Editing Lúthien and Beren (section)

=== Meeting ===

[[File:TN-Luthien-Web.jpg|thumb|upright|''Lúthien'' — a [[gouache]] painting depicting a scene from ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]. It was published in the 1990 ''[[Tolkien Calendars|Tolkien Calendar]]''.|alt=Painting of an Elf-woman dancing in a forest]]

Beren saw Lúthien dancing under moonrise in her father's forest, and fell in love with her, captivated by her beauty. He stood in the shadows wishing to be near enough to Lúthien to touch her, but Daeron, her childhood friend and partner in music and dance, noticed Beren and, believing him to be a wild animal, shouted for Lúthien to flee. She saw Beren's shadow and ran away. One day in summer when Lúthien was dancing on a green hill surrounded by [[Conium|hemlock]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/06/01/tolkien-hemlock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184058/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/06/01/tolkien-hemlock/ |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |title=Beren and Lúthien and the hemlock glade |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> she sang, awakening Beren. He ran to her, and again she tried to escape and he cried ''Tinúviel''. When Lúthien gazed upon him she reciprocated his love. He kissed her, but she slipped away and he fell into a deep sleep. In his hour of despair, she appeared before him, and in the Hidden Kingdom of [[Doriath (Middle-earth)|Doriath]] set her hand in his and cradled his head against her breast. From then on they met secretly.<ref name="ch19" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977|loc=ch. 19 "Of Beren and Lúthien"}}</ref>