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Silmarils
Magical jewels central to Tolkien's mythology
Silmarils
The Silmarils (Quenya in-universe pl. Silmarilli [sil.maˈril.li], lit. 'radiance of pure light') are three fictional brilliant jewels in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, made by the Elf Fëanor, capturing the pure light of the Two Trees of Valinor. The Silmarils play a central role in Tolkien's book The Silmarillion, which tells of the creation of Eä (the universe) and the beginning of Elves, Dwarves and Men. Tolkien, a philologist, derived the idea of Silmarils, jewels that actually contained light, from the Old English word Siġelwara; he concluded that Siġel meant both 'sun' and 'jewel'. Scholars have remarked on their similarities to the Sampo in the Kalevala and to the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend. They have described the Silmarils as embodying Elvish pride in their own creation, or a Biblical desire for knowledge of good and evil, as in the Genesis story of the Garden of Eden. Verlyn Flieger analyzes The Silmarillion as a story of splintering of the created light, which in her view...
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