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| | Legolas of Mirkwood: Prince Among Equals |
 | | In every way Legolas is a scout, a hunter, a woodland elf, with deep personal connections to the natural world, but not to the policies, lore, history and problems of the lords and stewards of his race. |
 | | Legolas' grace, his singing, his emotional and poetic language, Tolkien's early conceptions of Elves as fairies, and popular impressions about elves in general have given many readers the impression that he is a bit of a lightweight. |
 | | Legolas is translated Greenleaf (II 106, 154) a suitable name for a Woodland Elf, though one of royal and originally Sindarin line.[...]Technically, Legolas is a compound (according to rules) of S[indarin] laeg 'viridis' fresh and green, and go-lass 'collection of leaves, folliage'. |
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