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<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the son of [[Fëanor]]|non-canonical grandfather of [[Fëanor]]|[[Maidros (grandfather of Fëanor)|Maidros]]}}<br /> {{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Maedhros<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Maitimo.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Maitimo, eldest son of Feanor" by [[:Category:Images by ElfinFen|ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈmaɛðrɔs]}}<br /> | othernames="the Tall"<br />''Nelyafinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]),<br/>''Maitimo'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]]),<br/> ''Russandol'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[epessë]]),<br/><br /> | titles=[[King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]]<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]; [[Himring]], [[March of Maedhros]]; [[Amon Ereb]]<br /> | affiliation=[[Oath of Fëanor]], [[Union of Maedhros]]<br /> | language=[[Fëanorian dialect]] ([[Quenya]]) and [[Sindarin]]<br /> | birth=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1260|n}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{YT|1497}} – {{FA|7}}<br /> | death={{FA|587}}<br /> | deathlocation=Casted himself into a fiery chasm (suicide)<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=[[House of Fëanor]]<br /> | parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]<br /> | siblings=[[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]<br /> | spouse=Never married<br /> | children=None<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=Copper red<br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=Sword<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> {{Quote|Maedhros did deeds of surpassing valour, and the Orcs fled before his face; for since his torment upon Thangorodrim his spirit burned like a white fire within, and he was as one that returns from the dead.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Maedhros''' was one of the princes of the [[Noldor]] and was eldest of the [[Sons of Fëanor]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Maedhros was born in [[Valinor]] during the Time of the [[Two Trees]]. After the banishment of [[Fëanor]] from [[Tirion]] in Valinor, he went with his father to [[Formenos]] in exile.<ref>{{S|7}}</ref> When [[Morgoth]] killed [[Finwë]] and stole Fëanor's beloved [[Silmarils]], Maedhros and his brothers took the terrible [[Oath of Fëanor]] to recover the jewels.<ref name=Flight>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> <br /> Maedhros went with his father to [[Alqualondë]], where the [[First Kinslaying]] broke out, in which he took part. When Fëanor sailed off without the host of [[Fingolfin]], Maedhros thought that he was planning to return and carry across the others. He expected that the first ship would carry [[Fingon]], his friend. When he learned that in fact, Fëanor planned to abandon them to prevent Fingolfin from following, he was angry and, alone of his brothers, refused to help burn the ships.<ref name=Flight></ref> <br /> <br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros’s Rescue from Thangorodrim.jpg|thumb|left|''Maedhros's rescue from Thangorodrim'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> When Fëanor was killed in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], Maedhros inherited the claim to the [[King of the Noldor|kingship]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]. However, this position was held briefly, as Morgoth sent an embassy, feigning the surrender of a Silmaril. The Oath driving him, Maedhros also feigned to treat with Morgoth, but instead he was captured by Morgoth's embassy and hung by the wrist of his right hand upon the face of a precipice of [[Thangorodrim]] for about thirty years.{{fact}} In a daring rescue, his cousin Fingon, helped by [[Thorondor]] the King of Eagles, saved him from torment, but he was forced to cut off Maedhros' hand to release him from the shackle. In gratitude for this, and in atonement for Fëanor's desertion of Fingon's house, Maedhros relinquished all claim as the heir of Finwë and gave up his position as High King of the Noldor, passing it over to his uncle [[Fingolfin]], Fingon's father, a decision his brothers did not approve of.<ref name=Return>{{S|13}}</ref><br /> <br /> Seeing that his brothers were likely to cause feuds with their kinsmen, Maedhros moved them out of [[Hithlum]], and later ruled the lands around the [[Hill of Himring]], which became known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. Allied with Fingolfin, he won the battle of [[Dagor Aglareb]], and, thanks to his daring deeds during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], [[Himring]] stood while many other elven realms fell.<ref name=Return></ref> <br /> <br /> Hearing word of the deeds of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], he took hope and gathered his brothers and united with other Elven Houses to create the [[Union of Maedhros]], an alliance to lay siege to Morgoth's fortress of [[Angband]]. However, no support came from [[Thingol]] or [[Nargothrond]], due to the deeds of [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]], Maedhros' brothers. The Union and the siege was utterly broken after the defeat in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. Himring was garrisoned by [[Orcs]]. Maedhros and his brothers lived in [[Ossiriand]], consorting with the [[Laiquendi]].<ref>{{S|20}}</ref><br /> <br /> Maedhros learned that [[Dior]], son of Beren and Lúthien, had inherited the Silmaril that they had recovered from Morgoth. Still driven by the Oath, he was convinced by his brother [[Celegorm]] to attack Doriath. Celegorm, [[Caranthir]], and Curufin were slain by Dior Eluchíl, the King of Doriath, who was in turn slain by them. Dior's sons, [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], were captured and abandoned by Celegorm's servants in the forest, leading Maedhros to search for the innocent youths, but to no avail. After learning that [[Elwing]], Dior's daughter, had survived, he and his surviving brothers descended with an army upon the remnants of the people of Doriath living in the [[Havens of Sirion]]. The Noldorin princes killed many Elves and captured Elwing's sons [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] in the sack, but Elwing escaped with the Silmaril, jumping off a cliff and into the ocean.<ref>{{S|22}}</ref><br /> <br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros Casts Himself into a Chasm.jpg|thumb|''Maedhros casts himself into a chasm'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> After the [[War of Wrath]], he and his last surviving brother, [[Maglor]], stole the two remaining Silmarils taken by the [[Valar]] from Morgoth. But because of the evil deeds committed by the brothers to regain the jewels, they burned the hands of Maglor and Maedhros. Unable to bear the suffering, Maedhros cast himself and the Silmaril he carried into a fiery chasm in the Earth.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref> It is uncertain whether he was eventually released from [[Mandos]], or whether he still remains there with his father till the [[Dagor Dagorath|End of the World]].<br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> ''Maedhros'' is [[Sindarin]], a compound of ''maed'' ("shapely") + ''ross'' ("red-haired"), which are [[Sindarized]] elements of his names '''''Mai'''timo'' and '''''Russ'''andol'' (both explained below).<ref name=Notes>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 366</ref> Thus this name would be properly spelled ''Maedros''.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref><br /> <br /> In the earlier [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, the name ''Maidhros''/''Maedhros'' is said to mean "Pale-glitter". It is formed by the adding up ''[[maidh]]'' ("pale", "fallow" or "fawn") and "archaic" ''[[rhoss]]'' ("flash", "glitter of metal").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "MAD", "RUS-"</ref><br /> <br /> ==Other names==<br /> Maedhros' [[father-name]] was '''''Nelyafinwë''''' ("Finwë third"), shorter form '''''Nelyo''''', as his grandfather and father both shared the name ''Finwë''.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref> ''[[Nelya]]'' is a [[Quenya]] adjective that means "third".<br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Maitimo''''' ("Well-shaped One"), for he was noted for his bodily comeliness.<ref name=Feanor></ref><br /> <br /> His brothers and other kin gave him the [[epessë]] '''''Russandol''''' ("Copper-top"), referring to the dark red hair he inherited from his grandfather [[Mahtan]].<ref name=Feanor></ref> It is clearly derived from ''[[russa]]'' ("red-haired"). In relation with this name, it is also notable that Maedhros also wore a copper circlet.<ref name=Notes></ref><br /> <br /> == Genealogy ==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD=[[Nerdanel]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH='''MAEDHROS'''<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{seq-start}}<br /> {{seq-head<br /> |race=noldor<br /> |house=[[House of Fëanor]]<small><br/>Cadet branch of [[House of Finwë]]</small><br /> |born=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1260|n}}<br /> |died={{FA|587}}<br /> }}<br /> {{seq<br /> |prev=[[Fëanor]]<br /> |list=[[King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]]<br /> |dates={{YT|1497}} – {{FA|7}}<br /> |next=''[[Fingolfin]], as [[High King of the Noldor]]''<br /> |nvac=None<br /> }}<br /> {{seq-end}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]<br /> [[de:Maedhros]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/maedhros]]<br /> [[fi:Maedhros]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358282 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T08:00:36Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Nerdanel.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Nerdanel" by [[:Category:Images by Jenny Dolfen|Jenny Dolfen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358281 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:57:31Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Jenny Dolfen - Nerdanel.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Nerdanel" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358280 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:55:17Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Sara M. Morello - Nerdanel the Wise.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Nerdanel the Wise" by [[Sara M. Morello]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358279 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:54:13Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Sara M. Morello - Nerdanel the Wise.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption=''Nerdanel the Wise'' by [[Sara M. Morello]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358278 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:54:00Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Sara M. Morello - Nerdanel the Wise.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption=''Nerdanel the Wise.jpg'' by [[Sara M. Morello]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358277 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:53:28Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Sara M. Morello - Nerdanel the Wise.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption=''Young Nerdanel'' by [[Gratuasart]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nerdanel&diff=358273 Nerdanel 2022-09-27T07:36:44Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Nerdanel<br /> | image=[[Gratuasart - Young Nerdanel.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption=''Young Nerdanel'' by [[Gratuasart]]<br /> | pronun=[[Quenya|Q]], {{IPA|[ˈnerdanel]}}<br /> | othernames="the Wise"<br /> | titles=<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]<br /> | affiliation=''Not'' [[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]]<br /> | birth=During the [[Years of the Trees]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=<br /> | deathlocation=<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=<br /> | parentage=[[Mahtan]]<br /> | siblings=<br /> | spouse=[[Fëanor]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Female<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Brown <ref name="Hair" group="note">See {{PM|Shibboleth}} pp. 353 & 365-6</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> '''Nerdanel''' was the daughter of the [[Noldor|Noldorin]] smith [[Mahtan]] and the wife of [[Fëanor]]. <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> ===Early life===<br /> [[File:Svirina Vera - Nerdanel.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Nerdanel'' by [[:Category:Images by Svirina Vera|Svirina Vera]]]]<br /> Nerdanel was a skilful sculptor. She made statues so lifelike that people thought they were real at first, and if they did not know her art, tried to speak to them.<ref name=nerdanel>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> She also created sculptures from her own imaginings, which were "strong and strange but beautiful."<ref name=Feanor/> In her youth, Nerdanel loved to wander along the shore or in the hills of [[Aman]]. Whilst wandering, she met Fëanor, and they "were companions in many journeys."<ref name=Feanor>{{MR|P3II5}}</ref><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel married Fëanor, others wondered at his choice for she was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}} For a time, since Fëanor would seek the counsel of none save her, she was able to influence and restrain her prideful husband.<ref name=nerdanel/> <br /> ===Marriage and Motherhood===<br /> Nerdanel bore Fëanor [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]. Elves typically have four children or fewer, so the size of their family was particularly noteworthy.<ref name=NotesB>{{MR|P3II3e}}</ref>{{rp|Note 4}} Some inherited her colors, others inherited her character and patience.<br /> <br /> When Fëanor was banished from [[Túna]] for drawing a sword against [[Fingolfin|his brother]], Nerdanel asked for leave to abide with [[Indis]] during that time.<ref name=Unrest>{{MR|P3II6}}</ref>{{rp|279}}<br /> <br /> However, Fëanor's later deeds deeply grieved her and in the end they became estranged from one another.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> When Nerdanel, who had since returned to her father's house, learned that her husband and sons were planning to go into exile to [[Middle-earth]], she begged Fëanor to leave with her their youngest sons, Amrod and Amras, or at least one of them. Fëanor's response was that, if she would not follow him, she was an untrue wife for deserting both her husband and her children.