Finduilas was a Ñoldor Elf princess of the First Age, daughter of Orodreth, ruler of the hidden realm of Nargothrond, niece of Galadriel and sister of Gil-galad.
Biography[]
Finduilas in Nargothrond, by Melkoron
Finduilas was the daughter of Orodreth and his unnamed wife, a lady of the Northern Sindar.[3] Her date of birth and birthplace are unknown.[note 1] She was betrothed to Gwindor, who named her Faelivrin.[4][5]
In 472 of the First Age [2], Gwindor was captured during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad by Morgoth, and when he returned in FA 490 he came with a companion who called himself Agarwaen son of Umarth (the Bloodstained, son of Ill-Fate). Unbeknownst to Finduilas, this was actually Túrin, son of Húrin. Despite her old feelings for Gwindor, Finduilas fell in love with Túrin, but Túrin refused her in respect for his friend. Gwindor realized this, and revealed Túrin's name to Finduilas and tried to let Túrin fall in love with Finduilas, since he realized Finduilas loved Túrin instead of him.[4][5]
After the failure of the Battle of Tumhalad, Glaurung and an army of Orcs sacked Nargothrond. Gwindor was slain and when Túrin returned to Nargothrond he was caught in a trance by the dragon who spoke to him of his kin in Hithlum, rendering him deaf to the cries of Finduilas as a party of Orcs dragged her past him as a captive intended for Angband.[6]
Glaurung's deceit caused Túrin to abandon Finduilas and instead go to Hithlum in search of his kin. By the time he finally went to search for Finduilas she was dead, for she had been killed when the Orcs guarding her were waylaid by the Haladin of Brethil at the Crossings of Taeglin. Before their defeat the Orcs had killed all their captives, nailing Finduilas to a tree with a spear. The people of Haladin buried her in a mound they called Haudh-en-Elleth, Mound of the Elf-maiden.[4][7][8]
Etymology[]
The name Finduilas comes from the Sindarin elements fin ("hair"), a common prefix in the House of Finwë [9], duil, which may have come from the ethuil ("spring"), and las ("leaf").
Her epessë Faelivrin means "Gleam of the Sun on the Pools of Ivrin" from the Sindarin fael ("gleam, brilliance").
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Being the child of Orodreth, Finduilas had both the blood of the Ñoldor and the Falmari, the Teleri of Aman, and belonged to both the House of Finarfin and the House of Olwë.
Other versions of the legendarium[]
In The Silmarillion, her father Orodreth was the son of Finarfin, thus making Finduilas Finarfin's granddaughter, instead of his great-granddaughter in later writings. In Tolkien's final decision for their family tree, Gil-galad was made Orodreth's son and Finduilas's brother.[3]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ፊንዱኢላስ |
| Armenian | Ֆինդուիլաս |
| Arabic | فيندويلاس |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Фіндуілас |
| Bengali | ফিন্দাইলাস |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Финдуилас |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 芬朵拉絲 |
| Greek | Φιντούιλας |
| Gujarati | ફાઇન્ડ્યુલાસ |
| Hebrew | פינדוילס |
| Hindi | फ़िन्दुइलस |
| Japanese | フィンドゥイラス |
| Kazakh | Фіндұілас (Cyrillic) Finduilas (Latin) |
| Konkani | फिंडुइलास |
| Korean | 핀두일라스 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Финдуилас |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Финдуилас |
| Malayalam | ഫൈൻഡുയിലാസ് |
| Marathi | फाइंडुयलस |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Финдуилас |
| Nepalese | फ़िन्दुइलस |
| Pashto | فیندویلاس |
| Persian | فیندویلاس |
| Punjabi | ਫੰਡੂਲਾਸ |
| Russian | Финдуилас |
| Serbian | Финдуилас (Cyrillic) Finduilas (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ෆිඳුඉලස් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Финдуилас |
| Tamil | பின்துகிலாஸ் |
| Telugu | ఫైండ్యులాస్ |
| Thai | ฟินดุยลัส |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Фіндуілас |
| Urdu | فیندویلاس |
| Uzbek | Финдуилас (Cyrillic) Finduilas (Latin) |
| Yiddish | פֿינדוילאַס |
References[]
- ↑ The Nature of Middle-earth, I: "Time and Ageing: Ageing of Elves", X: "Difficulties in Chronology" (p. 72)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part One: The Grey Annals
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", The parentage of Gil-galad
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, Chapter X: "Túrin in Nargothrond"
- ↑ The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, Chapter XI: "The Fall of Nargothrond"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Chîn Húrin" (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)
- ↑ The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, Chapter XIII: "The Coming of Túrin into Brethil"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ It is possible that she lived with her father in Minas Tirith around FA 60 and later fled with him to Nargothrond.
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