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Dates
Largely unknown, but certainly predated the First Age1
Race
Elves
Division
Sindar
Culture
Doriath
Pronunciation
e'lmo
Meaning
el- is probably 'star'. Like much else relating to Elmo, the -mo ending in his name is obscure, but it just possibly comes from a root meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'
Note
The evidence for Elmo's existence consists of a very few indirect references, and he never appears in any fully developed narrative. It is quite possible, then, that this character is apocryphal. Since he appears relatively late in Tolkien's work, though, it is equally possible that his character would have been developed into the fuller stories of the First Age, if Tolkien had had the opportunity to do so.

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Elmo

The younger brother of Thingol and Olwë

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Elwë
Olwë
ELMO
Galadhon

The younger brother of Elu Thingol of the Sindar and Olwë of the Teleri; he dwelt in Doriath with his elder brother Thingol, and is said to have been the ancestor of Celeborn, Lord of Lórien.


Notes

1

Elmo is a mysterious figure about whom we have little detail, and certainly nothing so precise as dates of birth or death. To be the brother of Elwë and Olwë, though, it seems to follow that he must have dated back to near the time of their births, which would place his origins far back in the Years of the Trees. In the timeline shown above, we have assumed that he perished in the Ruin of Doriath, which would explain his absence from later histories (though given his vanishingly small presence in any histories, this is admittedly very slim evidence).

See also...

Galadhon, Galathil

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