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Lúthien, also known as Tinúviel, was an Elf maiden of Doriath, the wife of Beren Erchamion, and the most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar to ever live. Her love of the mortal Edain Beren, for which she was prepared to risk everything, including her life, was legendary and lamented forever in song and story. She and Beren braved Morgoth's horrors, eventually winning the Silmaril and the respect of Thingol. Though their actions later resulted in both their deaths, their deeds won them the pity of Mandos and a second life in Middle-earth. ^[2] Her romance with Beren was one of the great stories of the Elder Days that were told for many ages after she lived.

Biography

Early years

And thus in anguish Beren paid
for that great doom upon him laid,
the deathless love of Lúthien,
too fair for love of mortal Men;
and in his doom was Lúthien snared,
the deathless in his dying shared;
and Fate them forged a binding chain
of living love and mortal pain.
— The Lays of Beleriand, "The Doom of Lúthien"

Lúthien was the daughter of Elu Thingol, King of Doriath, and his Queen, Melian the Maia.^{[note 1]} Throughout the years before she met Beren, she lived as all the Elves of Doriath did: in a state of perfect blissful peace. She was a woman of incomparable beauty and grace, with night-dark hair, sparkling grey eyes, luminous skin, and a clear heartbreakingly lovely voice that was said to cause winter to melt into spring - "the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed". She also often enjoyed dancing in the woods of the realm to the music of her good friend Daeron's flute. He himself soon came to love her jealously, but she did not return it.

The Quest for the Silmaril

Luthien dancing — Beren fell in love when he saw Lúthien dance

Lúthien was remembered in the Lay of Leithian as the first Elven woman to have fallen in love and married a mortal man, Beren, a Man of the House of Bëor whom she met in the woods of Doriath. Their relationship was unlikely from the beginning: Lúthien was not only the cherished single daughter of the most powerful Elven King in Beleriand, but also the daughter of a Maia, a powerful angelic being of the race of the Ainur. Beren was a mortal man on the run from the first Dark Lord Morgoth.

File:Mortal life immortal love by GustavoMalek.jpg

Beren lies dying in Lúthien's arms, by Gustavo Malek

Thingol was desperate not to let Beren marry his daughter, and set an impossible task as the bride price: Beren had to bring to Thingol one of the Silmarils from Morgoth's iron crown. Against monstrous odds, being kidnapped by the Sons of Fëanor and the death of Finrod Felagund, as well as a confrontation with Sauron, the couple achieved the task with help from Huan, the Hound of Valinor, but Beren died as soon as it was completed. In grief, Lúthien lay down and died, passing to the Halls of Mandos. There, in her grief, she sang to Mandos. Her song was of such beauty that Mandos, for the first and only time in his existence, was moved to pity. But Mandos had no authority to allow Beren to live again, so he went before Manwë for advice, who in turn sought out the counsel of Eru Ilúvatar himself. Two choices were then placed before Lúthien; she could either dwell in Valimar with the Valar in bliss forever as reward for all that she had accomplished, or she could be restored to life again with Beren, on the condition that they would both be mortal and die the death of Men. For her love of Beren, Luthien chose the latter.^[2]

Later years

22267ec0fa458a84c5c067970a2ab328 — Lúthien sings before Mandos

After this, she became a mortal and returned to Middle-earth with Beren, and lived briefly in Tol Galen. They had a son, Dior, who was called Elúchil, the Heir of Thingol.^[3]

After the sack of Menegroth, Beren returned there and ambushed the dwarves and took Nauglamir back to Luthien. Her beauty combined with the splendor of the gem and necklace to make her home of Tol Galen the fairest land ever to have existed east of Valinor. On her death the Nauglamír was delivered to her son Dior, which led to the ruin of Doriath.^[4]

Legacy

The union of Beren and Lúthien was the first between a mortal Man and an Elven maid. Their lineage passed down to the royal House of Elros of the Kingdom of Númenor, and then on to the Dúnedain, men living in exile in Middle-earth, and on to the Kings of the Reunited Kingdom and beyond. Lúthien's romance with Beren is one of the great stories of the Elder Days, and is mirrored by the later romance between Aragorn and Arwen Evenstar. According to legend, her line would never be broken as long as the world lasted.^[2]

Etymology

The name Lúthien means "Daughter of Flowers", from the Sindarin luth ("flower").^[5] In Doriathrin, Luthien and Noldorin Lhūthien means "enchantress", which is derived from luktiēnē ("enchantress").^[6] Lúthien may have been derived from the Old English word Lufien, which means "love".

