Eluréd and Elurín were the twin sons of Dior Eluchîl, the Half-elven son of Beren and Lúthien, and Dior's Elven wife, Nimloth.
Biography[]
Eluréd and Elurín were born in the short-lived renewed Kingdom of Doriath under their father Dior. They were named after their great-grandfather Elu Thingol, the King of Doriath. They had a younger sister named Elwing.[2]
The boys lived peacefully with their father and mother in Menegroth until the dreaded Oath of Fëanor descended on Doriath due to Dior's failure to turn over the Silmaril under the threat of war. When the Sons of Fëanor attacked, the twins were seized by the cruel servants of Celegorm and abandoned in the forest to die. However, Maedhros, the eldest of the Sons of Fëanor, bitterly regretted this deed and sought for them in vain in the surrounding forest.[2]
They were never found and were presumed to have perished in the forest. Tradition among the Nandor of Ossiriand held that they were led to the safety of the woodlands by birds and beasts and thereby survived.[2]
Etymology[]
The name Elurín was a Sindarin word that means "Remembrance of Elu", which came from the words Elu, which was another name for Thingol, and ren ("recall, have in mind").[3]
Eluréd has less clear origins. The latter element réd may have come from the Bëorian word rêda ("heir").[3]
House of Thingol[]
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Other versions[]
Eluréd and Elurín were initially called Eldún and Elrún.[3] In other writings, they were given the name Elboron and Elbereth. These names were also the earlier names for the sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir.[4]
Initially, the characters Eluréd and Elurín were not twins, and were born in FA 492. They died in FA 506, but their father Dior died six years later, in FA 511. Christopher Tolkien later corrected this mistake.[5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Eluréd en Elurín |
| Albanian | Eluréd dhe Elurín |
| Amharic | ዐሉረድ እና ዐሉሪን |
| Arabic | ىلوريد و ىلورين |
| Armenian | Էլուրեդ եւ Էլուրին |
| Azerbaijani | Eluréd və Elurín |
| Basque | Eluréd eta Elurín |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Елуред і Елурін |
| Bengali | এলুরেদ এবং এলুরিন |
| Bosnian | Eluréd i Elurín |
| Breton | Eluréd ha Elurín |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Елуред и Елурин |
| Catalan | Elured i Elurín |
| Cebuano | Eluréd ug Elurín |
| Chinese | 埃盧瑞及埃盧林 |
| Czech | Eluréd a Elurín |
| Croatian | Eluréd i Elurín |
| Danish | Elúred og Elurín |
| Dutch | Eluréd en Elurín |
| Esperanto | Eluréd kaj Elurín |
| Estonian | Eluréd ja Elurín |
| Faroese | Eluréd og Elurín |
| Fijian | Eluréd kei na Elurín |
| Filipino | Eluréd at Elurín |
| Finnish | Eluréd ja Elurín |
| French | Eluréd et Elurín |
| Frisian | Eluréd en Elurín |
| Galician | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Greek | Ελορεδ και Ελοριν |
| Georgian | ელურედი და ელურინი |
| German | Eluréd und Elurín |
| Gujarati | ઍલુરેદ અને ઍલઉઇન |
| Hebrew | ילוריד ו ילורין |
| Hindi | एलुरेद तथा एलुरिन |
| Hungarian | Eluréd és Elurín |
| Icelandic | Elúred og Elurín |
| Indonesian | Elúred dan Elurín |
| Irish Gaelic | Elúred ná Elurín |
| Italian | Elúred e Elurín |
| Japanese | エルレードとエルリーン |
| Javanese | Eluréd lan Elurín |
| Kannada | ಎಲ್ಯುರೆಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಯುರಿನ್ |
| Kazakh | Елұред пен Елұрін (Cyrillic) Elured pen Elurin (Latin) |
| Korean | 엘루레드 / 엘루린 |
| Kurdish | Eluréd û Elurín (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Элурэд жана Элурин |
| Latin | Eluréd et Elurín |
| Latvian | Eluréd un Elurín |
| Lithuanian | Eluréd ir Elurín |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Елуред и Елурин |
| Malagasy | Eluréd sy Elurín |
| Maltese | Elúred u Elurín |
| Manx | Eluréd as Elurín |
| Maori | Eluréd me Elurín |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Элурэд ба Элурин |
| Navajo | Elúred dóó Elurín |
| Nepalese | एलुरेद र एलुरिन |
| Norwegian | Elúred og Elurín |
| Novial | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Occitan | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Old English | Eluréd ge Elurín |
| Persian | هلورهد و هلورین |
| Polish | Eluréd i Elurín |
| Portuguese | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Punjabi | ਏਲੂਰਡ ਐਂਡ ਏਲੁਰਿਨ |
| Romanian | Eluréd și Elurín |
| Romansh | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Russian | Элуред и Элурин |
| Samoan | Eluréd ma le Elurín |
| Sanskrit | एलुरेद् च एलुरिन् |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eluréd agus Elurín |
| Serbian | Елуред и Елурин (Cyrillic) Elured i Elurin (Latin) |
| Shona | Eluréd naElurín |
| Slovak | Eluréd a Elurín |
| Slovenian | Eluréd in Elurín |
| Somalian | Elúred iyo Elurín |
| Spanish | Elúred y Elurín |
| Swahili | Elúred na Elurín |
| Swedish | Elúred och Elurín |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Елуред ва Елурин |
| Telugu | ఏలూరెడ్ మరియు ఎలురిన |
| Thai | เอลูเรด และ เอลูรีน |
| Turkmen | Elúred we Elurín |
| Turkish | Eluréd ve Elurín |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Елуред і Елурін |
| Urdu | ےلورےد اور ےلورین |
| Uzbek | Елуред ва Элурин (Cyrillic) Elured va Elurin (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Eluréd và Elurín |
| Volapük | Eluréd e Elurín |
| Welsh | Eluréd a Elurín |
| Yiddish | עלוריד און עלור |
| Yoruba | Eluréd ati Elurín |
| Half-elves of Arda | |
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| Line of Lúthien | Arwen • Dior Eluchíl • Elladan and Elrohir • Elrond • Elros • Eluréd and Elurín • Elwing • Eärendil |
| Line of Dol Amroth | Galador • Gilmith |
| House of Elros (supposed) | Vardamir Nólimon • Manwendil • Atanalcar • Tindómiel |
References[]
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, V. The Tale of Years
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XII: "The Problem of Ros"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VIII: The War of the Ring, Part Three: Minas Tirith, chapter 4: "Many Roads Lead Eastward"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two: The Later Quenta Silmarillion, chapter 6: "Of the Coming of Men into the West", (i) The House of Bëor