Indis a Vanyarin Elf-maiden of Valinor and second wife of Finwë, King of the Ñoldor.
She was the niece of Ingwë, King of the Vanyar and High King of the Elves, for her mother was his sister.[2] Indis was known for her great beauty and was thus referred to as Indis the Fair.[1]
Biography[]
In YT 1185,[3] Indis married Finwë, High King of the Ñoldor, and was his second wife after the death of Míriel Serindë. She bore two sons, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and two daughters, Findis and Irimë. Through Finwë's first marriage, she was the stepmother to Fëanor, his first and only son to Míriel.[4]
Unfortunately, Fëanor harbored very little love for her or her sons which probably contributed to his mistrust of Fingolfin when Melkor began spreading his poisonous lies amongst the Ñoldor.[5]
After the death of Finwë and the rebellion of the Ñoldor, Indis and her eldest daughter Findis returned to their people of the Vanyar and dwelt there until Manwë restored Finwë to life. Their second daughter Irimë, however, went into exile with her brother Fingolfin.[6]
Descendants[]
Through her elder son Fingolfin, Indis was the grandmother of Turgon, his second son; and thus she was the great-great-great grandmother of Elrond and Elros, and from Elros descended the Kings of the Dúnedain.
Through her younger son Finarfin, Indis was the grandmother of his only daughter the great Lady Galadriel of Lothlórien, thus adjoining Indis to Galadriel's daughter Celebrian as her great grandmother and once more to Celebrian's children, Elladan, Elrohir, and Arwen Undómiel, as their great-great grandmother. Also, in being connected to Arwen in this way, Indis was distantly related to the Kings of Gondor, as Arwen married King Elessar of Gondor, and produced the heir to the throne, Eldarion.
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(*Father of Celebrimbor)
(**Father of Orodreth)
Other versions in the legendarium[]
In earlier texts, she was the sister of Ingwë[2] and referred in The Silmarillion as his close relative.
In other versions, Indis bore five fair children to Finwë: two sons and three daughters (Findis, Faniel, and Finvain).[7]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዒንዲስ |
| Arabic | ىنديس |
| Armenian | Ինդիս |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Індзіс |
| Bengali | ইন্ডিজ |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Индис |
| Chinese | 茵迪絲 |
| Danish | Indis (dronning af Vanjar-elverne) |
| Georgian | ინდისი |
| Greek | Ίντις |
| Gujarati | ઈન્ડિસ |
| Hebrew | אינדיס |
| Hindi | इंडिस |
| Japanese | インディス |
| Kannada | ಇಂಡಿಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Ындіс (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin) |
| Korean | 인디스 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Индис |
| Laotian | ິນດິຊ |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Индис |
| Marathi | इंडिस |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Индис |
| Nepalese | इंदिस |
| Pashto | انډیس |
| Persian | ایندیس |
| Russian | Индис |
| Sanskrit | ईन्दिस् |
| Serbian | Индис (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඉන්ඩිස් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Индис |
| Tamil | இண்டீஸ் |
| Telugu | ఇండీస్ |
| Thai | อินดิส |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Індіс |
| Urdu | اندیس |
| Uzbek | Индис (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin) |
| Yiddish | ינדיס |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VI: "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion, The Second Phase, II: "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"