A lightly built, swift white horse belonging to the High Elf Glorfindel, this lovely animal carried Frodo, the Ring-bearer, away from the Nazgûl that pursued him at the Ford of Bruinen near the end of the Third Age. For sheer distances, Asfaloth (S."Sunlit-foam") rivalled any horse as the fastest steed in Middle-earth.
Notes[]
- In Peter Jackson's movie The Fellowship of the Ring, Arwen (taking Glorfindel's place) rides a white horse named Asfaloth. Later in Arwen's vision of Eldarion, she rides a white horse, probably Asfaloth.
- The MERP canon errenously names Glorfindel's horse as Nimros.
References[]
- MERP #8005: Creatures of Middle-earth