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|354}} <br /> <br /> Regardless, Nerdanel refused to follow because she heeded the warning of Aulë that: "'It [the rebellion] will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.'"<ref name=Feanor/> As predicted she lost all her children in Middle-earth.<ref name=nerdanel/><ref>{{S|24}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> Though her father, whose nickname meant 'fox',<ref name=Sons>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|353}} was specifically noted as having an unusual hair colour for a Noldo, auburn or brown hair mixed with copper, her own hair colour is implied as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair.<ref>{{VT|41b}}</ref>. This trait was passed down to her eldest son Maedhros and her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras.<ref name=Sons/> She was not considered among "the fairest of her people."<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|272}}<br /> <br /> Known as '''Nerdanel the wise''', she was strong, free of mind, and filled with the desire for knowledge.<ref name=Feanor/> Though she was strong-willed, she was more patient than her husband. She would seek to understand others instead of master them. Her calmer temperament had passed to some of her sons while others were fiery more like their father.<ref name=nerdanel/><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The original (rejected) version of her name was ''Istarnië''.<ref name=Feanor/>{{rp|273}}<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> The name ''Nerdanel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is given no clear meaning or etymology in the published writings of Tolkien. <br /> <br /> Editor and linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that the element ''nerd-'' in ''Nerdanel'' perhaps derives from ''nerdo'' ("large, strong man"), noting that the name "''might refer to her strength of body and mind, and her pursuits of crafts more commonly practiced by men.''" Wynne also suggests that ''Istarnië'' derives from Quenya ''[[ista-]]'' ("know"), apparently "''referring to her 'desire for knowledge'''".<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 33-4</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD='''NERDANEL'''<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/nerdanel.php A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom], by Dawn Felagund<br /> <br /> {{references|note}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya names]]<br /> [[de:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fi:Nerdanel]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/nerdanel]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Maedhros&diff=358271 Maedhros 2022-09-27T07:26:39Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the son of [[Fëanor]]|non-canonical grandfather of [[Fëanor]]|[[Maidros (grandfather of Fëanor)|Maidros]]}}<br /> {{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Maedhros<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Maitimo.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Maitimo, eldest son of Feanor" by [[ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈmaɛðrɔs]}}<br /> | othernames="the Tall"<br />''Nelyafinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]),<br/>''Maitimo'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]]),<br/> ''Russandol'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[epessë]]),<br/><br /> | titles=[[King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]]<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]]; [[Himring]], [[March of Maedhros]]; [[Amon Ereb]]<br /> | affiliation=[[Oath of Fëanor]], [[Union of Maedhros]]<br /> | language=[[Fëanorian dialect]] ([[Quenya]]) and [[Sindarin]]<br /> | birth=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1260|n}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{YT|1497}} – {{FA|7}}<br /> | death={{FA|587}}<br /> | deathlocation=Casted himself into a fiery chasm (suicide)<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=[[House of Fëanor]]<br /> | parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]<br /> | siblings=[[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]<br /> | spouse=Never married<br /> | children=None<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=Copper red<br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=Sword<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> {{Quote|Maedhros did deeds of surpassing valour, and the Orcs fled before his face; for since his torment upon Thangorodrim his spirit burned like a white fire within, and he was as one that returns from the dead.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Maedhros''' was one of the princes of the [[Noldor]] and was eldest of the [[Sons of Fëanor]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Maedhros was born in [[Valinor]] during the Time of the [[Two Trees]]. After the banishment of [[Fëanor]] from [[Tirion]] in Valinor, he went with his father to [[Formenos]] in exile.<ref>{{S|7}}</ref> When [[Morgoth]] killed [[Finwë]] and stole Fëanor's beloved [[Silmarils]], Maedhros and his brothers took the terrible [[Oath of Fëanor]] to recover the jewels.<ref name=Flight>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> <br /> Maedhros went with his father to [[Alqualondë]], where the [[First Kinslaying]] broke out, in which he took part. When Fëanor sailed off without the host of [[Fingolfin]], Maedhros thought that he was planning to return and carry across the others. He expected that the first ship would carry [[Fingon]], his friend. When he learned that in fact, Fëanor planned to abandon them to prevent Fingolfin from following, he was angry and, alone of his brothers, refused to help burn the ships.<ref name=Flight></ref> <br /> <br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros’s Rescue from Thangorodrim.jpg|thumb|left|''Maedhros's rescue from Thangorodrim'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> When Fëanor was killed in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], Maedhros inherited the claim to the [[King of the Noldor|kingship]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]. However, this position was held briefly, as Morgoth sent an embassy, feigning the surrender of a Silmaril. The Oath driving him, Maedhros also feigned to treat with Morgoth, but instead he was captured by Morgoth's embassy and hung by the wrist of his right hand upon the face of a precipice of [[Thangorodrim]] for about thirty years.{{fact}} In a daring rescue, his cousin Fingon, helped by [[Thorondor]] the King of Eagles, saved him from torment, but he was forced to cut off Maedhros' hand to release him from the shackle. In gratitude for this, and in atonement for Fëanor's desertion of Fingon's house, Maedhros relinquished all claim as the heir of Finwë and gave up his position as High King of the Noldor, passing it over to his uncle [[Fingolfin]], Fingon's father, a decision his brothers did not approve of.<ref name=Return>{{S|13}}</ref><br /> <br /> Seeing that his brothers were likely to cause feuds with their kinsmen, Maedhros moved them out of [[Hithlum]], and later ruled the lands around the [[Hill of Himring]], which became known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. Allied with Fingolfin, he won the battle of [[Dagor Aglareb]], and, thanks to his daring deeds during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], [[Himring]] stood while many other elven realms fell.<ref name=Return></ref> <br /> <br /> Hearing word of the deeds of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], he took hope and gathered his brothers and united with other Elven Houses to create the [[Union of Maedhros]], an alliance to lay siege to Morgoth's fortress of [[Angband]]. However, no support came from [[Thingol]] or [[Nargothrond]], due to the deeds of [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]], Maedhros' brothers. The Union and the siege was utterly broken after the defeat in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. Himring was garrisoned by [[Orcs]]. Maedhros and his brothers lived in [[Ossiriand]], consorting with the [[Laiquendi]].<ref>{{S|20}}</ref><br /> <br /> Maedhros learned that [[Dior]], son of Beren and Lúthien, had inherited the Silmaril that they had recovered from Morgoth. Still driven by the Oath, he was convinced by his brother [[Celegorm]] to attack Doriath. Celegorm, [[Caranthir]], and Curufin were slain by Dior Eluchíl, the King of Doriath, who was in turn slain by them. Dior's sons, [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], were captured and abandoned by Celegorm's servants in the forest, leading Maedhros to search for the innocent youths, but to no avail. After learning that [[Elwing]], Dior's daughter, had survived, he and his surviving brothers descended with an army upon the remnants of the people of Doriath living in the [[Havens of Sirion]]. The Noldorin princes killed many Elves and captured Elwing's sons [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] in the sack, but Elwing escaped with the Silmaril, jumping off a cliff and into the ocean.<ref>{{S|22}}</ref><br /> <br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros Casts Himself into a Chasm.jpg|thumb|''Maedhros casts himself into a chasm'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> After the [[War of Wrath]], he and his last surviving brother, [[Maglor]], stole the two remaining Silmarils taken by the [[Valar]] from Morgoth. But because of the evil deeds committed by the brothers to regain the jewels, they burned the hands of Maglor and Maedhros. Unable to bear the suffering, Maedhros cast himself and the Silmaril he carried into a fiery chasm in the Earth.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref> It is uncertain whether he was eventually released from [[Mandos]], or whether he still remains there with his father till the [[Dagor Dagorath|End of the World]].<br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> ''Maedhros'' is [[Sindarin]], a compound of ''maed'' ("shapely") + ''ross'' ("red-haired"), which are [[Sindarized]] elements of his names '''''Mai'''timo'' and '''''Russ'''andol'' (both explained below).<ref name=Notes>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 366</ref> Thus this name would be properly spelled ''Maedros''.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref><br /> <br /> In the earlier [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, the name ''Maidhros''/''Maedhros'' is said to mean "Pale-glitter". It is formed by the adding up ''[[maidh]]'' ("pale", "fallow" or "fawn") and "archaic" ''[[rhoss]]'' ("flash", "glitter of metal").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "MAD", "RUS-"</ref><br /> <br /> ==Other names==<br /> Maedhros' [[father-name]] was '''''Nelyafinwë''''' ("Finwë third"), shorter form '''''Nelyo''''', as his grandfather and father both shared the name ''Finwë''.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref> ''[[Nelya]]'' is a [[Quenya]] adjective that means "third".<br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Maitimo''''' ("Well-shaped One"), for he was noted for his bodily comeliness.<ref name=Feanor></ref><br /> <br /> His brothers and other kin gave him the [[epessë]] '''''Russandol''''' ("Copper-top"), referring to the dark red hair he inherited from his grandfather [[Mahtan]].<ref name=Feanor></ref> It is clearly derived from ''[[russa]]'' ("red-haired"). In relation with this name, it is also notable that Maedhros also wore a copper circlet.<ref name=Notes></ref><br /> <br /> == Genealogy ==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD=[[Nerdanel]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH='''MAEDHROS'''<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{seq-start}}<br /> {{seq-head<br /> |race=noldor<br /> |house=[[House of Fëanor]]<small><br/>Cadet branch of [[House of Finwë]]</small><br /> |born=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1260|n}}<br /> |died={{FA|587}}<br /> }}<br /> {{seq<br /> |prev=[[Fëanor]]<br /> |list=[[King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]]<br /> |dates={{YT|1497}} – {{FA|7}}<br /> |next=''[[Fingolfin]], as [[High King of the Noldor]]''<br /> |nvac=None<br /> }}<br /> {{seq-end}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]<br /> [[de:Maedhros]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/maedhros]]<br /> [[fi:Maedhros]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Curufin&diff=358270 Curufin 2022-09-27T07:09:12Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Curufin<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Curufin.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Curufin" by [[ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈkʊrʊfɪn]}}<br /> | othernames="the Crafty"<br/>''Curufinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]),<br/>''Atarincë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])<br /> | titles=Lord of Himlad<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Eldamar]], [[Himlad]], [[Nargothrond]]<br /> | affiliation=[[Oath of Fëanor]]; [[Union of Maedhros]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]], [[Khuzdul]]<ref name=Dwarves>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 358, note 22</ref><br /> | birth=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1362|n}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{FA|7}} - {{FA|455|n}}<br /> | death={{FA|506}}<br /> | deathlocation=[[Second Kinslaying]]: [[Menegroth]]<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=[[House of Fëanor]]<br /> | parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]<br /> | siblings=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]<br /> | spouse=Unnamed Noldorin wife<br /> | children=[[Celebrimbor]]<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=Black<br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=[[Angrist]]<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> {{Quote|[Curufin] inherited most [[Fëanor|his father]]'s skill of hand.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Curufin''' was a [[Noldor]]in prince, the fifth of the [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]] of [[Fëanor]] and [[Nerdanel]]. Curufin was Fëanor's favorite and much like him in appearance, temperament, and skill. He was also the father of [[Celebrimbor]], master jewel-smith of [[Eregion]], who forged the three [[Elves|Elvish]] [[Rings of Power]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> ===Flight of the Noldor===<br /> [[File:Marya Filatova - The one who stays - 3.jpg|thumb|left|The Wife of Curufin. Art by Marya Filatova|125px]]<br /> Curufin was born in [[Tirion]] during the [[Years of the Trees]].