Editing Thingol (section)

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{{Infobox character
| name          = Thingol
| series        = [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] 
| image         = File:THINGOL FIGHTS BOLDOG cropped.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption       = A battle between Thingol (right) and the [[Orc]] chieftain Boldog. Illustration by [[Tom Loback]].
| aliases       = Elwë Singollo,<br/>Elu Thingol 
| race          = [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]]
| gender        = Male
| lbl24         = Book(s)
| data24        = ''[[The Silmarillion]]'',<br/>''[[The Children of Húrin]]'',<br/>''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'',<br/>''[[The Tale of Beren and Lúthien|Beren & Lúthien]]''
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'''Elu Thingol''' or '''Elwë Singollo''' is a fictional character in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] [[Tolkien's legendarium|legendarium]]. He appears in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'' and ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'' and in numerous stories in ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]''. The King of [[Doriath (Middle-earth)|Doriath]], King of the [[Sindar]] Elves, High-king<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1994}}, p. 21, "Fingolfin...acknowledged the high-kingship of Thingol"; p. 380, Thingol is acknowledged high-king by Círdan and his following; p. 410, the Grey-elves of Mithrim acknowledged Thingol as high-king.</ref> and Lord of [[Beleriand]], he is a major character in the [[First Age]] of Middle-earth<ref name="Drout2006">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2013 |title=Thingol |encyclopedia=[[J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]] |publisher=Routledge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0loOBA3ejIC&pg=PA646 |last=Bülles |first=Marcel R. |orig-year=2006 |editor=Michael D. C. Drout |editor-link=Michael D. C. Drout |page=646 |isbn=978-0-415-86511-1}}</ref> and an essential part of the ancestral backgrounding of the romance between [[Aragorn]] and [[Arwen]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Alone among the Elves, he married an [[angel]]ic [[Maia (Middle-earth)|Maia]], [[Melian (Middle-earth)|Melian]].

Scholars have written that Thingol turns away from the light, so that when he receives a [[Silmaril]], he is unable to appreciate it. They have stated, too, that he fails to take advantage of his marriage to Melian, instead ignoring her advice about the Silmaril, leading to the downfall of his kingdom.