Galathilion
Galathilion, the White Tree, was a tree made by Yavanna for the Elves of the city of Tirion. It was made in the image of Telperion, as the Amanyar loved it most of the Two Trees, although Galathilion gave no light.
It grew in the Great Square, a high open courtyard beneath the Mindon Eldaliéva, and had many seedlings in Eldamar. From it came Celeborn, the White Tree of Tol Eressëa; through which it became the ancestor of Nimloth of Númenor and the White Tree of Gondor.
Etymology
Galathilion is Sindarin for "White Tree", from galadh ("tree") + thil ("shine silver)".
The final element could be the patronymic -ion, perhaps indicating the tree descents from Telperion.
Other names
It was also known as the Tree of Tirion or Tree of Túna.
Galathilion was at first a name for Telperion, "but in after days Galathilion the Less was the name of the White Tree of Túna."
Legolas noted that the Doors of Durin displayed the Tree of the High Elves, which probably represented Galathilion.
Other versions of the legendarium
In the poem Imram, Saint Brendan in his deathbed is able to remember a White-tree from his travels that cannot be other than Galathilion:
In a Quenya note published in Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, the tree is referred to by the name Amalion.
Referencias
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