玄之又玄，

衆妙之門。

Last night

I begged the Wise One to tell me

the secret of the world.

Gently, gently, he whispered,

"Be quiet,

the secret cannot be spoken,

It is wrapped in silence."

― جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎, ‎Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī

“Gil-galad was an Elven-king.

Of him the harpers sadly sing:

the last whose realm was fair and free

between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,

his shining helm afar was seen;

the countless stars of heaven's field

were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,

and where he dwelleth none can say;

for into darkness fell his star

in Mordor where the shadows are.”

― From The Fall of Gil-galad, as translated by Bilbo Baggins

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Gil-galad was born Ereinion.

Gil-galad was Sindarin for "Star of Radiance", from Gil ("star") and Galad ("light, radiance").

His name in Quenya was Artanáro which means "High Flame". In Sindarin, Artanáro translates to Rodnor.

It was first conceived that Gil-galad's birth name was Ereinion instead of his epessë. Ereinion means "Son of Kings", from Erain ("kings") and ion ("son" 30).

According to a version, this name was an epessë [Epessë, Quenya for after-name, is a nickname or honorific given to an elf at some point in his or her life. It is one of the anessi, or given names, of High Elves, along with the father-name and amilessë ("mother-name"). Gil-galad ("Star of Radiance"), which was the mother-name of the last High King of the Noldor. His father-name was Rodnor. Upon becoming king he was given the epessë Ereinion ("Scion of Kings") and called Ereinion Gil-galad. The epessë was a public name, and the person it was given to sometimes adopted it as one of his or her actual names] It was given to him because his armour and shield were overlaid with silver and included a device of white stars, so they shone in the distance like a star. A later version explains it was his mother name.

Gil-galad shield

He was entrusted by Celebrimbor with the Elven Rings Vilya (Ring of Air) and Narya (Ring of Fire), two of the Three Rings.

Gil-Galad

Amharic ጚል፡ጋላድ

Arabic جيل غالاد

Armenian Գիլ-գալադ

Hebrew גיל-גאלאד

Japanese ギル＝ガラド

Kyrgyz Cyrillic Гил-галад

Mongolian Cyrillic Гил-галад

Persian گیل-گالاد

Russian Гиль-галад

Sanskrit ङिल्-गलद्

"Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand..."

— J.R.R. Tolkien

The blade bears an Elvish inscription

Gil-galad wields a well-made spear

The Orc will fear my point of ice

When he sees me, in fear of death

He will know my name:

Aeglos 

Aeglos was the weapon of the last High King of the Ñoldor, Gil-galad. It is nine feet in length with a blade etched in brass filigree. Its name means "snow-point" or "icicle" in Sindarin. The element "aeg-" means "point" from ayak, "sharp, pointed". The element "-los" means "snow". There are two variant spellings of the name, Aiglos and Aeglos (though they are pronounced in the same way, and would be written identically in Elvish characters). Aiglos is the spelling in most earlier editions of The Lord of the Rings, while Aeglos is seen in later editions.

《道德經 ― 第四十五章》

大成若缺，其用不弊。

大盈若沖，其用不窮。

大直若屈，大巧若拙，大辯若訥。

躁勝寒靜勝熱。

清靜為天下正。

Dao De Jing 45 ― James Legge (Great or overflowing virtue)

Who thinks his great achievements poor

Shall find his vigour long endure.

Of greatest fullness, deemed a void,

Exhaustion never shall stem the tide.

Do thou what's straight still crooked deem;

Thy greatest art still stupid seem,

And eloquence a stammering scream.

Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat.

Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under the heaven.

Dao De Jing 45 ― Arthur Waley

What is most perfect seems to have something missing;

Yet its use is unimpaired.

What is most full seems empty;

Yet its use will never fail.

What is most straight seems crooked;

The greatest skill seems like clumsiness,

The greatest eloquence, like stuttering.

Movement overcomes cold;

But staying still overcomes heat.

So he by his limpid calm

Puts right everything under heaven.

Dao De Jing 45 ― A. Charles Muller ― Great perfection seems flawed...

• Great perfection seems flawed, yet functions without a hitch.
• Great fullness seems empty, yet functions without exhaustion.
• Great straightness seems crooked,
• Great skill seems clumsy,
• Great eloquence seems stammering.

Excitement overcomes cold, stillness overcomes heat.

Clarity and stillness set everything right.