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[violecov]

Earendil and Elwing meeting once again.

Tried to finish it for @nolofinweanweek buuuut, time

[firinaira]

To the Sea! To the Sea!

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Then the far-sighted among the Elves that dwelt in the Lonely Isle would see Elwing like a white bird, shining, rose-stained in the sunset, as she soared in joy to greet the coming of Vingilot to haven.

- Silmarillion. Of the Voyage of Eärendil.

[vinyatar]

STARSHIP VINGILOT (#78) Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2025 - @tolkienrsb

featuring Earendil in space - in collaboration with @maya-tl, whose breathtakingly beautiful writing (now available and linked below) perfectly captures the spirit and mood intended in the art:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary by the author:

When I was but a child in the reckoning of men and elves, my father took me with him to the beach to catch lightning bugs for the sea lanterns. I remember a single glowing bug, fluttering all alone in the glass case of a silver lantern much too big for it, and have ever felt a kinship with it. I am no longer the sailor lighting the way for my boat on a cloudy night. I am the lightning bug trapped inside a lantern, shining alone. …this is not my Vingilot. Eärendil takes Vingilot into the Timeless Void on his nightly journey, like always. He is careful, like always, to steer clear of the things he knows lurk in the deep darkness of that endless place. He is not careful enough, and when he returns at dawn he finds himself on a ship from another world that resembles his own only in name.

[a-mountain-hobbit]

Watchparty Promo: The War of Wrath (2026)

by Falešné společenstvo 

Vingilot; Elrond and Elros make their choice; Maedhros and Maglor reclaim the Silmarils; Morgoth rages. (Photos taken from the dress rehearsal, the stream will feature the premiere at Tolkien Con)

Do you need to experience the turmoil and troubles of the end of the first age in all the detail Tolkien never got around to writing? Do you enjoy emotional rollercoasters and gorgeous musicals? Then join us for the newest Silmarillion musical by the Czech Tolkien musical group Falešné společenstvo: Válka hněvu or The War of Wrath. (Thanks to the group we even have english subtitles (thanks again to the translators and subtitlers))

There will be two watchparties:

Saturday 28th of March, 19:00 CET

Sunday 29th of March, 10:00 CET

Where to watch:

https://cytu.be/r/WarOfWrath (password: Vingilot)

We hope to see you there!

[kai-janik-art]

A quick Vingilot design I carved to test a different kind of linoleum and my new printing press.

[echo-bleu]

Eärendil the Mariner

Who deserves a pirate outfit more than Eärendil?

The background is largely inspired by one of Philip Sue's paintings. It was fun to draw a flat earth!

In other news, I love drawing ships but that was the worst angle possible to figure out. In my head, the Silmaril is at the prow in some kind of glass/mirror lantern that amplifies its light.

I wanted him to look soft, and little wry maybe, rather than fierce. I'm sure he's fierce aplenty but I mostly headcanon him as tired. His fate breaks my heart. Also, it doesn't really show here but my Eärendil is blind from overexposure to the Silmaril (and half-human fragile eyes).

I always waver between giving him locs or a shorter Mannish haircut, but his hair is really too kinky for the shoulder-length, Aragorn-style cut, so locs it is!

IDs in alt text.

[mattefun]

Symbolism in Tolkien's names

Playing with the meaning of names and Epessë

1. Ereinion Gil-galad 'Star of Radiance'

Finduilas Faelivrin 'Gleam of the Sun on the Pools of Ivrin'

Siblings with Epessë that have opposite meanings. "Gil-galad" was given it because his silver armor shone in the moonlight and sunlight as like a star. Gil-galad can also be translated as "starlight" (which is also silver light)

"Faelivrin" means sunshine on the pools.

Siblings of silver and gold gleam. Gil-galad has a silver gleam and Finduilas has a golden gleam (sun = gold). And also their Epessë both given for gleam.

2. Elrond 'star-doom'

Ereinion Gil-galad 'Star of Radiance'

Arwen Undómiel 'Evening Star'

Eärendil Gil-Estel 'Star of High Hope'

The important people to Elrond were his stars and Elrond was their firmament. Stars on the star-dome.

And an interesting fact: Arwen, who is called the Evening star, has a grandfather (Eärendil) is a real evening star (and morning)!

3. Elwing 'Star-spray'

Vingilot 'Foam-flower'

'Wing' only actually occurs in two names of the Eärendil legend: Elwing the name of his wife, and Vingilote the name of his ship. Vingilótë (in Quenya) from winga ("foam, spray") + lótë ("flower"). (This is said in The Peoples of Middle-earth)

Eärendil probably took part of his wife's name for the ship's name. Eärendil is such a romantic.

4. Ereinion Gil-galad 'Star of Radiance'

Elendil 'Lover of the stars'

Gil-galad is a star and Elendil loves stars. Considering their friendship, this is symbolic

5. Arwen Undómiel 'Evening Star'

Tindómiel 'Morning Star'

The name Tindómiel does not have a precise meaning but one interpretation is that it means "morning star". I like this meaning more than "daughter of twilight", as the parallel with Arwen makes more sense.

Tindómiel and Undómiel are cousins through Elros and Elrond, both second child of their fathers. Morning comes before Evening, so Tindómiel was born before Arwen. Tindómiel morning of Men of Númenor because she was born in their prime. Arwen Evening of Elves because she was born at the beginning of their fading.

[camille-lachenille]

Númenorean dish, 6th century S.A

For @fall-for-tolkien's Scribbles and Drabbles

Dated from the 6th century of the Second Age, this dish depicting Vingilot saliling the skies as the star Gil-Estel is a prime example of early Númenorean painted pottery. But what is the story behind it?