Editing Mithril (section)

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[[File:Flag of the Kings of Gondor.svg|thumb|Artist's impression of the [[Heraldic flag|standard]] of the kings of [[Gondor]], with a crown made of mithril and gold.]]

[[Nenya]], the [[Rings of Power|Ring of Power]] wielded by [[Galadriel]], was made of mithril.<ref name="Grey Havens" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}}, book 6, ch. 9 "The Grey Havens"</ref>

The guards of the citadel of [[Minas Tirith]] wore helmets of mithril, "heirlooms from the glory of old days". They were the only soldiers in Gondor who still bore the emblems of the lost kings during the days of the stewards.<ref group=T name="Grey Company">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}}, book 5, ch. 2 "The Passing of the Grey Company"</ref>

As Aragorn's ships sailed up the [[Anduin]] to relieve the besieged Minas Tirith during the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], the [[Heraldic flag|standard]] flying on his ship showed a crown made of mithril and gold.<ref name="Pelennor Fields" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}}, book 5, ch. 6 "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"</ref>

After [[Gimli (Middle-earth)|Gimli]] became lord of [[Helm's Deep#Later writings|Aglarond]], he and his Dwarves forged great gates of mithril and steel to replace the gates of Minas Tirith, which had been broken by the [[Witch-king of Angmar]].<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}}, Appendix A, part 3.</ref>

The ''Elendilmir'', the Star of Arnor, was a "white star of Elvish crystal upon a [[fillet (clothing)|fillet]] of mithril". It was made for Silmariën, mother of [[Valandil]]; it passed down to [[Elendil]].<ref name="Disaster of Gladden Fields" group=T/> It was found in [[Orthanc]] when the Ents returned the tower to King [[Aragorn]], evidence that Saruman had found and apparently destroyed [[Isildur]]'s remains.<ref name="Disaster of Gladden Fields" group=T/>{{sfn|Libran Moreno|2013|pp=146–147}}

Greatest of all, according to legend, was the ship of [[Eärendil]], Vingilótë, which he sailed into the sky, making the gleam of ''truesilver'' visible to the world as the [[Venus|Evening and Morning Star]]. The "[[Song of Eärendil]]", written by Bilbo and Aragorn, contains the lines "A ship then new they built for him / of mithril and of elven-glass".<ref name="Many Meetings" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1954a|loc=book 2, ch. 1 "Many Meetings"}}</ref> The linguist of Elvish languages [[Anthony Appleyard]] wrote that this machine, with "no shaven oar nor sail", was evidently of an advanced technology, "sound[ing] suspiciously like most people's image of a spaceship."<ref name="Appleyard 1996">{{cite journal |last=Appleyard |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Appleyard |title=Tolkien and Space Travel |journal=[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]] |date=December 1996 |issue=34 |pages=21–24 |jstor=45321694}}</ref>