Tinúviel means "Nightingale", from the Quendian tindōmiselde ^{[note 2]}. In Sindarin, it means "Daughter of Twilight", from tinnu ("dusk, twilight") and the feminine suffix -ien ("daughter").^[6]

Background

Lúthien is supposed to have been based on Edith Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien's wife. The first tale she appeared in, The Tale of Tinúviel, was in part inspired by Edith and John Ronald's forest walks, in 1917, in Roos, England - as Beren first saw and fell in love with Lúthien in the woods.^[7]

Edith Tolkien was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery (North Oxford), and this writing in on her plaque:

EDITH MARY TOLKIEN - LUTHIEN 1889–1971

The name of Beren appears on J.R.R. Tolkien's plaque:

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN - BEREN 1892 – 1973

Earlier versions

In various versions of The Tale of Tinúviel, Tolkien's earliest form of Lúthien's tale later published in The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Lúthien's name is Tinúviel, Beren is an Elf, and the character Sauron has not yet emerged. In his place, they face Tevildo, the Prince of Cats, a monstrous giant cat.

Line of the Half-elves

Finwë

Indis

Fingolfin

Anairë

Galdor

Thingol

Melian

Elenwë

Turgon

Huor

Rían

Beren

Lúthien

Idril

Tuor

Dior

Nimloth

Eärendil

Elwing

Eluréd and Elurín

Elros

Elrond

Celebrían

Kings of Númenor

Lords of Andúnië

Elendil

Isildur

Anárion

Kings of Arnor

Kings of Gondor

Chieftains of
the Dúnedain

Aragorn II Elessar

Arwen

Elladan

Elrohir

Eldarion

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The marriages between Elves and Men are in bold.
The Half-elves or the Peredhil are in italic.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ሉጢአን
Arabic	لوثيين
Armenian	Լուտհիեն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Лутhіен
Bengali	লুথিয়েন
Bulgarian	Лутиен / Лутиен Тинувиел (Cyrillic) Lúthien / Lúthien Tinuviel (Latin)
Burmese	ဠုထိဧန္
Chinese (Hong Kong)	露西安 (Lúthien) 露西安·緹努維兒 (Lúthien Tinuviel)
Georgian	ლუთენი
Greek	Λούθιεν
Hebrew	לותיין (Lúthien) לותיין טינוביאל (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Hindi	ळुथिएन
Japanese	ルーシエン (Lúthien) ルーシエン・ティヌーヴィエル (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Kannada	ಲೂಥಿಯನ್
Kazakh	Лұтһіен (Cyrillic) Luthien (Latin)
Korean	루시엔 (Lúthien) 루시엔 티누비엘 (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Лутhиэн
Macedonian Cyrillic	Лутиен
Marathi	लुथेन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Лутhиэн
Pashto	لُثِېن ?
Persian	لوثین (Lúthien) لوثین تینوویل (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Punjabi	ਲੁਥੀਅਨ
Russian	Лутиэн (Lúthien) Лутиэн Тинувиэль (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Serbian	Лутиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latin)
Sinhalese	ළුථිඑන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Лутҳиен
Tamil	லுத்ஹிஎந்
Telugu	లుథియన్
Thai	ลูธิเอน (Lúthien) ลูธิเอน ทินูเวียล (Lúthien Tinúviel)
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Лутгіен
Urdu	لوتهیےن ?
Uzbek	Лутҳиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latin)
Yiddish	לוטהיען ?

References

↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman, "Commentary on the fourth section of the Annals of Aman"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "luthien" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "luthien" defined multiple times with different content
↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
↑ Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
↑ John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, Part Three, ch. 12, pg. 240

Notes

↑ Technically, this makes Lúthien Half-elven, but she is counted among the Elves; the term "Half-elven" was reserved for those with human ancestry.
↑ Tin means "daughter", and eventually "child".

[1] The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman, "Commentary on the fourth section of the Annals of Aman"

[luthien-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "luthien" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "luthien" defined multiple times with different content

[4] The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"

[5] The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"

[6] Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

[etymology-7] 6.0 ^6.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"

[9] John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, Part Three, ch. 12, pg. 240

[3] Technically, this makes Lúthien Half-elven, but she is counted among the Elves; the term "Half-elven" was reserved for those with human ancestry.

