White Tree of Gondor

The White Tree of Gondor was the symbol of the realm of Gondor. While there were several trees referred to as the "White Tree," the best-known of these grew in the Court of the Fountain in Minas Tirith. The White Tree was also the motif of Gondor's flag.
== Description ==
This iconic tree was in appearance a tall spacious tree of graceful form, white thin unwrinkled bark over white wood. In spring it bore numerous white flowers, but few of these ever fructified; what shape the fruit was is never described, nor was it considered to be edible. The leaves were laurel-like, dark green above and bright silver beneath.
It was fashioned in the image of Telperion, elder of the Two Trees of Valinor, originally. This image was given to the Elves of Tirion in Valinor and named Galathilion. From it a sapling was taken to Tol Eressëa, named Celeborn. This in turn sired the tree Nimloth of Númenor, felled by Sauron and burned on the altar of the Temple for Morgoth.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
== History ==
=== First White Tree ===
The first White Tree of Gondor came from a fruit that Isildur stole from Nimloth the Fair, before it was was destroyed. Isildur brought the sapling to Middle-earth and eventually planted it in Minas Ithil before his house. But when Sauron returned to Middle-earth, he attacked and captured Minas Ithil in SA 3429, destroying the White Tree. Isildur escaped, again taking a sapling with him.The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
=== Second White Tree ===
In TA 2 while in Minas Anor instructing his nephew Meneldil in rulership, Isildur planted the sapling of the White Tree in memory of his brother, Anárion.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. II: "The Council of Elrond" This White Tree stood until TA 1636, when the Great Plague spread across Gondor and the tree died.
=== Third White Tree ===
A third sapling was planted in TA 1640 by King Tarondor. After the line of the Kings failed the tree never bore fruit and seldom flowered and finally withered and died in TA 2872 at the death of the Ruling Steward Belecthor II. At this time no seedling of the tree was found, and the dead tree was left standing "until the King returns."The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", The Stewards
=== Fourth White Tree ===
Following his coronation as King of Gondor, Aragorn was taken by Gandalf to a hallow on the slopes of Mindolluin. There, Aragorn found a sapling of the White Tree. The dead tree was removed from the court and placed in the Houses of the Dead, and Aragorn planted the sapling in its place. In June of TA 3019, the tree bloomed.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. V: "The Steward and the King"
== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
The finding of the sapling is not seen in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). In the film, the previously dead tree is shown to be flowering again during the Siege of Gondor and the imminent arrival of Aragorn on the Black Ships.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Wit Boom van Gondor
Albanian 	Pemë e bardhë e Gondorit
Arabic 	شجرة جوندور البيضاء
Armenian 	Գոնդոր-ի Սպիտակ ծառ
Azerbaijani 	Gondor'in ağ ağacı
Basque 	Gondoreko Zuhaitz Zuria
Belarusian Cyrillic	Белае дрэва Гондара
Bengali 	গন্দর এর সাদা বৃক্ষ
Bosnian 	Bijelo drvo Gondora
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Бяло дърво на Гондор
Catalan 	Arbre blanc de Góndor
Chinese 	圣白树
Croatian 	Bijelo stablo Gondora
Czech 	Bílý strom Gondoru
Danish 	Hvide træ af Gondor
Dutch 	Witte Boom van Gondor
Esperanto 	Blanka Arbo de Gondoro
Estonian 	Gondori valge puu
Fijian 	Vulavula na vunikau ni Gondor
Filipino 	Puting Puno ng Gondor
Finnish 	Gondorin Valkoinen Puu
French 	Arbre blanc du Gondor
Galician 	Árbore Branca de Gondor
Georgian 	გონდორის თეთრი ხე
German 	Weißer Baum von Gondor
Greek 	Λευκό δέντρο της Γκόντορ
Gujarati 	ગોન્ડોરના સફેદ વૃક્ષ
Haitian Creole 	Bwa Blan de Gondor
Hawaiian 	ʻO ka lāʻau keʻokeʻo o Gondor
Hebrew 	עץ לבן של גונדור
Hindi 	गोन्डोर का सफेद वृक्ष
Hmong 	Tsob ntoo dawb ntawm Gondor
Hungarian 	Gondor fehér fája
Icelandic 	Hvítt tré af Gondor
Indonesian 	Pohon Putih Gondor
Irish Gaelic 	Crann bán de Gondor
Italian 	Albero Bianco di Gondor
Japanese 	ゴンドールの白い木
Javanese 	Pohon Wit saka Gondor
Kannada 	ಗೊಂಡೋರ್ನ ವೈಟ್ ಟ್ರೀ
Kazakh 	Ақ ағашы Гондор (Cyrillic) Aq ağaşı Gondor (Latin)
Korean 	곤도의 흰 나무
Latvian 	Gondoras balta koka
Lithuanian 	Baltas Gondoro medis
Macedonian Cyrillic	Белото дрво на Гондор
Malagasy 	Hazo Fotsy ny Gondor
Malaysian 	Pokok putih Gondor
Maltese 	Siġra abjad tal-Gondor
Marathi 	व्हाईट ट्री ऑफ गोन्दोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гондор-ийн Цагаан мод
Norwegian 	Gondorens Hvite tre
Persian 	درخت سفید از گاندور
Polish 	Białe Drzewo Gondoru
Portuguese 	Árvore branca de Gondor
Romanian 	Arbore alb de Gondsau
Russian 	Белое Древо Гондора
Samoan 	Paʻepaʻe Laau o Gondor
Scottish Gaelic 	Geal Craobh de Gondor
Serbian 	Бело Дрво Гондора (Cyrillic) Belo Drvo Gondora (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ගොඳොර් වල සුදු ගස
Slovak 	Biely strom Gondoru
Slovenian 	Bele drevo Gondorja
Spanish 	Árbol blanco de Gondor
Swahili 	Mti mweupe wa Gondor
Swedish 	Gondors Vita träd - from Tolkiens Arda (a Swedish Tolkien Society)
Tamil 	கொண்டோரின் வெள்ளை மரம்
Telugu 	గోండోర్ యొక్క వైట్ ట్రీ
Turkish 	Gondor'un Beyaz Ağacı
Turkmen 	Gondoryň Ak Agajy
Thai 	พฤกษาขาวแห่งกอนดอร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Біле Дерево Гондору
Vietnamese 	Cây trắng của Gondor
Welsh 	Coeden Gwyn o Gondor
Yiddish 	ווייסע טרי פון גאָנדאָר
Yoruba 	Igi funfun ti Gondor
== References ==
Category:Trees
Category:Minas Tirith
Category:Symbols
Category:Gondor
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fr:Arbres Blancs
it:Albero Bianco di Gondor
pl:Białe Drzewo
ru:Белое Древо