.

In order:

Meleth

Notes:

Yes, I'm reposting these once more. Because if people in the Silmarillion/Tolkien fandom continue to use them, I want nice official links to them. And so another crosspost from tumblr project is born.

I revisited the color scheme from this device, as it was a palette I liked and thought it deserved something more personally satisfactory. The design is built around the stylized rose, and the bold outlines and emphasis on geometry outweighs the more naturalistic stylized buds offsetting the repeating roundels of the full bloom. Thus it feels more like a Noldo than a Sinda.

If I were to assign any canon character to this sigil, my personal pick is Meleth, the nurse of Eärendil for when he lived those first seven years in Gondolin. Though she appears only in the Book of Lost Tales, then again, most of the lords of Gondolin also only appear in that same document, and fandom knows them. We have no clue about her origins aside from the fact that her name is Sindarin for ‘love’ and that she would have been a valued servant of Princess Idril and young Eärendil.