<ref>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> There he married at some point, and had a son named [[Celebrimbor]], who followed him into exile, although his wife did not.<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, p. 318, note 7</ref> <br /> <br /> As with his brothers, Curufin bound himself by the [[Oath of Fëanor]] to recover his father's [[Silmarils]], which had been stolen by the Dark Lord [[Morgoth]]. The Oath led him and his brothers into [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]], commiting the [[Kinslaying of Alqualondë]] in order to obtain ships to sail to [[Middle-earth]].<ref>{{S|Flight}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Life in Beleriand===<br /> The host of the [[House of Fëanor]] reached the shores of [[Beleriand]], and they camped in the [[Firth of Drengist]]. Overnight, Fëanor roused Curufin and other men, and burned the ships.<ref name=Feanor></ref>{{rp|354}}<br /> <br /> After the death of their father, Curufin dwelt with his brother [[Celegorm]] in the [[Pass of Aglon]], that led into the Kingdom of [[Doriath]], and they fortified the pass, protecting it and the lands of [[Himlad]].<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> Apparently, living there allowed Curufin to have good relationships with [[Dwarves]], as he became interested in their language [[Khuzdul]], being the only Noldo who won their friendship.<ref name=Dwarves>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 358, note 22</ref><br /> <br /> When [[Eöl]] was chasing [[Maeglin]] and [[Aredhel]] for leaving his home in [[Nan Elmoth]] to seek refuge in [[Gondolin]], Curufin intecepted him and stated his intent to slay him. However, Curufin decided against this because it was against the laws of the Eldar. In the end, he counseled Eöl to return home, foreseeing his venture will end in death. Eöl did not heed this counsel and eventually entered into Gondolin, leading to both Aredhel's and his own death.<br /> <br /> Following the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the two brothers were defeated and had to flee with their people to [[Nargothrond]], where their cousin [[Finrod]] welcomed them.<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br /> [[File:Tuuliky - Tyelkormo and Curufinwe.jpg|thumb|left|''Tyelkormo and Curufinwe'' by Tuuliky]]<br /> Shortly after, [[Beren]] also came to Nargothrond to ask for aid from Finrod, who had made an oath to help Beren's ancestor. Finrod decided to help Beren, but Celegorm and Curufin, remembering their own Oath, persuaded the people of Nargothrond not to follow him, and not to wage open war against Morgoth, making them fearful.<ref name=Beren>{{S|Beren}}</ref><br /> <br /> Finrod therefore had to leave with a handful of warriors, including Beren, and later died. His nephew [[Orodreth]] ruled in his stead.<br /> <br /> ===Attack upon Beren===<br /> Later, Curufin and Celegorm went hunting with Celegorm's hound [[Huan]] and found [[Lúthien]], daughter of [[Thingol]], searching for Beren. Feigning to help her, they took her captive and brought her to Nargothrond, for Celegorm had become enamored and would have Thingol give him her hand. However, Huan helped Lúthien to flee, and they freed Beren and other thralls from [[Sauron]]. As these thralls returned, the people of Nargothrond perceived the two brother's treachery, and though Orodreth would not let them be slain, he cast them from Nargothrond. <br /> <br /> The two brothers met Lúthien and Beren as they fled, and Curufin fought with the latter. Defeated, he had to flee with Celegorm, but sought to slay Lúthien even as he did, and shot Beren instead.<ref name=Beren>{{S|Beren}}</ref><br /> <br /> Because of Celegorm and Curufin's evil deeds, Thingol and Orodreth would not join the [[Union of Maedhros]] against Morgoth.<ref>{{S|Nirnaeth}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Death===<br /> Curufin fell in the [[Second Kinslaying]], when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath to seize a Silmaril in the possession of the King [[Dior]]. Celegorm and Caranthir died with him during the assault.<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> ''Curufin'' is the [[Sindarized]] version of his name ''Curufinwë'', being a combination of ''[[curu]]'' ("skill") and ''fin'' (Sindarized "Finwë").<ref>{{VT|41b}}, p. 10</ref><br /> <br /> ==Other names==<br /> Curufin's [[father-name]] was '''''[[Curufinwë|Kurufinwë]]''''' ("Skillful [[Finwë]]"), the same father-name given to Fëanor. Because Curufin was Fëanor's favorite son, he chose to give him the same name. The short form of this name was '''''Kurvo'''''.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}</ref>{{rp|352}}<br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Atarinkë''''' ("Little Father"), chosen because of his physical resemblance to his father, resulting being also a resemblance in his mind.<ref name=Feanor></ref>{{rp|353}} Of all the sons of Fëanor, only Curufin did not prefer to use his mother-name.<ref name=Feanor></ref>{{rp|355}}<br /> <br /> == Genealogy ==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD=[[Nerdanel]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR='''CURUFIN'''<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:Gnomish names]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Noldorin names]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]<br /> [[de:Curufin]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo:personnages:elfes:noldor:curufin]]<br /> [[fi:Curufin]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Morgoth&diff=358269 Morgoth 2022-09-27T07:03:35Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{sources}}<br /> {{evil infobox<br /> | name=Morgoth<br /> | image=[[File:Elena Kukanova - Morgoth.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Morgoth" by [[Elena Kukanova]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈmorɡoθ]}}<br /> | othernames=''Melkor'' ([[Quenya|Q]])<br />''Bauglir'' ([[Sindarin|S]])<br/>The Great Enemy<br />''[[#Other names|See below]]''<br /> | titles=The [[Dark Lord]]<br/>Lord of Men<br/>King of the World<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Utumno]]<br/>[[Angband]]<br /> | affiliation=<br /> | language=<br /> | birth=[[Creation of the Ainur]]<br /> | birthlocation=<br /> | rule=<br /> | death=In the future<br /> | deathlocation=[[Dagor Dagorath]]<br /> | age=<br /> | notablefor=Disrupting the [[Music of the Ainur|Music]]<br/>Controlling most of [[Middle-earth]]<br/>Creating [[Orcs]] and [[Dragons]]<br/>Destroying the [[Two Trees]]<br/>Stealing the [[Silmarils]]<br/>Taking over [[Beleriand]]<br />Corrupting [[Men]]<br />Warring with the [[Valar]]<br /> | parentage=<br /> | siblings=[[Manwë]]<br /> | spouse=<br /> | children=<br /> | race=[[Ainur|Ainu]]<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=<br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=[[Grond (Hammer of the Underworld)|Grond]]<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> {{Quote|And he descended upon Arda in power and majesty greater than any other of the Valar, as a mountain that wades in the sea and has its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of Melkor was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "[[Ainulindalë]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Morgoth''', also known as '''Melkor''', was the greatest of the [[Ainur]]. He fell from glory when he disrupted the [[Music of the Ainur]] and defied the will of [[Ilúvatar]]. Morgoth corrupted many of the Ainur to his service, fought the [[Valar]], and marred [[Arda]]. His theft of the [[Silmarils]] and [[Wars of Beleriand|wars]] against [[Elves]] and [[Men]] encompassed much of the history of the [[First Age]]. Eventually, Morgoth was bound in chains by the Valar and thrown into the [[Void]], leaving the permanent damage his evils had done, and his former lieutenant [[Sauron]], to trouble the world.<br /> <br /> One day, according to a prophecy, Morgoth will rise again in great wrath, but he will be destroyed in the [[Final Battle|Dagor Dagorath]].<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The most powerful of the [[Ainur]] that [[Ilúvatar]] created was a spirit known as Melkor. Because he wandered through the [[Void]] in an attempt to find and use the [[Flame Imperishable]], the source of [[Ilúvatar]]'s creative activity, Melkor developed ideas unlike those of the other Ainur. His feelings grew rebellious against his creator, for he wished to create sentient beings to inhabit the Void and was dissatisfied by the fact that Ilúvatar had not done so. However, Melkor could not find the Flame, for it was not in the Void, but with Ilúvatar.<br /> <br /> === Music of the Ainur ===<br /> [[Image:Ted Nasmith - Melkor Weaves Opposing Music.jpg|thumb|left|''Melkor weaves opposing Music'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> When the Ainur [[Music of the Ainur|made music]], Melkor wove his strange thoughts into his song. His song clashed against the Theme of Ilúvatar, disturbing the Ainur around him and causing some of them to attune their music to his. For a while the Theme of Ilúvatar and the discords of Melkor warred against one another. But [[Eru]] smiled, and sent forth a new theme. Most of the Ainur joined with it, but Melkor rebelliously opposed it even more violently. At last, many of the Ainur stopped singing in dismay, and Melkor's discords gained dominance. Eru sent out a third Theme against Melkor, sweeter and more beautiful than the others, and unquenchable. But though Melkor could not defeat it, still he opposed it. At last, Eru halted the music completely with a single chord.<br /> <br /> Eru then publicly rebuked Melkor, saying that all music finds its source in himself, and thus Melkor could not create his own song or truly alter the Themes of Ilúvatar. Thus, though Melkor opposed Eru to his last breath, he only furthered the cause of Ilúvatar in new and wondrous ways. Melkor was shamed and angered by this judgement, but hid his feelings. When Eru showed the Ainur the product of their music, [[Eä]], Melkor was one of those who begged to enter [[Arda]], pretending to be willing to cultivate it and guide it for Ilúvatar's glory. He actually wished to dominate Arda and its creatures, especially the [[Children of Ilúvatar]].<br /> <br /> Nonetheless, he was allowed to enter Eä and come to Arda with the other [[Valar]]. Once there, Melkor declared to his colleagues that he was the master of Arda henceforth. [[Manwë]], his brother, did not understand his evil, but fearing that Melkor might try and disrupt their labours in Arda, called forth many more Ainur to protect them. Melkor departed to the remote regions of Eä, leaving the world in peace for a while.<br /> <br /> === Wars of the Valar ===<br /> [[File:Jerrel Salvatierra - The Enemy.jpg|thumb|''The Enemy'' by [[:Category:Images by Jerrel Salvatierra|Salvatierra]]]]<br /> But Melkor took form more majestic than any of the Valar, great and terrible and burning with his malice, and he came to Arda to destroy the Valar's work in preparing it. There was war, the [[First War with Melkor]], in which mountains were felled and brutality inflicted on the Valar. Though he disrupted their work and destroyed much, a great spirit named [[Tulkas]] came to Arda from other regions of Eä to combat him. After Tulkas drove Melkor away, the Valar managed to complete Arda, and the world was established.<br /> <br /> The Valar dwelt in a land called [[Almaren]], and raised up [[two lamps]] to light the young earth: [[Illuin]] and [[Ormal]]. Melkor, meanwhile, had attracted the attention--and in a few cases, admiration--of the [[Maiar]], the lesser spirits of [[Arda]]. Melkor had many spies among them, and from them learned all that the Valar did, and bided his time. As the Valar sat down to a feast at the completion of their labours, Melkor gathered together those loyal to him, and looking down on the beautiful Arda, was filled with hatred. Tulkas was wedded to [[Nessa]] at that feast, and she danced before the Valar. Tulkas fell asleep, and that is when Melkor struck.<br /> <br /> Melkor with his host passed over the [[Walls of Night]] and returned to Arda once more. Without the watchfulness of Tulkas, the Valar were unaware of his coming, and he began to delve in the depths of the earth, making a fortress called [[Utumno]] northwards beneath the mountains in the dimness of Illuin. The [[Spring of Arda]] became blighted as the cold evil flowed out of the fortress. Death and illness took the green things of Arda, and animals fought and killed one another, while flies brooded in massive numbers. The Valar knew then that Melkor was at work, and sought his hiding place.<br /> <br /> But Melkor struck the first blow. He came to them in ire and war, destroying [[Almaren]] and the Two Lamps, and caused the world to be filled with flowing fire and surging water. The symmetry of Arda was broken. And in the darkness and confusion Melkor escaped, returning to Utumno. All combined, the Valar were a match for Melkor, but they needed their strength to keep the world from collapsing into ruin and could not pursue him, nor did they know exactly where he had fled to. The Spring of Arda had ended in turmoil.<br /> <br /> === Dominance of Middle-earth ===<br /> With Almaren destroyed, the Valar departed to a new continent across the [[Belegaer|sea]], [[Aman]], and built [[Valinor]]. They also established new sources of light, the [[Two Trees]], to light the world. Melkor, meanwhile, wandered across the face of [[Middle-earth]], in various guises, but armed with cold and fire. Some of the Valar were unwilling to forsake Middle-earth, however; [[Ulmo]] and [[Yavanna]], particularly. Also [[Oromë]] would ride in Middle-earth, killing the terrors of Melkor, who began to fear that the Valar might rise up against him in wrath.<br /> <br /> Melkor brooded in the north and built his strength, gathering his demons about him, breeding great monsters, attended by his Maiar-servants later known as [[Balrogs]]. He also created another fortress and armory called [[Angband]], in the north-west of Middle Earth, to resist any Valarin attacks. He placed his greatest servant, [[Sauron]], in control of that stronghold. The Valar acted against Melkor in force, but they were routed, his might too great for them to overcome.<br /> <br /> After his victory, Melkor began to delve more great fortresses and pits where he massed his hordes and wicked armies, confident in his domination of the world. Melkor, by wandering about in the dominion he now wrested, also learned of the awakening of the first of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]], the [[Elves]]. He instilled fear in them, and slew or captured many of them. Some of those he captured, it is believed, may have been transformed into [[Orcs]] by torture and breeding.