Silmarillion: Guide and Guard

It came to pass that at the midsummer the Dwarves, as was their custom, bade Eöl to a feast in Nogrod; and he rode away. Now Maeglin and his mother were free for a while to go where they wished, and they rode often to the eaves of the wood, seeking the sunlight; and desire grew hot in Maeglin's heart to leave Nan Elmoth for ever. Therefore he said to Aredhel: 'Lady, let us depart while there is time! What hope is there in this wood for you or for me? Here we are held in bondage, and no profit shall I find here; for I have learned all that my father has to teach, or that the Naugrim will reveal to me. Shall we not seek for Gondolin? You shall be my guide, and I will be your guard!'

(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, Of Maeglin)

Maeglin and Aredhel (with Anguirel) on their way to Gondolin after fleeing Eöl. The couple's stock image (at least when read as mother and son instead of lovers) just seemed to suggest the vaguely unhealthy/overbearing relationship I always imagined Maeglin and Aredhel to have.

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