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| Beleth | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Birth | F.A. 417 |
| Family | |
| House | House of Bëor |
| Parentage | Bregolas |
| Siblings | Baragund and Belegund |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Gallery | Images of Beleth |
Beleth (born F.A. 417) was the eldest child and only daughter of Bregolas.
History
Beleth was two years older than her elder brother Baragund and four years older than her younger brother Belegund. After the Dagor Bragollach, most women and children of the house of Bëor were forced to flee Dorthonion. No tales relate the fate of Beleth; her brothers fell with their uncle Barahir when their band of outlaws was betrayed.[1] Through her father Bregolas, Beleth was the cousin of the renowned Beren the One-handed.
Beleth's remote descendant in the Second Age was Beregar, father of Erendis.[2] Hence, it is assumed that Beleth was married and had descendants from her unknown children.
Genealogy
| Bregor 359 - 448 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bregil b. 386 | Hirwen 389 | Bregolas 393 - 455 | Gilwen b. 397 | Barahir 400 - 460 | Emeldir b. 406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BELETH b. 417 | Baragund 420 - 460 | Belegund 422 - 460 | Beren 432 - 503 | Lúthien Y.T. 1200 - F.A. 503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morwen 441 - 501 | Rían 450 - 472 | Dior 470 - 506 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Núneth Second Age | Beregar Second Age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erendis S.A. 771 - 985 | Tar-Aldarion S.A. 700 - 1098 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tar-Ancalimë S.A. 873 - 1285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
In an early version of the House of Bëor, Beleth was the daughter of Boron and thus aunt to Bregor. In the last revision to the genealogy Beleth was moved down three generations.[2]
Beleth is also known as "Bereth" in a note to "Aldarion and Erendis" in Unfinished Tales,[3] however Christopher Tolkien noted that this was a mistake on his part years later.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) House of Bëor.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Commentary on 'Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)'", "The new genealogies of the Edain, (i) The House of Bëor," p. 232