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| | Aragorn and the Sacred Tree of Gondor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) |
 | | To begin at the beginning, the Eldest of Trees the King and Gandalf refer to is Telperion, one of two immense trees created by Yavanna to illuminate the sacred land of the Valar, the powers that watch over Middle-earth from Aman. |
 | | Melkor, the first Dark Lord, and the spider Ungoliant destroy Telperion and Laurelin, its sister tree, to show their contempt for the powers. |
 | | Later Yavanna, Queen of the Earth, creates Galathilion, the White Tree of the Eldar, which is a model of Telperion but does not shine. |
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