<br /> <br /> === Time in Valinor ===<br /> [[File:Jacek Kopalski - The Captivity of Morgoth.jpg|thumb|left|''The Captivity of Morgoth'' by [[:Category:Images by Jacek Kopalski|Jacek Kopalski]]]]<br /> <br /> The Valar were not long, however, in discovering the Elves. Fearing that they would be destroyed or corrupted by Melkor, Manwë decided that Ilúvatar wished them to recover Middle-earth at all costs. Bitter from their previous defeat, they arrived in Middle-earth with their full might. They began the [[Battle of the Powers]], and eventually destroyed Utumno after a great battle during which the face of Middle-earth was transformed, though their losses were devastating in the process. Melkor was [[Captivity of Melkor|captured]] and chained with the chain [[Angainor]], but Sauron escaped. Melkor was imprisoned in the [[Halls of Mandos|Halls of]] [[Mandos]], and remained there for three ages, plotting revenge. Still recovering from the grievous siege, the Valar could not pursue and destroy all of Melkor's forces that scattered from the icy fortress, and many foul creatures and minions escaped, left to brood amongst themselves until their master's return.<br /> <br /> At the end of his time, Melkor was presented to his brother Manwë. Melkor, swallowing his pride with thoughts of vengeance, prostrated himself before the throne of Manwë, begging for pardon. Manwë granted him thus, though [[Ulmo]] and [[Tulkas]] were displeased with this judgement. Yet the Valar would not let him leave their sight, and he stayed in [[Valmar]]. Before long, he began to exert his corrupting influence on the Elves, especially the [[Noldor]]. For the [[Vanyar]] did not trust him, and the [[Teleri]] he thought too weak for his designs, but the Noldor were curious, and eager to learn what he could teach them.<br /> <br /> === Revenge against the Valar ===<br /> [[File:Lída Holubová - Laurelin and Telperion.jpg|thumb|''Laurelin and Telperion'' by [[:Category:Images by Lída Holubová|Lída Holubová]]]]<br /> {{Main|Darkening of Valinor}}<br /> In time Melkor found his greatest adversary and yet greatest tool in the form of [[Fëanor]], the eldest son of [[Finwë]], [[High King of the Noldor]]. Fëanor was the creator of the [[Silmarils]], which Melkor lusted after. As Melkor subtly spread lies and half-truths about the Valar and the Coming of [[Men]] in the form of rumours, Fëanor was greatly influenced, though he hated Melkor himself and had no idea that he was their source. His new ideas of wide lands and realms to rule touched the heart of Fëanor, and the hearts of many other Noldor. They began to murmur against the Valar, and the peace of Valinor was disturbed. Fëanor soon stirred up trouble, and while on trial before the Valar it was revealed that Melkor was at the bottom of the murmurings and troubles. Tulkas left straight-away to deal with him, but found Melkor gone. He had escaped.<br /> <br /> Melkor was not seen for a while, but then appeared at [[Formenos]] to Fëanor, tempting him with words of friendship, and an offer of vengeance against the Valar whom Fëanor perceived had wronged him. Fëanor wavered, but Melkor pressed his advantage too much. He touched a chord about the Silmarils, and Fëanor, seeing his designs and lust for the jewels, cursed and rejected him. Melkor departed in anger, and went south past the mountain of [[Hyarmentir]], to the shadowed valley of [[Avathar]] where there dwelt [[Ungoliant]], a mysterious dark spirit in spider-form once his servant, but who had disowned him after his failure. After some time he convinced her to dismiss her fears with the offer of rich rewards, and she wove a cloak of shadow about them both.<br /> <br /> Then Melkor and Ungoliant attacked while there was a [[High feast|high feast]] in [[Valmar]]. Melkor pierced the [[Two Trees]] with his lance, and Ungoliant drank their sap. Then she drank dry the [[Wells of Varda]]<ref>{{S|8}}</ref>, and the two fled north to [[Formenos]], leaving the land once more in darkness and confusion. At Formenos Melkor slew [[Finwë]] and ravished the treasury of Fëanor, including the [[Silmarils]]. Then he passed over the icy [[Helcaraxë]], entering once more into [[Middle-earth]]. He had struck swiftly and surely. But Fëanor cursed him, naming him [[Morgoth]], and by that name he was known ever after to the Eldar.<ref name=Return>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> <br /> === Return to Beleriand ===<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Ungoliant Demands the Silmarils.jpg|thumb|right|''Ungoliant Demands the Silmarils'' by [[Ted Nasmith]] ]]<br /> <br /> Once in safety, Ungoliant turned on her partner, demanding the jewels of Fëanor. The spider had grown greatly in size and strength from feasting upon the Trees, and Morgoth, now very weak from his efforts, feared her suddenly. Lacking the strength to fight the monstrous spider in that moment, he reluctantly parted with each of the beautiful gems, and Ungoliant devoured them. But Morgoth refused to give up the Silmarils, and she encased him in webs, torturing him and nearly devouring him. A loud cry of desperation from Morgoth penetrated deep into the walls of Angband and was heeded by [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]] and the [[balrogs]], and they rescued him from her clutches, driving Ungoliant away with their whips. So Morgoth returned to Angband, where he wrought an [[Iron Crown]] for the three jewels.<ref name=Return></ref><br /> <br /> === Wars of Beleriand ===<br /> Morgoth rebuilt the fortress there, and learned of the Elves who had remained in Middle-earth. [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]] and the [[Sindar]] dwelt in the woodland kingdom of [[Doriath]], while [[Círdan]] and the [[Teleri]] lived at the [[Falas]] and [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]] and the [[Nandor]] camped in [[Ossiriand]]. Morgoth made war on Thingol, surrounding Doriath and cutting Thingol off from Círdan. But Thingol was able to contact Denethor for help, and the Nandor joined with the Sindar to fight the [[Orcs]] between [[Aros]] and [[Gelion]]. Caught between the two armies, the Orcs of Morgoth were utterly defeated in the [[First Battle]]. Fleeing north they were intercepted and further demolished by the [[Naugrim]]. The Orcs attacking Círdan were more successful – pushing the Teleri to the very edge of the sea.<br /> <br /> ==== Dagor-nuin-Giliath ====<br /> {{Main|Dagor-nuin-Giliath}}<br /> Morgoth was confronted by further challenges when Fëanor landed in Middle-earth. They set up camp at [[Mithrim]], but Morgoth [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath|attacked them]] quickly, hoping to dislodge them before they settled in too much and became a threat. But the Elves were just come out of [[Aman]], and they had the light of that country in their eyes. The Orcs dreaded them, and were swept before them like chaff before wind. Fëanor pursued them even nigh to the [[Thangorodrim]] and the gates of [[Angband]], but Morgoth sent out Gothmog and his balrogs. Fëanor was killed, but the balrogs were driven back. The Falas were freed, and though Morgoth had practically lost [[Beleriand]] outside of the [[Ered Engrin]], he was comforted in the fact that Fëanor was dead.<br /> <br /> ==== Dagor Aglareb ====<br /> Yet [[Fingolfin]] came next, with his sons and the sons of [[Finarfin]]. They marched even to the gates of Angband, and yet could not go farther. As the Elves began to build (or rebuild) their kingdoms in Middle-earth, Morgoth waited sixty years before he struck again. It was the [[Dagor Aglareb]], the "Glorious Battle", called such because it was a great victory for the Elves. Fingolfin and [[Maedhros]], eldest son of Fëanor, combined their strength and repelled Morgoth. They then set up the [[Siege of Angband]], which was designed to keep Morgoth holed up in his fortress.<br /> <br /> ==== Dagor Bragollach and Fingolfin ====<br /> [[Image:John Howe - Fingolfin's Challenge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Fingolfin's Challenge'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br /> {{blockquote|Thus [[Fingolfin|he]] came alone to Angband’s gates, and he sounded his horn, and smote once more upon the brazen doors, and challenged Morgoth to come forth to single combat. And Morgoth came.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]"}}<br /> Morgoth appeared all but defeated to his foes; he remained dormant and hidden until {{FA|455}}. He surged forth suddenly in great wrath, his armies taking the slackened besiegers by surprise. In the winter he cast great rivers of flame over the formerly green [[Ard-galen]] (causing the battle to be known as the [[Dagor Bragollach]]), burning many Elven horsemen alive. His forces beset strongholds on all sides, led by Glaurung and Gothmog, and several Noldor-lords fell in the succeeding combat. Much of Beleriand was overrun and [[Dorthonion]] was taken, as were northern [[Sirion]] and [[Maglor's Gap]].<br /> <br /> In a single stroke Morgoth had broken the Siege of Angband, but the victory was not as complete as he would have preferred. [[Ered Wethrin]], [[Himring]] and [[Hithlum]] had held against him, though just barely. King [[Fingolfin]] was dismayed and enraged by the defeat, and went to Angband in anger. With fire in his eyes, Morgoth's Orcs mistook him for a vengeful spirit and fled from him. There he challenged Morgoth to [[Fall of Fingolfin|single combat]]. Despite Morgoth's power, he held a fear of death greater than any other Valar, and was hesitant even against Fingolfin. When Fingolfin declared Morgoth craven, he scoffed the Elf-Lord and did not dare refuse his challenge. He strode out, his footsteps like thunder on the earth. He was clad in black armour with a spiked crown and shield, with [[Grond (Hammer of the Underworld)|Grond]], the Hammer of the Underworld, and he and Fingolfin fought in a ferocious duel. Flames gashed from the earth with each strike of his hammer, but Fingolfin was faster and avoided each powerful, but slow, swing. The Elf-lord gave Morgoth seven wounds, and though Morgoth shouted in anguish, he was too powerful to be slain. Fingolfin grew weary and was struck down by Morgoth's shield. Thrice he staggered to his feet in vain, his crown and shield broken, and thrice Morgoth cast him down, before Fingolfin collapsed over one of the pits left by Grond.<br /> <br /> As Morgoth placed his foot on Fingolfin's neck to break it, Fingolfin in one last strike ran his blade through the Dark Lord's foot, and Morgoth's blood filled pools made by his hammer. The enraged Morgoth crushed Fingolfin, though he was left with a permanent limp from the injury. Morgoth wished to rend the corpse and feed it to his wolves, but could not desecrate the fallen King, for [[Thorondor]] flew in, scratching Morgoth's face and escaping with Fingolfin's body.<ref name="Ruin">{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==== Quest for the Silmaril ====<br /> [[File:Pete Amachree - Luthien in the court of Morgoth.jpg|thumb|300px|''Luthien in the court of Morgoth'' by [[:Category:Images by Pete Amachree|Pete Amachree]]]]<br /> For some time after that the world lay in watchful discomfort. The southern part of [[Beleriand]] was, for the most part, free from Morgoth's direct wrath. There arose two in [[Doriath]], [[Beren]] of [[House of Bëor|Bëor's House]] and [[Lúthien|Lúthien Tinúviel]], Thingol's daughter. These two lovers embarked on the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], in the process removing [[Sauron]] from [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]] and entering Angband in disguise. Morgoth plotted some evil against Lúthien when she stood exposed in his presence, but allowed her to dance for him and she lured him to sleep with her song. One of the Silmarils was stolen from his crown, and Morgoth bore only two until the [[War of Wrath]].<br /> <br /> ==== Nirnaeth Arnoediad ====<br /> Some time after, in {{FA|471}}, [[Maedhros]] made a great [[Union of Maedhros|alliance]] with the [[Naugrim]], [[Edain]], and other [[Noldor]]. They marched to challenge Morgoth, clearing Beleriand of his scattered forces. But Morgoth through his spies anticipated their actions, and met them with his allies the [[Easterlings]] in a huge battle in which he prevailed, and many princes and rulers of Men, Elves, and Dwarves fell. Thus the battle was named ''[[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]'', "Battle of Unnumbered Tears". Morgoth's victory was almost complete, as he razed [[Hithlum]], the [[Falas]], the [[March of Maedhros]], as well as [[Nargothrond]] in {{FA|495|n}}. But [[Turgon]], King of [[Gondolin]], escaped by the valiant actions of the [[House of Hador]], the last of the [[Edain]] in the north. The survivors had all gone down to the [[Isle of Balar]] and the [[Mouths of Sirion]].<br /> <br /> ==== Curse upon Húrin ====<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Morgoth Punishes Húrin.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Morgoth Punishes Húrin'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> Morgoth took [[Húrin]], who had been captured during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and set him in the high places of Thangorodrim, to watch his family, whom Morgoth cursed. Upon the death of [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]] and [[Nienor]], Húrin's children, Morgoth released Húrin to further his cause.<br /> <br /> ==== Fall of Gondolin ====<br /> Some time later, by the aid of [[Maeglin]], a traitor-elf, Morgoth discovered and laid siege to [[Gondolin]]. [[Turgon]] King, the last male heir of Fingolfin's house, was killed during the siege. Morgoth's victory in the north was now complete, though he had lost [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]] his captain and marshall of his armies. Also, a small remnant including [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]] escaped the destruction of the city, bearing their son [[Eärendil]].<br /> <br /> ==== War of Wrath ====<br /> This was to be Morgoth's doom, for some years later, Eärendil sailed to [[Valinor]] seeking the pardon of the [[Valar]]. This he earned, and the Valar advanced across [[Belegaer]] with a mighty host. Morgoth loosed all his demons and defenses against them, but could not stop their might. His dragons fell to the [[Eagles]], and [[Ancalagon]] was brought down by Eärendil himself from his ship, [[Vingilot]]. Morgoth was seized in his fortress Angband, his feet "hewn from under him, and he was hurled upon his face", the Silmarils were removed from his crown, and he was bound once more with the chain called Angainor.<ref name=Earendil>{{S|24}}</ref> This time, however, he was ejected from Arda and cast into the [[Void]].