10 Facts About Lothlorien

Scholars have noted that Lothlorien represents variously an Earthly Paradise; an Elfland where time is different, reflecting the traditions of European folklore; and a land of light striving biblically with the darkness of evil.

Galadriel made contact with an existing Nandorin realm, Lindorinand, in what became Lothlorien, and planted there the golden mallorn trees which Gil-galad had received as a gift from Tar-Aldarion.

The river Silverlode or Celebrant flowed through Lothlorien and joined the Anduin; it had a tributary from the west, the river Nimrodel.

Lothlorien is a locus amoenus, an idyllic land that Tolkien describes as having "no stain".

Lothlorien compares this perfect place to the Earthly Paradise that the dreamer speaks of in the Middle English poem Pearl.

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Flieger however writes that there is a definite contradiction between Frodo's position, that there is an actual difference in time between Lothlorien and everywhere else, and Legolas's, that it is a matter of perception.

Lothlorien considers Aragorn's view to reconcile these two positions, agreeing that time has passed as Legolas said, but that the Fellowship felt time as the Elves did while they were in Lothlorien.

Garth suggests that the central green hill of Cerin Amroth in Lothlorien recalls the grassy Motte of Warwick Castle, known as Ethelfleda's Mound and the happy time he spent there in his youth.

Some Lothlorien scenes were shot on locations in Paradise Valley near Glenorchy, New Zealand.

Enya's song "Lothlorien" on her album Shepherd Moons is an instrumental composition named for the Elvish realm.