Aegnor was a Ñoldorin Elf, the third son of Finarfin, elder brother of Galadriel, younger brother of Finrod Felagund and Angrod and lord of the Ñoldor of Dorthonion in the First Age.
Biography[]
Aegnor first meets Andreth, by Szilvia Szarvas
Aegnor was born in Tirion sometime during the Noontide of Valinor.[3] When Fëanor spoke in Tirion, Aegnor was moved by his words as was his brother but neither spoke against their father; however, he and his brothers followed the host of the Ñoldor to Middle-earth.[4] When the Ñoldor returned to Middle-earth, he together with Angrod held the northern slopes of the highlands of Dorthonion against Morgoth throughout the time of the Siege of Angband.[5]
Aegnor never married but he was in love with the Bëorian wise-woman Andreth, and she returned his feelings. They spent much time discussing Men and Elves and their fates in the world, which are fully explained in the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth. However, it was wartime and he did not make his intentions towards her clear enough. He was killed along with his brother soon after when Morgoth broke the Siege at the start of Dagor Bragollach in FA 455.[2]
Aegnor with his love, Andreth, by Marya Filatova
Etymology[]
The name Aegnor is a Sindarin form of his Quenya name Aikanár or Aikanáro, meaning "Sharp Flame" or "Fell Fire", from aeg, meaning 'sharp, pointed, piercing', and nórui, meaning 'sunny or fiery'.[6]
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Other versions of the legendarium[]
In the early versions of Tolkien's legendarium (see The History of Middle-earth), a character named Egnor appears. In some of the earliest stories (see: The Book of Lost Tales), this was the name of the father of Beren (who then was a Ñoldorin elf, not a man as in later writings). It is far from certain if this Egnor was the same character.
Trivia[]
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- The name Aegnor was also assigned to the movie-only character Figwit for the trading card game.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዓአግኖር ? |
| Arabic | إيعنور ? |
| Armenian | Աեգնոր |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Аегнор |
| Bengali | আএগ্নর |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Аегнор |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 艾格諾爾 |
| Danish | Aegnor ("Den skarpe flamme") |
| Georgian | აეგნორ |
| Greek | Αεγνορ |
| Gujarati | આએગ્નોર |
| Hebrew | איגנור |
| Hindi | आएग्नोर |
| Japanese | アイグノール |
| Kannada | ಆಎಗ್ನೊರ್ |
| Kazakh | Аегнор (Cyrillic) Aegnor (Latin) |
| Korean | 아에그노르 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Аэгнор |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Аегнор |
| Marathi | अएग्नोर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Аегнор |
| Nepalese | आएग्नोर |
| Pashto | آېګنور ? |
| Persian | آئگنور |
| Punjabi | ਆਏਗ੍ਨੋਰ |
| Russian | Аэгнор |
| Sanskrit | आएग्नोर् |
| Serbian | Аегнор (Cyrillic) Aegnor (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ආඑඥොර් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Аегнор |
| Tamil | ஆஎக்நொர் |
| Telugu | ఆఎగ్నొర |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Аеґнор |
| Urdu | ایگرار |
| Uzbek | Аегнор (Cyrillic) Aegnor (Latin) |
| Yiddish | אַעגנאָר |
References[]
- ↑ Beren and Lúthien
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names