The Mirror of Galadriel

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The Mirror of Galadriel is a silver basin of water used by Galadriel in Lorien which could show the viewer events in the past, present or even the future.

[edit] Frodo and Sam's Visions

Galadriel, in The Fellowship of the Ring (novel) says that she can command her mirror to show different things, but that what it shows unbidden is often more profitable. She offers both Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee the chance to look into the mirror. Sam sees a vision of Frodo asleep under a cliff and of himself climbing an endless stair; he also sees Ted Sandyman cutting down trees and his "old gaffer" being expelled from his hobbit-hole. Frodo sees a vision of either Saruman or Gandalf and a glimpse of the sea and a black ship with a white fortress with seven towers. The last thing he sees in the mirror is the Eye of Sauron and the heat of Sauron's gaze as he searches for Frodo causes the water to steam.

[edit] The Movie

In the Lord of the Rings movie, only Frodo Baggins was shown a vision and saw the Shire being destroyed. This was meant to be a homage to the chapter The Scouring of the Shire.