<br /> <br /> == Legacy ==<br /> [[File:Šárka Škorpíková - Numenor.jpg|thumb|''Númenor'' by [[:Category:Images by Šárka Škorpíková|Šárka Škorpíková]]]]<br /> Morgoth remains in the Void, watched by [[Eärendil]] and unable to return to Arda as long as the Valar maintain their power over it. However, the lies he put in the hearts of the Children of Ilúvatar still remain and will create their evil results till the end of days.<ref name=Earendil>{{S|24}}</ref> Morgoth's will was suffused into the matter of Arda, so in a sense he is never truly gone. Arda was [[Arda Marred|marred]] by him so deeply that only Eru could fully repair the damage. Those who wished to follow in Morgoth's footsteps, such as Sauron, found that by using his residual influence, they could easily corrupt races they wished to dominate.<br /> <br /> About his servant and heir Sauron it is said that "''in after years he rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the Void''".<ref>{{S|IId}}</ref> Also, during the last days of [[Númenor]] in the [[Second Age]], Sauron corrupted the King [[Ar-Pharazôn]] and the [[King's Men]] to the worship of Melkor, describing his old master as a god of deliverance while denying the existence of [[the One]]. Thus he began a cult in the [[Temple]] in which the Númenóreans made sacrifices to Melkor.<ref name=Akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> By the [[Third Age]], Sauron's pride overreached itself yet again and "''he claimed to be Morgoth returned''".<ref name="L183">{{L|183}}</ref><br /> <br /> Nevertheless, according to the [[Second Prophecy of Mandos]], Morgoth will come back and attack Arda. He will fight in the [[Last Battle]] against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]], the Man he cursed. By finally defeating Morgoth, Túrin will avenge not only himself, but all members of the race of Men.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, p. 333</ref><br /> <br /> == Characteristics ==<br /> It was said of Morgoth that "his might was greatest of all things in this world." He was the most powerful being in existence, second only to Ilúvatar, and perhaps more powerful than every Vala put together. Fitting to his name, Morgoth eventually took a form great and terrible, and soon was unable to leave it. He received many scars and wounds over the ages: his hands were burned forever when he touched the Silmarils, Fingolfin wounded him seven times during their battle and inflicted a wound to the foot that caused him ever after to limp, and Thorondor scarred Morgoth's face.<br /> <br /> When Morgoth first took visible form he was said to be of greater power and majesty than any other Vala, as a colossal mountain wading in the sea with its head above the clouds, his appearance both of splendour and terror. As a physical being Morgoth was described as highly imposing, and was reckoned to a tower compared to the warrior Fingolfin, and the shadow of the shield he wielded was like a stormcloud. Ever since his downfall, Morgoth held a desire for destruction; above all else, however, Morgoth held deep hatred of the mere existence of intelligent or beautiful life. Unlike his servant Sauron, Morgoth's ultimate goal was solely the corruption, not control, of all that he despised. He was nonetheless persuasive, and could sway and corrupt many forms of life to become his willing servants.<ref name="Ruin"></ref><ref>{{MR|Myths}}</ref><br /> <br /> Morgoth wielded [[Grond (Hammer of the Underworld)|Grond]] in battle, a weapon he presumably forged himself in [[Angband]] (unless Sauron or [[Gothmog]] had held it safe after the [[Battle of the Powers]]), and was clad in black armor, with an iron crown. Despite his strength initially, he continually spread his residual influence, corruption, and might thin across Arda after his treachery and suffered several defeats, and his power slowly, though significantly, weakened. He alone of the Valar had a deep fear of death, and even against inferior foes he held a hesitance to ever risk his own life.<ref name="Ruin"/><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> {{Pronounce|Sindarin - Morgoth.mp3|Gilgamesh}}<br /> The [[Sindarin]] name ''Morgoth'' ("the Black Foe"<ref name=VT49a>{{VT|49a}}, pp. 24-5</ref> or "Dark Tyrant"<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 85</ref>) was given him by [[Fëanor]].<br /> <br /> Tolkien experimented (but apparently never reached a decision) with different [[Quenya]] translations of ''Morgoth'': ''Moringotto'', ''Moriñgotho'', or ''Morikotto''.<ref name=VT49a/><br /> <br /> === Melkor ===<br /> '''''Melkor''''' is [[Quenya]] for "He who arises in Might",<ref>{{S|Index}}, entry "Melkor"</ref> literally "Mighty Arising",<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 115</ref> "uprising of power" or "Mighty One".<ref name=P4k>{{MR|P4k}}, p. 350</ref> The name is generally used to refer to this [[Valar|Vala]] prior to his theft of the [[Silmarils]]; for after the theft [[Fëanor]] named him ''Morgoth''.<br /> <br /> ''Melkor'' is a compound of [[Common Eldarin]] ''mbelek-'' (''melek'', "great, mighty, powerful"; root [[BEL|BEL, MBEL]]) + ''[[óre]]''.<ref name=PE17/><br /> <br /> The older form of ''Melkor'' is said to be ''Melkórë''.<ref name=P4k/><br /> <br /> In earlier versions of the [[legendarium]], the form of the name was '''''Melko'''''.<ref>{{HM|HM}}</ref>; other variations included '''''Belcha'''''<ref>{{LT2|VI}}</ref>, '''''Melegor'''''<ref>{{LB|1a}}</ref>, '''''Melekō'''''<ref>{{MR|Star}}</ref>''. At one instance in a late glossary (c. 1959), ''Melko'', meaning "simply 'the Mighty One'", is also said to be an alternative form of ''Melkor''.<ref name=P4k/> '<br /> <br /> == Other names ==<br /> '''''Bauglir''''' was a name used of Morgoth by the [[Sindar]] following his return in the [[First Age]] , meaning "the Constrainer".<ref name=Index>{{S|Index}}</ref> It was often combined with the name ''Morgoth'' to become the full title ''Morgoth Bauglir''.<br /> Another of his names was '''''Belegûr''''', meaning "He who arises in Might", but this was rather used in the altered form of '''''Belegurth''''', meaning "Great Death".<ref>{{PM|Shibboleth}}, p. 358 (note 21)</ref><ref name=Index></ref><br /> <br /> Among his many epithets and titles were:<br /> * The '''[[Black Hand]]''', called thus by [[Beleg]].<ref>{{S|21}}.</ref><br /> * The '''Black King''', used once by [[Sador]].<ref>{{CH|1}}, p. 42</ref><br /> * The '''Dark King''', given by the [[Edain]].<ref name=Men>{{S|17}}</ref><br /> * The '''[[Dark Lord]]''', given by the Edain.<ref name=Men></ref><br /> * The '''Dark Power of the North''', probably given by the [[Free Peoples]].<ref>{{MR|P2}}</ref><br /> * The '''[[Elder King]]''', title of Manwë, claimed by himself when speaking to [[Húrin]].<ref>{{CH|3}}, p. 64</ref><br /> * The '''First Enemy''', given by the [[Free Peoples]] after his downfall in the [[First Age]]<ref name=L131>{{L|131}}</ref><br /> * The '''Great Enemy''', used once by [[Aragorn]].<ref>{{FR|I11}}</ref><br /> * The '''King of the World''', given by himself after his return to Middle-earth.<ref name=Return>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> * The '''Lord of All''' and the '''Giver of Freedom''', used by [[Sauron]] when he encouraged [[Ar-Pharazôn]] to engage in Morgoth-worship.<ref name=Akallabeth></ref><br /> * The '''Lord of the Dark''', given by the Edain.<ref name=Men></ref> The very similar '''Lord of the Darkness''' was used by [[Sauron]] when he encouraged [[Ar-Pharazôn]] to worship Melkor.<ref name=Akallabeth></ref><br /> * The '''Marrer of Middle-earth''', used once by Húrin <ref name=CH1>{{CH|1}}</ref><br /> * '''Master of Lies''', given by [[Amlach]].<ref name=Men></ref><br /> * '''Master of the fates of Arda''', used by himself when speaking to Húrin.<ref>{{CH|3}}, p. 65</ref><br /> * The '''Wicked King''', used once by [[Túrin]].<ref name=CH1></ref><br /> <br /> == Genealogy ==<br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|-|.| | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| MEL | | MAN |~| VAR | |MEL='''MELKOR'''|MAN=[[Manwë]]|VAR=[[Varda]]}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> <br /> == Minions and allies ==<br /> * [[Sauron]] – Most trusted lieutenant; became his heir as the second [[Dark Lord]] and was eventually maimed by the [[One Ring]]'s destruction<br /> * [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]] - [[Lord of Balrogs]] and High-Captain of Angband; slain by [[Ecthelion]] <br /> * [[Durin's Bane]] - One of the [[Balrogs]]; usurped [[Moria]] and was later vanquished by [[Gandalf]]<br /> * [[Ungoliant]] - Former ally, spirit of darkness and shadow in the shape of a giant spider devourer of the sapped [[Two Trees]]<br /> * [[Glaurung]] – [[Father of Dragons]]; slain by [[Túrin]]<br /> * [[Ancalagon]] – Greatest of the [[Winged Dragons]]; slain by [[Eärendil]]<br /> * [[Draugluin]] - First of the Werewolves of Angband; slain by [[Huan]]<br /> * [[Carcharoth]] - Greatest of the Werewolves of Angband; slain by Huan and [[Beren]]<br /> * [[Thuringwethil]] - Vampire Herald of Sauron; presumably slain by Huan<br /> * [[Ulfang]] - Chieftain of [[Easterlings (First Age)|Easterlings]]<br /> ** [[Uldor]] - Son of Ulfang, secretly in league with Morgoth; slain by [[Maglor]]<br /> ** [[Ulwarth]] - Son of Ulfang, secretly in league with Morgoth; slain by the sons of [[Bór]]<br /> ** [[Ulfast]] - Son of Ulfang, secretly in league with Morgoth; slain by the sons of Bór<br /> * [[Lorgan]] - Lord of the Easterlings in [[Hithlum]]<br /> ** [[Brodda]] - Easterling chief in Hithlum; slain by Túrin<br /> * [[Maeglin]] - Coerced turncoat, revealed the location of [[Gondolin]] in exchange for [[Idril]]; slain by [[Tuor]]<br /> ;Characters from older concepts<br /> * [[Langon]] - Messenger, sent to negotiate with the Valar when they besieged [[Utumno]]<br /> * [[Fankil]] - Lieutenant, escaped from Utumno after its fall, leader of dark armies in the East ([[Palisor]])<br /> * [[Tevildo]] - Cat possessed by an evil spirit, companion <br /> ** [[Oikeroi]] - Tevildo's guard; slain by Huan<br /> ** [[Miaulë]] - Cook of Tevildo<br /> ** [[Umuiyan]] - Tevildo's Doorkeeper<br /> * [[Lungorthin]] - Balrog-lord<br /> * [[Boldog]] - Orc-chieftain sent to attack [[Doriath]]; slain by [[Thingol]]<br /> * [[Othrod]] – [[Orcs|Orc]]-lord during the [[Fall of Gondolin]]; slain by Tuor<br /> * [[Balcmeg]] - Orc-general during the Fall of Gondolin; slain by Tuor<br /> * [[Lug]] - Orc-warrior during the Fall of Gondolin; slain by Tuor<br /> * [[Orcobal]] - Orc champion during the Fall of Gondolin; slain by Ecthelion<br /> * [[Gorgol]] - Orc of renown; slain by Beren<br /> <br /> == Other versions of the Legendarium ==<br /> ===Morgoth's Ring===<br /> In an essay from 1955, appearing in a 1959 newspaper article, Tolkien detailed several events regarding Melkor quite differently than what appeared in ''The Silmarillion''. In this essay, Tolkien emphasized the vastness of Melkor's power at the beginning of Arda, placing him as far beyond all of the other Valar combined and capable of singlehandedly besting them at the outset of his rebellion.<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|Melkor must be made far more powerful in original nature [...] The greatest power under Eru. Later, he must not be able to be controlled or 'chained' by all the Valar combined. Note that in the early age of Arda he was alone able to drive the Valar out of Middle-earth into retreat.<ref>{{MR|P5VI}}, p. 339</ref>}}<br /> <br /> The intervention of Manwë and the Valar in besieging Utumno was an act of desperation and fear, one which they believed would have had no chance of success, but would merely serve as a distraction for the Quendi to escape his influence. When Manwë and Melkor confronted one another in the fortress's depths, both were surprised; Manwë to see his brother so weakened, and Melkor to see that he was no longer capable of daunting Manwë by his gaze alone. In this version of the [[Battle of the Powers|battle]], Melkor never fights Tulkas, nor is he overcome by the might of the Valar, rather he deliberately humbles himself before Manwë and asks to be pardoned. <br /> <br /> Though he briefly considers truly repenting, he decides to deceive his brother instead, for it is at this moment that Melkor desires to bring ruin to Valinor itself. His surrender and pleading to the Valar are not out of fear or guilt, but out of a sense of wicked pleasure and mockery of them, as he devised to feign aid to the Valar by claiming to serve them as penance, and in secret would ruin and corrupt their very domain. The Valar are hesitant, but Manwë in both pity and fear of his brother, agrees to his terms.<ref>{{MR|P5VI}}, p. 340</ref><br /> <br /> The Valar, however, do not fully pardon him in this version of the story, and he remained under the watch of Mandos while in Valinor. Unable to enact his plans unnoticed, and realizing he was now separated from his servants and armies, whom he divested a large portion of power into, he grows doubtful of his plans, wishing that he had instead fought Manwë and the others in fiery rebellion rather than willingly submit to them.<ref>{{MR|P5VI}}, p. 341</ref><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuHLyviVamA Morgoth: The Origins of Melkor] video by [[Nerd of the Rings]]<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{ainur}}<br /> [[Category:Ainur]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Children of Húrin]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:Evil]]<br /> [[Category:Gnomish names]]<br /> [[Category:Noldorin names]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in the Great Lands]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Middle-earth]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[Category:Valar]]<br /> [[de:Morgoth]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/ainur/valar/morgoth]]<br /> [[fi:Morgoth]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Fingolfin&diff=358268 Fingolfin 2022-09-27T06:54:19Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Fingolfin<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Fingolfin.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Fingolfin" by [[:Category:Images by ElfinFen|ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[fiŋˈɡolfin]}}<br /> | othernames=''Ñolofinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]),<br/>''Aracáno'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])<br /> | titles=[[High King of the Noldor]], King of the North<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]], [[Hithlum]]<br /> | affiliation=<br /> | language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]<br /> | birth={{YT|1190}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{FA|7}} - {{FA|456|n}}<br /> | death={{FA|456}}<br /> | deathlocation=[[Anfauglith]]<br /> | age=c. 3426<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=[[House of Finwë]], founded the [[House of Fingolfin]]<br /> | parentage=[[Finwë]] and [[Indis]]<br /> | siblings=[[Fëanor]] (half-brother), [[Findis]], [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]]<br /> | spouse=[[Anairë]]<br /> | children=[[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]]<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=Dark<ref name=Case>{{PM|XI2}}, p. 336</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=Silver armour, blue shield set with crystals<br /> | weapons=[[Ringil]]<br /> | steed=[[Rochallor]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{quote|Fingolfin was the strongest, the most steadfast, and the most valiant.