[8] Tin means "daughter", and eventually "child".

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+'''Lúthien''', also known as''' Tinúviel''', was an [[Elf Maiden|Elf maiden]] of [[Doriath]], the wife of [[Beren Erchamion]], and the most beautiful of all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] to ever live. Her love of the mortal [[Edain]] [[Beren]], for which she was prepared to risk everything, including her life, was legendary and lamented forever in song and story. She and Beren braved [[Morgoth]]'s horrors, eventually winning the [[Silmaril]] and the respect of [[Thingol]]. Though their actions later resulted in both their deaths, their deeds won them the pity of [[Mandos]] and a second life in [[Middle-earth]]. <ref name="luthien">''[[The Silmarillion]]'','' [[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', Chapter XIX: "[[Of Beren and Lúthien]]"</ref> Her romance with Beren was one of the great stories of the [[Elder Days]] that were told for many ages after she lived.
+== Biography ==
-'''Lúthien,''' also known as ''' Tinúviel''', was an [[Elf Maiden]] of [[Doriath]], the wife of [[Beren Erchamion]], and the most beautiful of all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] that has ever lived. Her love of the mortal Beren, for which she was prepared to risk everything, even death itself, was legendary and lamented forever in song and story. She and Beren braved [[Morgoth]]'s horrors, eventually winning the [[Silmaril]] and the respect of [[Thingol]]. Though their actions later resulted in both their deaths, their deeds won them the pity of [[Mandos]] and a second life in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="luthien">''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Quenta Silmarillion]],'' Chapter XIX: "[[Of Beren and Lúthien]]"</ref>
+=== Early years ===
-==Biography==
-===Early years===
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 And thus in anguish Beren paid
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 — The Lays of Beleriand, "The Doom of Lúthien"
 </poem>
+Lúthien was the daughter of [[Elu Thingol]], [[King of Doriath]], and his [[Queen]], [[Melian]] the [[Maia]].<ref group="note">Technically, this makes Lúthien [[Half-elven]], but she is counted among the Elves; the term "Half-elven" was reserved for those with human ancestry.</ref> Throughout the years before she met Beren, she lived as all the Elves of Doriath did: in a state of perfect blissful peace. She was a woman of incomparable beauty and grace, with night-dark hair, sparkling grey eyes, luminous skin, and a clear heartbreakingly lovely voice that was said to cause winter to melt into spring - ''"the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed". ''She also often enjoyed dancing in the woods of the realm to the music of her good friend [[Daeron]]'s flute. He himself soon came to love her jealously, but she did not return it.
+=== The Quest for the Silmaril ===
-Lúthien was the daughter of [[Elu Thingol]], [[King of Doriath]], and his [[Queen]], [[Melian]] the [[Maia]].<ref group="note">Technically, this makes Lúthien [[Half-elven]], but she is counted among the Elves; the term "Half-elven" was reserved for those with human descent</ref> Throughout the years before she met Beren, she lived as all the Elves of Doriath did: in a state of perfect blissful peace. She was a woman of incomparable beauty and grace, with night-dark hair, sparkling grey eyes, luminous skin, and a clear heartbreakingly lovely voice that was said to cause winter to melt into spring - ''"the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed". ''She also often enjoyed dancing in the woods of the realm to the music of her good friend [[Daeron]]'s flute. He himself soon came to love her jealously, but she did not return it.
+[[File:Luthien dancing.jpg|left|thumb|346x346px|Beren fell in love when he saw Lúthien dance]]
-===The Quest for the Silmaril===
 Lúthien was remembered in the ''[[The Lay of Leithian|Lay of Leithian]]'' as the first Elven woman to have fallen in love and married a mortal man, Beren, a [[Man]] of the [[House of Bëor]] whom she met in the woods of Doriath. Their relationship was unlikely from the beginning: Lúthien was not only the cherished single daughter of the most powerful Elven King in [[Beleriand]], but also the daughter of a Maia, a powerful angelic being of the race of the [[Ainur]]. Beren was a mortal man on the run from the first [[Dark Lord]] [[Morgoth]].
