It is told in the Lay of Leithian how Lúthien escaped her prison. Since, however, this is (or is at least supposed to be) a Synopsis of the content, and the content is quite lengthy, it suffices to just skim the surface this time - no need to describe how long the Lady Uinen's hair is etc! Shutting his daughter away in mighty Hírilorn, Thingol caused guards to be set at its feet so as to prevent her escape, although her maidservants brought her such things as she needed. But Lúthien put forth her arts of enchantment and caused her hair to grow to great length, and making of it a robe of enchantment, she cloaked herself in deep shadows. With the strands that were left, she wrought a long rope and let herself out of the tree, and as the rope swayed over the heads of the guards, they fell into a deep sleep. Then, wrapped in her shadowy cloak, she departed from the land of Doriath.
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