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Fingolfin''' was the first [[High King of the Noldor]] ruling in [[Beleriand]], eldest son of [[Finwë]] and [[Indis]], younger brother of [[Findis]], older brother of [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]], and the younger half-brother of [[Fëanor]]. His wife was [[Anairë]] and his children were [[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Argon]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> ===Early Life===<br /> Fingolfin was the strongest and most valiant of the sons of Finwë.<ref>{{S|5}}</ref> Having different mothers, he and his older half-brother Fëanor never felt a close bond with each other. This lack of affinity developed into rivalry when [[Morgoth|Melkor]] secretly told each of them that the other was planning on driving them out of [[Tirion]].<br /> [[File:Tuuliky - Half Brothers.jpg|thumb|left|''Half Brothers'' by [[:Category:Images by Tuuliky|Tuuliky]]]]<br /> During the days of the [[Two Trees]] in [[Valinor]], as Melkor's lies were taking root in Noldor minds, a number of the Noldor started to believe that the [[Valar]] were somehow restraining them from going back to [[Cuiviénen]] in Middle-earth. Melkor's cunning had caused the suspicions he sowed to outweigh the Noldor's knowledge that the greatest Gift of the Valar was total free will.<br /> <br /> Fëanor was the first to speak against the Valar, and [[Finwë]] summoned all of the lords of his house to resolve the issue. As Fingolfin was contending with his father to convince him to restrain Fëanor, the latter arrived fully armed with weapons he had secretly forged. Even though Fingolfin accepted him as his senior, Fëanor threatened Fingolfin, who was unarmed, with his sword, after which Fingolfin bowed to his father Finwë and left, only to be followed by Fëanor and threatened again in public.<ref>{{S|Unrest}}</ref> This threat, in the main square in front of the Mindon, King Finwë's seat, was witnessed by many as Fëanor drew his sword and placed the point to Fingolfin's breast.<br /> <br /> In the face of this public humiliation, Fingolfin turned quietly and walked away without a word to Fëanor, in an effort to avoid division and dissension within his father's House and among the Noldor.<br /> <br /> After the escape of Melkor from Valinor, during the feast Manwë held for the reconciliation of the Eldar, Fingolfin publicly forgave Fëanor and called him "Half-brother in blood, full brother in heart".<ref>{{S|8}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Journey to Middle-earth===<br /> After King Finwë died, murdered by Morgoth, Fëanor rallied up the Noldor and gave a passionate speech. Nearly all of the Noldor followed him to [[Exile of the Noldor|Exile]], along with his two half-brothers. Fingolfin led the largest host of the Noldor when they fled [[Aman]] for [[Middle-earth]], even though he thought this unwise; he did not want to abandon his people to Fëanor. As days passed in their exile, more and more of the Noldor started speaking against Fëanor, for their journey was difficult, and they feared the prophecy of [[Mandos]]. After Fëanor's Noldor acquired the ships of the [[Teleri]] following the [[First Kinslaying]], Fëanor and his followers used them to sail across the sea. Fëanor burned the ships after reaching Middle-earth, stranding the others, for he thought the followers of Fingolfin would prove to be useless.<ref>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> <br /> Fingolfin and his people saw the smoke of the ships from afar, and chose to travel through the icy Helcaraxë, for they were ashamed to go back to Valinor, and were angry at Fëanor. The journey was hard and many died, yet they were filled with hope when they saw the Moon for the first time. Soon after, at the rising of the Sun, he came to the [[Gates of Angband]] and smote upon them, but [[Morgoth]] stayed hidden inside. Fingolfin and the Noldor, realizing they could not be victorious in this way, then came to the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]], from which the Fëanorian part of the host had withdrawn.<ref name=Return>{{S|Return}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Kingship===<br /> [[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Fingolfin Heraldic Device.jpg|left|100px]]<br /> Shortly after Fëanor's death, his oldest son Maedhros was captured by Morgoth. Learning this, Fingolfin's oldest son [[Fingon]] rescued [[Maedhros]], with whom he was a good friend. Maedhros consequently waived his claim to kingship at the council of the [[Noldor]] in [[Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref> Thus Fingolfin became the first [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=Return></ref> He ruled from [[Hithlum]], by the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref><br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Morgoth and the High King of Noldor (1992).jpg|thumb|''Morgoth and the High King of Noldor'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> After defeating the [[Orcs]] in the [[Dagor Aglareb]] ("Glorious Battle"), Fingolfin maintained the [[Siege of Angband]] for nearly four hundred years. But the Siege was ended by the sudden assaults of Morgoth in the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"), and many peoples of Beleriand fled. In the end, Fingolfin rode to Angband alone to challenge Morgoth to single combat. Those who saw him thought Oromë himself had arrived; for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.<ref name=Ruin>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br /> <br /> {{blockquote|In that vast shadow once of yore<br>Fingolfin stood: his shield he bore<br>with field of heaven's blue and star<br>of crystal shining pale afar.<br>In overmastering wrath and hate<br>desperate he smote upon that gate,<br>the [[Gnomes|Gnomish]] king, there standing lone,<br>while endless fortresses of stone<br>engulfed the thin clear ringing keen<br>of silver horn and baldric green.|''[[Lay of Leithian]]'', [[Lay of Leithian Canto XII|Canto XII]], vv. 3538-3547}}<br /> <br /> Fingolfin died there after a [[Fall of Fingolfin|mighty duel]], wounding Morgoth seven times with his sword [[Ringil]], and struck one last punishing blow to Morgoth's foot before he broke the High King. Morgoth's wounds never healed after that battle, and he limped everafter. [[Thorondor]], the King of Eagles, rescued Fingolfin's body and brought it to a mountaintop overlooking [[Gondolin]], and [[Turgon]] built a [[Fingolfin's Cairn|cairn]] over the remains of his father.<ref name=Ruin></ref><br /> <br /> [[Fingon]] became [[High King of the Noldor]] after his death.<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> {{Pronounce|Fingolfin.mp3|Ardamir}}<br /> The name ''Fingolfin'' is [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed, although it is said that it is the [[Sindarized]] form of the name ''Finwë Ñolofinwë'' ("Wise Finwë").<ref name=Finwe>{{PM|XI4}}, pp. 344-345</ref><br /> <br /> However, in the [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, ''Fingolfin'' is given as "Magical Skill".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "PHIN"</ref> In later versions, [[Tolkien]] considered changing the name to ''Ingolfin'', as coming from ''[[Ingoldo]]'', but the idea was soon discarded.<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 118</ref><br /> <br /> ==Other names==<br /> His [[father-name]] was '''''Ñolofinwë''''', with the stem [[NGOL|''ñolo'']] (related to "wisdom") attached to the name of his father. Later, during the Exile of the Noldor, Fingolfin added ''Finwë'' to the beginning of this name, in pursuance of his claim to be [[King of the Noldor]] after his father's death.<ref name=Finwe></ref> This would result in '''''Finwë·ñolofinwë'''''.<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 118</ref><br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Aracáno''''' ("High Chieftain"), which he gave to his son [[Argon]].<ref>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 360. Cf. also p. 345</ref> <br /> <br /> Earlier titles in [[Noldorin]] were '''''Aran Chithlum''''' ("King of Hithlum") and '''''Taur Egledhrim''''' ("King of the Exiles").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "TĀ"</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |FIN=[[Finwë]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|MIR=[[Míriel]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | FEA | | FDS | | FNG |y| ANA | | IRM | | FIR | | |FEA=[[Fëanor]]</br><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG='''FINGOLFIN'''</br><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|ANA=[[Anairë]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FIR=[[Finarfin]]</br><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| FIN | | TUR |y| ELE | | ARE |y| EOL | | ARG|FIN=[[Fingon]]</br><small>''{{YT|1260}} - {{FA|472}}''</small>|ARE=[[Aredhel]]</br><small>''{{YT|1362}} - {{FA|400}}''</small>|TUR=[[Turgon]]</br><small>''{{YT|1300}} - {{FA|510}}''</small>|ELE=[[Elenwë]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1500}}''</small>|EOL=[[Eöl]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|400}}''</small>|ARG=[[Argon]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|1}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | TUO |y| IDR | | | | | | MAE | | | | | ||MAE=[[Maeglin]]</br><small>''{{FA|320}} - {{FA|510|n}}''</small>|IDR=[[Idril]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|TUO=[[Tuor]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|472}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | EAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||EAR=[[Eärendil]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|503}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The first appearance of Fingolfin in the [[Legendarium]] is in a [[Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales|prose fragment]], in which he is called ''Golfin'' son of [[Gelmir]], carring an emblem with a silver sword upon gold.<ref>{{SM|P2}}, pp. 7-8</ref><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2014/07/14/could-fingolfin-have-defeated-morgoth-in-mortal-combat/ Could Fingolfin Have Defeated Morgoth in Mortal Combat?] by [[Michael Martinez]]<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{seq-start}}<br /> {{seq-head<br /> |race=noldor<br /> |house=[[House of Finwë]]<br /> |born={{YT|1190}}<br /> |died={{FA|456}}<br /> }}<br /> {{seq<br /> |pvac=None<br /> |prev=''[[Maedhros]], as [[King of the Noldor]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]''<br /> |list=1st [[High King of the Noldor]]<br /> |dates={{FA|7}} – {{FA|456|n}}<br /> |next=[[Fingon]]<br /> }}<br /> {{seq-end}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:House of Fingolfin| ]]<br /> [[Category:House of Finwë]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Noldorin names]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[de:Fingolfin]]<br /> [[fr:/encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/fingolfin]]<br /> [[fi:Fingolfin]]</div>

Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Fingolfin&diff=358267 Fingolfin 2022-09-27T06:53:55Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Fingolfin<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Fingolfin.jpg|250px]]<br /> | caption="Crossing the Helcaraxë" by [[:Category:Images by ElfinFen|ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[fiŋˈɡolfin]}}<br /> | othernames=''Ñolofinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]),<br/>''Aracáno'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])<br /> | titles=[[High King of the Noldor]], King of the North<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]], [[Hithlum]]<br /> | affiliation=<br /> | language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]<br /> | birth={{YT|1190}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{FA|7}} - {{FA|456|n}}<br /> | death={{FA|456}}<br /> | deathlocation=[[Anfauglith]]<br /> | age=c. 3426<br /> | notablefor=<br /> | house=[[House of Finwë]], founded the [[House of Fingolfin]]<br /> | parentage=[[Finwë]] and [[Indis]]<br /> | siblings=[[Fëanor]] (half-brother), [[Findis]], [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]]<br /> | spouse=[[Anairë]]<br /> | children=[[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]]<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=Tall<br /> | hair=Dark<ref name=Case>{{PM|XI2}}, p. 336</ref><br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=Silver armour, blue shield set with crystals<br /> | weapons=[[Ringil]]<br /> | steed=[[Rochallor]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{quote|Fingolfin was the strongest, the most steadfast, and the most valiant.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]"}}<br /> <br /> '''Fingolfin''' was the first [[High King of the Noldor]] ruling in [[Beleriand]], eldest son of [[Finwë]] and [[Indis]], younger brother of [[Findis]], older brother of [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]], and the younger half-brother of [[Fëanor]]. His wife was [[Anairë]] and his children were [[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Argon]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> ===Early Life===<br /> Fingolfin was the strongest and most valiant of the sons of Finwë.<ref>{{S|5}}</ref> Having different mothers, he and his older half-brother Fëanor never felt a close bond with each other. This lack of affinity developed into rivalry when [[Morgoth|Melkor]] secretly told each of them that the other was planning on driving them out of [[Tirion]].<br /> [[File:Tuuliky - Half Brothers.jpg|thumb|left|''Half Brothers'' by [[:Category:Images by Tuuliky|Tuuliky]]]]<br /> During the days of the [[Two Trees]] in [[Valinor]], as Melkor's lies were taking root in Noldor minds, a number of the Noldor started to believe that the [[Valar]] were somehow restraining them from going back to [[Cuiviénen]] in Middle-earth. Melkor's cunning had caused the suspicions he sowed to outweigh the Noldor's knowledge that the greatest Gift of the Valar was total free will.