-[[File:Mortal_life_immortal_love_by_GustavoMalek.jpg|thumb|250px|Beren lies dying in Lúthien's arms, by Gustavo Malek.]]
+[[File:Mortal_life_immortal_love_by_GustavoMalek.jpg|thumb|250px|Beren lies dying in Lúthien's arms, by Gustavo Malek]]
 Thingol was desperate not to let Beren marry his daughter, and set an impossible task as the [[wikipedia:Bride price|bride price]]: Beren had to bring to Thingol one of the [[Silmarils]] from Morgoth's iron crown. Against monstrous odds, being kidnapped by the [[Sons of Fëanor]] and the death of [[Finrod Felagund]], as well as a confrontation with [[Sauron]], the couple achieved the task with help from [[Huan]], the Hound of Valinor, but Beren died as soon as it was completed. In grief, Lúthien lay down and died, passing to the [[Halls of Mandos]]. There, in her grief, she sang to Mandos. Her song was of such beauty that Mandos, for the first and only time in his existence, was moved to pity. But Mandos had no authority to allow Beren to live again, so he went before Manwë for advice, who in turn sought out the counsel of [[Eru Ilúvatar]] himself. Two choices were then placed before Lúthien; she could either dwell in Valimar with the Valar in bliss forever as reward for all that she had accomplished, or she could be restored to life again with Beren, on the condition that they would both be mortal and die the death of Men. For her love of Beren, Luthien chose the latter.<ref name="luthien">''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Quenta Silmarillion]],'' Chapter XIX: "[[Of Beren and Lúthien]]"</ref>
-===Later years===
+=== Later years ===
-[[File:And Luthien sang to Mandos v 2 by GustavoMalek.jpg|thumb|200px|Lúthien sings to Mandos in his Halls, by Gustavo Malek]]
+[[File:22267ec0fa458a84c5c067970a2ab328.jpg|thumb|413x413px|Lúthien sings before Mandos]]
+After this, she became a mortal and returned to Middle-earth with Beren, and lived briefly in [[Tol Galen]]. They had a son, [[Dior]], who was called Elúchil, the Heir of Thingol.<ref>''The Silmarillion'','' Quenta Silmarillion'', Chapter XX: "[[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]"</ref>
-After this, she became a mortal and returned to Middle-earth with Beren, and lived briefly in [[Tol Galen]]. They had a son, [[Dior]], who was called Elúchil, the Heir of Thingol.<ref>''The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion'', Chapter XX: "[[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]"</ref>
+After the sack of [[Menegroth]], Beren returned there and ambushed the dwarves and took [[Nauglamir]] back to Luthien. Her beauty combined with the splendor of the gem and necklace to make her home of [[Tol Galen]] the fairest land ever to have existed east of Valinor. On her death the Nauglamír was delivered to her son Dior, which led to the ruin of Doriath.<ref>''The Silmarillion'','' Quenta Silmarillion'', Chapter XXII: "[[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]"</ref>
+=== Legacy ===
-After the sack [[Menegroth]], Beren returned there and ambushed the dwarves and took [[Nauglamir]] back to Luthien. Her beauty combined with the splendor of the gem and necklace to make her home of [[Tol Galen]] the fairest land ever to have existed east of Valinor. On her death the Nauglamír was delivered to her son Dior, which led to the ruin of Doriath.<ref>''The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion'', Chapter XXII: "[[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]"</ref>
+The union of Beren and Lúthien was the first between a mortal Man and an Elven maid. Their lineage passed down to the royal House of Elros of the [[Númenor |Kingdom of Númenor]], and then on to the [[Dúnedain]], men living in exile in Middle-earth, and on to the [[Kings of the Reunited Kingdom]] and beyond. Lúthien's romance with [[Beren]] is one of the great stories of the [[Elder Days]], and is mirrored by the later romance between [[Aragorn]] and [[Arwen Evenstar]]. According to legend, her line would never be broken as long as the world lasted.<ref name="luthien">''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Quenta Silmarillion]],'' Chapter XIX: "[[Of Beren and Lúthien]]"</ref>
-===Legacy===
+== Etymology ==
