How do Characters in Tolkien's Middle-earth look like
This page was created on 1997-05-16. But I started collecting
this data long before :-)
Genetics of Middle-earth
It's interesting to notice how accurate Tolkien was about the Laws
of Genetics when creating his characters. For example, we never see
any couple with a recessive trait having a son or daughter with
a dominant trait...
In the list below I try present the page references for the
description. Since I have books from several editions (from
four countries and two languages), these pages must serve just
to give an idea
Hair Colour
Golden Haired
Vana (Bolt, pag 76), Goldberry (_FotR_, pag 159),
House of Hador (incl Hurin), House of Haleth, House of
Ingwe (incl Indis), Finarfin, Galadriel (gold and silver mixed),
Finrod Felagund, Morwen's mother (from Hithlum), Rian's mother (from
Hithlum), Forweg (_UT_), Hurin (maybe red? cf._UT_), Idril Celebrindal,
Tar-Aldarion, Almarian (Tar-Aldarion's mother), Almariel (girl in
HoMe V, p.59), Fili and Kili (the beard), Eorlingas (_RotK_ p.429),
Eowyn, Glorfindel, Thranduil (_The Hobbit_)
White Haired
Earwen (Finarfin's wife = Olwe's daughter = Galadriel's
mother, _UT_), Celeborn (silver long and bright),
Olwe, Balin, Gandalf
Silver-Haired
Elwe/Thingol, Cirdan
Dark-Haired
Tom Bombadil (brown), Elrond, Melian, most elves, House of Beor, Morwen,
Rian, Turin, Luthien, Arwen, Maeglin (black), Aredhel,
Erendis (Tar-Aldarion's wife), probably Tar-Meneldur, Boromir,
Dunlendings (incl Freca, _RotK_ 429), Faramir,
Mablung and Damrod (rangers of Ithilien),
Aragorn (patched with grey),
Fëanor (raven dark)
Red-Haired
Maedhros, some of Nerdanel's family,
Amrod and Amras (Home XII, page 353)
Blue-Haired
Dwalin
Deductions from Genetics
Celebrian (light haired), Earendil (light haired),
Elwing (dark haired)
Eye Colour
Blue-eyed
Manwe, Tom Bombadil, House of Hador, House of Haleth, Earendil,
Olwe, Littleheart son of Voronwe
Sea-grey-eyed
Voronwe, Eowyn
Grey-eyed
Elrond, House of Beor, Arwen, Boromir, Hirgon (knight of Gondor),
Faramir, Mablung and Damrod (rangers of Ithilien), Aragorn
Light-Grey-eyed
Erendis
Star-like-eyed
Thingol, Cirdan? ("keen as stars", end of RotK)
Dark-eyed
Gandalf, Maeglin
Yellow
Sauron? (Frodo's vision in the Mirror of Galadriel)
Height
Gandalf is shorter than Elrond and Glorfindel(p299), though he is broad
sholdered and stands straight.
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