<br /> <br /> Fëanor was the first to speak against the Valar, and [[Finwë]] summoned all of the lords of his house to resolve the issue. As Fingolfin was contending with his father to convince him to restrain Fëanor, the latter arrived fully armed with weapons he had secretly forged. Even though Fingolfin accepted him as his senior, Fëanor threatened Fingolfin, who was unarmed, with his sword, after which Fingolfin bowed to his father Finwë and left, only to be followed by Fëanor and threatened again in public.<ref>{{S|Unrest}}</ref> This threat, in the main square in front of the Mindon, King Finwë's seat, was witnessed by many as Fëanor drew his sword and placed the point to Fingolfin's breast.<br /> <br /> In the face of this public humiliation, Fingolfin turned quietly and walked away without a word to Fëanor, in an effort to avoid division and dissension within his father's House and among the Noldor.<br /> <br /> After the escape of Melkor from Valinor, during the feast Manwë held for the reconciliation of the Eldar, Fingolfin publicly forgave Fëanor and called him "Half-brother in blood, full brother in heart".<ref>{{S|8}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Journey to Middle-earth===<br /> After King Finwë died, murdered by Morgoth, Fëanor rallied up the Noldor and gave a passionate speech. Nearly all of the Noldor followed him to [[Exile of the Noldor|Exile]], along with his two half-brothers. Fingolfin led the largest host of the Noldor when they fled [[Aman]] for [[Middle-earth]], even though he thought this unwise; he did not want to abandon his people to Fëanor. As days passed in their exile, more and more of the Noldor started speaking against Fëanor, for their journey was difficult, and they feared the prophecy of [[Mandos]]. After Fëanor's Noldor acquired the ships of the [[Teleri]] following the [[First Kinslaying]], Fëanor and his followers used them to sail across the sea. Fëanor burned the ships after reaching Middle-earth, stranding the others, for he thought the followers of Fingolfin would prove to be useless.<ref>{{S|9}}</ref><br /> <br /> Fingolfin and his people saw the smoke of the ships from afar, and chose to travel through the icy Helcaraxë, for they were ashamed to go back to Valinor, and were angry at Fëanor. The journey was hard and many died, yet they were filled with hope when they saw the Moon for the first time. Soon after, at the rising of the Sun, he came to the [[Gates of Angband]] and smote upon them, but [[Morgoth]] stayed hidden inside. Fingolfin and the Noldor, realizing they could not be victorious in this way, then came to the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]], from which the Fëanorian part of the host had withdrawn.<ref name=Return>{{S|Return}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Kingship===<br /> [[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Fingolfin Heraldic Device.jpg|left|100px]]<br /> Shortly after Fëanor's death, his oldest son Maedhros was captured by Morgoth. Learning this, Fingolfin's oldest son [[Fingon]] rescued [[Maedhros]], with whom he was a good friend. Maedhros consequently waived his claim to kingship at the council of the [[Noldor]] in [[Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref> Thus Fingolfin became the first [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=Return></ref> He ruled from [[Hithlum]], by the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref><br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - Morgoth and the High King of Noldor (1992).jpg|thumb|''Morgoth and the High King of Noldor'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> After defeating the [[Orcs]] in the [[Dagor Aglareb]] ("Glorious Battle"), Fingolfin maintained the [[Siege of Angband]] for nearly four hundred years. But the Siege was ended by the sudden assaults of Morgoth in the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"), and many peoples of Beleriand fled. In the end, Fingolfin rode to Angband alone to challenge Morgoth to single combat. Those who saw him thought Oromë himself had arrived; for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.<ref name=Ruin>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br /> <br /> {{blockquote|In that vast shadow once of yore<br>Fingolfin stood: his shield he bore<br>with field of heaven's blue and star<br>of crystal shining pale afar.<br>In overmastering wrath and hate<br>desperate he smote upon that gate,<br>the [[Gnomes|Gnomish]] king, there standing lone,<br>while endless fortresses of stone<br>engulfed the thin clear ringing keen<br>of silver horn and baldric green.|''[[Lay of Leithian]]'', [[Lay of Leithian Canto XII|Canto XII]], vv. 3538-3547}}<br /> <br /> Fingolfin died there after a [[Fall of Fingolfin|mighty duel]], wounding Morgoth seven times with his sword [[Ringil]], and struck one last punishing blow to Morgoth's foot before he broke the High King. Morgoth's wounds never healed after that battle, and he limped everafter. [[Thorondor]], the King of Eagles, rescued Fingolfin's body and brought it to a mountaintop overlooking [[Gondolin]], and [[Turgon]] built a [[Fingolfin's Cairn|cairn]] over the remains of his father.<ref name=Ruin></ref><br /> <br /> [[Fingon]] became [[High King of the Noldor]] after his death.<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> {{Pronounce|Fingolfin.mp3|Ardamir}}<br /> The name ''Fingolfin'' is [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed, although it is said that it is the [[Sindarized]] form of the name ''Finwë Ñolofinwë'' ("Wise Finwë").<ref name=Finwe>{{PM|XI4}}, pp. 344-345</ref><br /> <br /> However, in the [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, ''Fingolfin'' is given as "Magical Skill".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "PHIN"</ref> In later versions, [[Tolkien]] considered changing the name to ''Ingolfin'', as coming from ''[[Ingoldo]]'', but the idea was soon discarded.<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 118</ref><br /> <br /> ==Other names==<br /> His [[father-name]] was '''''Ñolofinwë''''', with the stem [[NGOL|''ñolo'']] (related to "wisdom") attached to the name of his father. Later, during the Exile of the Noldor, Fingolfin added ''Finwë'' to the beginning of this name, in pursuance of his claim to be [[King of the Noldor]] after his father's death.<ref name=Finwe></ref> This would result in '''''Finwë·ñolofinwë'''''.<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 118</ref><br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Aracáno''''' ("High Chieftain"), which he gave to his son [[Argon]].<ref>{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 360. Cf. also p. 345</ref> <br /> <br /> Earlier titles in [[Noldorin]] were '''''Aran Chithlum''''' ("King of Hithlum") and '''''Taur Egledhrim''''' ("King of the Exiles").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "TĀ"</ref><br /> <br /> ==Genealogy==<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree| MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |FIN=[[Finwë]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|MIR=[[Míriel]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | FEA | | FDS | | FNG |y| ANA | | IRM | | FIR | | |FEA=[[Fëanor]]</br><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG='''FINGOLFIN'''</br><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|ANA=[[Anairë]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FIR=[[Finarfin]]</br><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree| FIN | | TUR |y| ELE | | ARE |y| EOL | | ARG|FIN=[[Fingon]]</br><small>''{{YT|1260}} - {{FA|472}}''</small>|ARE=[[Aredhel]]</br><small>''{{YT|1362}} - {{FA|400}}''</small>|TUR=[[Turgon]]</br><small>''{{YT|1300}} - {{FA|510}}''</small>|ELE=[[Elenwë]]</br><small>''d. {{YT|1500}}''</small>|EOL=[[Eöl]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|400}}''</small>|ARG=[[Argon]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|1}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | TUO |y| IDR | | | | | | MAE | | | | | ||MAE=[[Maeglin]]</br><small>''{{FA|320}} - {{FA|510|n}}''</small>|IDR=[[Idril]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|TUO=[[Tuor]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|472}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree| | | | | EAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||EAR=[[Eärendil]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|503}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> The first appearance of Fingolfin in the [[Legendarium]] is in a [[Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales|prose fragment]], in which he is called ''Golfin'' son of [[Gelmir]], carring an emblem with a silver sword upon gold.<ref>{{SM|P2}}, pp. 7-8</ref><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2014/07/14/could-fingolfin-have-defeated-morgoth-in-mortal-combat/ Could Fingolfin Have Defeated Morgoth in Mortal Combat?] by [[Michael Martinez]]<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{seq-start}}<br /> {{seq-head<br /> |race=noldor<br /> |house=[[House of Finwë]]<br /> |born={{YT|1190}}<br /> |died={{FA|456}}<br /> }}<br /> {{seq<br /> |pvac=None<br /> |prev=''[[Maedhros]], as [[King of the Noldor]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]''<br /> |list=1st [[High King of the Noldor]]<br /> |dates={{FA|7}} – {{FA|456|n}}<br /> |next=[[Fingon]]<br /> }}<br /> {{seq-end}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:House of Fingolfin| ]]<br /> [[Category:House of Finwë]]<br /> [[Category:Noldor]]<br /> [[Category:Noldorin names]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[de:Fingolfin]]<br /> [[fr:/encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/fingolfin]]<br /> [[fi:Fingolfin]]</div>

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Minyon https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=F%C3%ABanor&diff=358263 Fëanor 2022-09-27T06:39:58Z

<p>Minyon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{noldor infobox<br /> | name=Fëanor<br /> | image=[[File:ElfinFen - Feanor.png|250px]]<br /> | caption="Feanor" by [[:Category:Images by ElfinFen|ElfinFen]]<br /> | pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈfe.anor]}}<br /> | othernames=''[[Curufinwë]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]])<br />''Fëanáro'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])<br /> | titles=[[King of the Noldor]]<br /> | position=<br /> | location=[[Tirion]], [[Formenos]]<br /> | affiliation=[[Oath of Fëanor]]<br /> | language=[[Quenya]], [[Valarin]]<ref>{{VT|39a}}, pp. 7-8</ref><br /> | birth={{YT|1169}}<br /> | birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br /> | rule={{YT|1495}} – {{YT|1497|n}}<br /> | death={{YT|1497}}<br /> | deathlocation=Slopes of [[Ered Wethrin]]<br /> | age=328 [[Years of the Trees|Y.T.]]/3142 [[Years of the Sun|years]]<br /> | notablefor=Created the [[Silmarils]] and ''[[Palantíri]]''<br/>Invented the [[Tengwar]]<br /> | house=[[House of Finwë]], founded the [[House of Fëanor]]<br /> | parentage=[[Finwë]] & [[Míriel]]<br /> | siblings=[[Findis]], [[Fingolfin]], [[Írimë]], and [[Finarfin]] (half-siblings)<br /> | spouse=[[Nerdanel]]<br /> | children=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]]<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | height=<br /> | hair=Black<br /> | eyes=<br /> | clothing=<br /> | weapons=Sword<br /> | steed=<br /> }}<br /> <center>{{quote|For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body and mind: in valour, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and subtlety alike: of all the Children of Ilúvatar, and a bright flame was in him.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor]]"}}</center><br /> <br /> '''Fëanor''' was the eldest and most beloved son of [[Finwë]] and succeeded him to the [[King of the Noldor|Kingship of the Noldor]]. <br /> <br /> Being the greatest of the [[Noldor]], he had the greatest skill of word and hand, was a renowned craftsman, gem-smith, and warrior. His most famous deed was the creation of the [[Silmarils]], whose theft made him lead his people to the [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]. As the leader of the rebellion, his passionate hatred of [[Morgoth]] and terrible [[Oath of Fëanor|oath]] led directly to the great triumphs and tragedies of the [[First Age]].<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> === Life in Tirion ===<br /> Born in {{YT|1169}},<ref>{{MR|P2k}}, p. 101, note 1</ref> Fëanor was the eldest son of [[Finwë]], the first [[King of the Noldor]], and his first wife [[Míriel|Míriel Þerindë]]. He drew so much of Míriel's life energy when he was born that she grew weary of living, and departed to [[Lórien in Valinor|Lórien]], where she voluntarily left her corporeal form and died. Finwë remarried, and had two more sons, Fëanor's half-brothers [[Fingolfin]] and [[Finarfin]],<ref name="Feanor">{{S|Feanor}}</ref> and two daughters, [[Findis]] and [[Írimë]].<ref name="Shibboleth"/><br /> [[File:Ryszard Derdzinski - Feanor.jpg|thumb|left|Feanor, deviser of the Tengwar. Art by [[Ryszard Derdziński]]]]<br /> Fëanor's skills began to blossom, and other than a skilled smith, he was a linguist and a [[Lambengolmor|Loremaster]].<ref name=WJ>{{WJ|Quendi}}, pp. 396-8</ref> In {{YT|1250|n}}, he devised the lettering system of [[Tengwar]], improving the work of [[Rúmil (elf of Tirion)|Rúmil]]. He created the ''[[palantíri]]'',<ref name="SIndex">{{S|Index}}, entry "Fëanor"</ref> and also wrought the [[Fëanorian lamps]] in this time.<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}, note 2</ref> He then turned his mind to the study of gems.<ref name="AAsec4">{{MR|P2j}}</ref><br /> <br /> While still in his youth, Fëanor wedded [[Nerdanel]], daughter of [[Mahtan]], a great craftsman,<ref name="Feanor"/> who bore him [[Sons of Fëanor|seven sons]]: [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]], and [[Amras]].<ref>{{S|Princes}}</ref><br /> <br /> In {{YT|1400|n}},<ref name="AAsec4"/> [[Melkor]], the mightiest of the [[Valar]] and source of evil, deceived the [[Valar]] into thinking that he had repented of his evil ways. Pardoned and residing in [[Valinor]], he undertook to corrupt the [[Noldor]] and succeeded in making them instruments of his malice, particularly Fëanor. But Fëanor greatly mistrusted [[Melkor]], which was part of Melkor's plan.<ref name="Feanor"/><br /> <br /> Inspired by a shadow of foreknowledge, he pondered how the [[light]] of the [[Two Trees]] might be preserved imperishable.<ref name="Silmarils">{{S|Unrest}}</ref> Many thought that this idea came first after seeing the [[Hair of Galadriel]], which was both golden and silver. He admired her hair so much that he requested a tress three times, but [[Galadriel]] refused each time and would not give him even a single strand.<ref>{{UT|6}}, p. 230</ref> Therefore, in {{YT|1449|n}}, Fëanor began, and by {{YT|1450|n}} he had succeeded<ref name="AAsec4"/> in the greatest of his achievements: capturing the light of the Two Trees to make the three [[Silmarils]], also called the Great Jewels. He prized the Silmarils above all else, and displayed them in feasts upon his brow. But later he grew increasingly suspicious that the Valar and other Eldar coveted them, until he jealously guarded them from all except his immediate family.<ref name="Silmarils"></ref><br /> <br /> === Feud with Fingolfin ===<br /> [[Image:Antti Autio - The Threat of Feanor.jpg|thumb|left|''The Threat of Feanor'' by [[Antti Autio]]]]<br /> [[Melkor]] greatly desired the [[Silmarils]] and his hatred for Fëanor grew, but the Valar still did not know of Melkor's true intentions. Melkor played upon Fëanor's temperament and pride to convince him that his own half-brother [[Fingolfin]] was not only planning to usurp his place as heir to [[Finwë]], but also seize the jewels for himself.<ref name="Silmarils"/> The Noldor then began forging weapons, which at that point no other [[Eldar]] possessed in [[Valinor]]. Fëanor's hostility grew to the point where, in {{YT|1490|n}},<ref name="AAsec4"/> he threatened Fingolfin's life. For this, the Valar exiled him to [[Formenos]]. He took a substantial treasure with him, including the [[Silmarils]], which he stowed in a locked box. In a show of support for his eldest son, Finwë withdrew to Formenos as well.<ref name="Silmarils"/><br /> <br /> The [[Valar]] realized that Melkor was behind Fëanor's actions. They sent [[Tulkas]] to imprison him again, but he could not be found. Melkor was not seen for a long time, until in {{YT|1492|n}},<ref name="AAsec4"/> he unexpectedly showed up at [[Formenos]]. Melkor tried again to manipulate Fëanor, but he went too far, and Fëanor realized that Melkor's true goal was to obtain the Silmarils. He shut the door in Melkor's face. In a rage, Melkor left. When the Valar heard of the incident, they resumed the hunt, but it was apparent that Melkor had fled from Valinor.<ref name="Silmarils"/><br /> <br /> === Theft of the Silmarils ===<br /> In {{YT|1495|n}},<ref name="AAsec4"/> the Valar sought to reconcile Fëanor and [[Fingolfin]], and to mend the enmity between the Noldor and Valar, and invited them all to Valimar to make peace. Fingolfin offered a hand to his half-brother, recognizing Fëanor's place as the eldest, which he grudgingly accepted.<br /> [[File:Lída Holubová - Feanor and his sons.jpg|thumb|''Feanor and his sons'' by [[:Category:Images by Lída Holubová|Lída Holubová]]]]<br /> Meanwhile, after first feigning to go north, [[Melkor]] had stolen away to [[Avathar]] in the south of [[Aman]] to seek out the evil, spider-like creature [[Ungoliant]]. Even as Fëanor and Fingolfin were reconciled, Ungoliant helped Morgoth destroy the Two Trees, bringing darkness to [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref><br /> <br /> [[Yavanna]] examined the [[Two Trees]] and found them lifeless. The light of the Trees survived only in the [[Silmarils]] and she said that only by their power could she restore the Trees. [[Manwë]] then asked Fëanor to give them up for this purpose but Fëanor emphatically declared that he would not give up his Silmarils of his own free will; if the Valar forced him, he said, they would be no better than Melkor. It was after this that messengers came telling of the raid at [[Formenos]].<br /> <br /> According to the messengers, Melkor, surrounded by an impenetrable black fog, had come to Fëanor's vault in [[Formenos]]. [[Finwë]] fought and lost against Melkor, and was the first to be slain in Valinor. Melkor ransacked the vault, taking many valuable jewels, including the Silmarils. He and Ungoliant escaped by crossing the [[Helcaraxë]], or Grinding Ice, in the north to [[Beleriand]] in Middle-earth.<ref name="Flight">{{S|Flight}}</ref><br /> <br /> === Kingship ===<br /> ==== Kin-slaying at Alqualondë ====<br /> [[File:Angel Falto - Feanor (The Oath).jpg|thumb|left|''Fëanor (The Oath)'' by [[:Category:Images by Angel Falto|Angel Falto]]]]<br /> <br /> The Valar and Eldar now fully understood the extent of Melkor's treachery. Fëanor, upon learning of his father's murder and the theft of his prized Silmarils, named Melkor "''Morgoth''", or "Black Enemy". Following his father's death, Fëanor claimed the [[King of the Noldor|kingship of the Noldor]] and delivered an impassioned speech, which he unwittingly filled with Morgoth's lies. He rallied the Noldor against the Dark Lord, but because of Morgoth's influence, he also blamed the Valar for Morgoth's deeds. He persuaded most of his people that because the Valar could not protect them, the Noldor must follow him to Middle-earth and fight the Dark Lord. Fëanor then swore the terrible [[Oath of Fëanor]] which all seven of his sons also proclaimed, vowing to fight anyone and everyone—whether Elf, Man, Maia, or Vala—who withheld the Silmarils, and invoking even [[Ilúvatar]] as a witness. This Oath led to much conflict and later caused great tragedy among his seven sons.<br /> <br /> Seeking a way to get to [[Middle-earth]], he went to the shores of Aman, where the seafaring [[Teleri]] lived, and demanded the use of their ships. When the Teleri refused to give or lend their vessels, Fëanor ordered the Noldor to take the ships by force. The Teleri resisted, and a battle broke out, in which many of the Teleri were slain, for they were armed with mere hunting bows, against the fully armed Noldor. Three times the Teleri were able to push back Fëanor until Fingon, leading the host of Fingolfin his father, joined the battle thus overwhelming the Teleri.<br /> <br /> Due to this act, the Valar proclaimed the [[Doom of the Noldor]], in which they prophesied failure for all those who followed the House of Fëanor. Fëanor resolved to go on, and added a further prophetic statement that their deeds would live on in song until the ending of the world. However, those who repented came back with [[Finarfin]], [[Finwë]]'s third son. They were accepted by the Valar, and Finarfin ruled as King of the remaining Noldor in [[Valinor]].<ref name="Flight"/><br /> <br /> ==== Exile to Middle-earth and death ====<br /> [[File:NOLANOS - La Quema de las Naves.jpg|thumb|''La Quema de las Naves'' by [[:Category:Images by NOLANOS|NOLANOS]]]]<br /> As the year {{YT|1496|n}} wore on Fëanor led the Noldor northward. By {{YT|1497|n}}, the host had reached the [[Helkaraxë]] and halted.<ref>{{MR|P2m}}</ref> There were not enough ships to carry all of the Noldor across the sea, so Fëanor and his sons seized the ships and departed. Upon arriving at [[Losgar]], the outlet of the Firth of Drengist in the land of [[Lammoth]], in the far west of [[Beleriand]], where Morgoth and Ungoliant had passed not long before, Fëanor decided to burn the ships and leave the followers of Fingolfin behind.<ref name="Flight"/> The earth being flat in those days, the remaining Noldor saw the flames, and perceived that if they were to reach Middle-earth, they had no choice but to cross the Helcaraxë. This they did under the leadership of Fingolfin, and suffered heavy losses along the way, which greatly added to the animosity they had for the [[House of Fëanor]].<ref name="Flight"/><br /> [[File:Jenny Dolfen - Death of Feanor.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''Death of Feanor'' by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]<br /> Learning of the Noldor's arrival, Morgoth summoned his armies from his fortress of [[Angband]] and attacked Fëanor's encampment in [[Mithrim]]. This battle was called the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] ("Battle-under-Stars"), for the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]] had not yet been made. The Noldor managed to win the battle and disperse Morgoth's armies. Fëanor, still in a great rage, pressed on toward Angband with his sons. He came upon the confines of Dor Daedeloth, but was ambushed by a force of [[Balrogs]], with few elves about him. He fought mightily, hewing his foes, even after receiving several wounds, but was bested by [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]], lord of Balrogs. <br /> <br /> His sons came upon the balrogs with a great force of elves, and were able to drive them off. However, as Fëanor was being carried off the battlefield, he knew his wounds were fatal. He was brought to the slopes of the [[Ered Wethrin]] where he saw from afar the peaks of [[Thangorodrim]]. He cursed Morgoth thrice, but with the eyes of death, he knew that the elves, unaided, would never throw down the dark towers. At the moment of his death the passing of his fiery spirit reduced his body to ashes. He was the only person to die this way, for no death like his was ever seen or heard.<ref name="S|Return">{{S|Return}}</ref><br /> <br /> His sons were still bound by the Oath to recover the Silmarils, which would determine many of the events of Middle-earth during the First Age.<br /> <br /> Fëanor's spirit remained in the [[Halls of Mandos]] and would never be reincarnated in [[Arda]].<ref name="S|Return">{{S|Return}}</ref> It is said that he will return for [[Dagor Dagorath]], and will finally reclaim his beloved Silmarils and break them so [[Yavanna]] can use their light to restore the Two Trees.<ref name=Last>{{WJ|Last}}, p. 247</ref><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> {{Pronounce|Feanor.mp3|Ardamir}}<br /> ''Fëanor'' is an unusual combination of [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]]: ''[[fëa]]'' ("spirit, soul") + ''[[naur]]'' ("fire").<ref name=Nar>{{S|Appendix}}, entries ''[[fëa]]'', ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]''</ref> The name is actually a half [[Sindarized]] version of his Quenya mother-name ''Fëanáro''; the proper [[Sindarin]] form should have been '''''Faenor'''''.<ref name="Shibboleth"/><br /> <br /> The name has changed since early versions of the [[legendarium]], so in the very first concepts, ''Fëanor'' is given as the [[Qenya]] cognate of [[Gnomish]] ''Fionor'' ("Goblet Smith").<ref>{{LT1|Appendix}}, entry ''Fionwë-Úrion''</ref> However, [[Tolkien]] used ''Fëanor'' in the narrative of the [[Lost Tales]].<ref>{{LT1|Index}}, entry "Fëanor"</ref> In the [[Noldorin]] phase, ''Fëanor'' is the original name while ''Fëanáro'' is the Qenya cognate. Both meant "Radiant Sun", from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''Phayanâro''.<ref name=Etymologies>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "NAR<sup>1</sup>", "PHAY"</ref><br /> <br /> == Other names ==<br /> When Fëanor was born, he was first called '''''Minyon''''' ("First-begotten").<ref>{{MR|P2h}}, p. 87, note 3</ref> His [[father-name]] was at first the same as his father: ''Finwë'',<ref name="Shibboleth" /> or simply '''''Finwion''''' ("Son of Finwë").<ref>{{MR|P3II3a}}, p. 217</ref> But when he showed his abilities it was enlarged to '''''[[Curufinwë]]''''',<ref name="Shibboleth"/> by adding ''[[curu]]'' ("skill").<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''[[curu]]''</ref><br /> <br /> His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Fëanáro''''', which translates as "Spirit of Fire",<ref name="Shibboleth">{{PM|Finwe}}</ref> being formed by adding ''[[fëa]]'' ("spirit") and ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' ("flame").<ref name=Nar></ref> Fëanor called himself ''"Son of the Þerindë"''<ref>{{PM|Case}}</ref> after the shifting of “Þ" to "s". After he creation of the Silmarils, he called himself ''"the lord of the lights"''.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Concerning ... 'The Hoard']], Last paragraph</ref><br /> <br /> == Genealogy ==<br /> [[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Feanor Heraldic Device.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Fëanor's device by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]]]<br /> <div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br /> {{familytree/start}}<br /> {{familytree | MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree | |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br /> {{familytree | NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD=[[Nerdanel]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA='''FËANOR'''<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree | |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br /> {{familytree | MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br /> {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB=[[Celebrimbor]]<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br /> {{familytree/end}}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> == Other versions of the legendarium ==<br /> === Early legendarium ===<br /> {{stub}}<br /> ==== Story of Wéland/Fëanor ====<br /> There exists a compilation of texts called the ''[[Early Runic Documents]]'', contemporary with ''The Book of Lost Tales'', one of which identifies Fëanor with the legendary Germanic smith called [[wikipedia:Wayland the Smith|Wayland]]. That story is placed during the wars of the Elves with [[Melko]].<br /> <br /> In that text, Fëanor was captured by a man called [[Niðad]]<ref group=note>In the text as originally written, ''Niðad'' was a replacement for ''Melko'', and the ''Niaroth'' for ''Orcs''.</ref>, King of the [[Niaroth]]. However, Fëanor killed Niðad's sons<ref group=note>In the original text, Fëanor killed Melko's "captain of orcs", instead of Niðad's sons.</ref> and managed to escape by crafting artificial wings for himself; he also made love to the king's daughter [[Beaduhilde]] and fled with her, but ultimately lost her in the woods.<br /> <br /> Eventually Beaduhilde (who was now pregnant) forgave Fëanor, and in spite of her father's wrath at her pregnancy, she still managed to obtain Niðad's blessing upon her son.<ref>{{PE|15}}, "[[Early Runic Documents]]", ''ER1f: Sixth and seventh pages'', p. 97</ref><br /> For more information, see [[Fëanor#Inspiration|Inspiration]].<br /> <br /> {{references|notes}}<br /> {{seq-start}}<br /> {{seq-head<br /> | race=noldor<br /> | house=[[House of Finwë]]<br /> | born={{YT|1169}}<br /> | died={{YT|1497}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Seq<br /> | prev=[[Finwë]]<br /> | list=2nd [[King of the Noldor]]<br /> | dates={{YT|1495}} - {{YT|1497|n}}<br /> | next=[[Finarfin]] (in [[Aman]])<br/>[[Maedhros]] (in [[Middle-earth]])<br /> }}<br /> {{seq-end}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Feanor}}<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br /> [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br /> [[Category:First Age characters]]<br /> [[Category:House of Fëanor| ]]<br /> [[Category:House of Finwë]]<br /> [[Category:Noldorin names]]<br /> [[Category:Qenya names]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Aman]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br /> [[Category:Sindarin names]]<br /> [[de:Feanor]]<br /> [[fi:Fëanor]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/feanor]]</div>

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