-The union of Beren and Lúthien was the first between a mortal Man and an Elven maid. Their lineage passed down to the royal House of Elros of the [[Númenor|Kingdom of Númenor]], and then on to the [[Dúnedain]], men living in exile in Middle-earth, and on to the [[Kings of the Reunited Kingdom]] and beyond. Lúthien's romance with [[Beren]] is one of the great stories of the [[Elder Days]], and is mirrored by the later romance between [[Aragorn]] and [[Arwen Evenstar]]. According to legend, her line will never be broken as long as the world lasts.<ref name="luthien">''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Quenta Silmarillion]],'' Chapter XIX: "[[Of Beren and Lúthien]]"</ref>
+The name '''''Lúthien''''' means "Daughter of Flowers", from the [[Sindarin]] ''luth'' ("flower").<ref>''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'', Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in ''The Lord of the Rings'' by J.R.R. Tolkien</ref> In Doriathrin, Luthien and Noldorin ''Lhūthien'' means "enchantress", which is derived from ''luktiēnē'' ("enchantress").<ref name="etymology">''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. V: ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Three: "[[The Etymologies]]"</ref> ''Lúthien'' may have been derived from the [[Old English language|Old English]] word ''Lufien,'' which means "love".
-==Etymology==
+'''Tinúviel''' means "Nightingale", from the Quendian ''tindōmiselde ''<ref group="note">''Tin'' means "daughter", and eventually "child".</ref>. In Sindarin, it means "Daughter of Twilight", from ''tinnu'' ("dusk, twilight") and the feminine suffix ''-ien'' ("daughter").<ref name=etymology/>
-The name '''Lúthien''' means "Daughter of Flowers", from the [[Sindarin]] ''luth'' ("flower").<ref>''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'', Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in ''The Lord of the Rings'' by J.R.R. Tolkien</ref>  In Doriathrin, Luthien and Noldorin ''Lhūthien'' means "enchantress", which is derived from ''luktiēnē'' ("enchantress").<ref name=etymology>''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. 5: ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Three: "The Etymologies"</ref> ''Lúthien'' may have been derived from the [[Old English language|Old English]] word ''Lufien,'' which means "love".
+== Background ==
-'''Tinúviel''' means "Nightingale", from the Quendian ''tindōmiselde''.<ref group="note">''Tin'' means "daughter", and eventually "child".</ref> In Sindarin, it means "Daughter of Twilight", from ''tinnu'' ("dusk, twilight") and the feminine suffix ''-ien'' ("daughter").<ref name=etymology/>
+Lúthien is supposed to have been based on [[Edith Tolkien]], J.R.R. Tolkien's wife. The first tale she appeared in, ''[[The Tale of Tinúviel]]'', was in part inspired by Edith and John Ronald's forest walks, in 1917, in Roos, [[England]] - as Beren first saw and fell in love with Lúthien in the woods.<ref>[[John Garth]], ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'', Part Three, ch. 12, pg. 240</ref>
-==Behind the Scenes==
-Lúthien is supposed to have been based on Edith Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien's wife. Edith Tolkien was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery (North Oxford) and this name appears on her plaque:
+Edith Tolkien was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery (North Oxford), and this writing in on her plaque:
 EDITH MARY TOLKIEN - LUTHIEN 1889–1971
-The name of [[Beren]] also appears on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s plaque:
+The name of Beren appears on J.R.R. Tolkien's plaque:
 JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN - BEREN [[1892]] – [[1973]]
-==Earlier versions==
+== Earlier versions ==
-In the various versions of ''The Tale of Tinúviel'', Tolkien's earliest form of his tale, as published in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]] Parts 1 and 2'', her original name is ''Tinúviel'' (''Lúthien'' was invented later), Beren is an Elf, and Sauron has not yet emerged. In his place, they face ''Tevildo, the Prince of Cats,'' a monstrous giant cat.
+In various versions of ''[[The Tale of Tinúviel]]'', Tolkien's earliest form of Lúthien's tale later published in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'', Lúthien's name is ''Tinúviel'', Beren is an Elf, and the character Sauron has not yet emerged. In his place, they face [[Tevildo]],'' ''the ''Prince of Cats'', a monstrous giant cat.
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+|Armenian
+|Լուտհիեն
+|-
+|Belarusian Cyrillic
+|Лутhіен
+|-
+|Bengali
+|লুথিয়েন
+|-
+|Bulgarian
+|Лутиен / Лутиен Тинувиел (Cyrillic)
+Lúthien / Lúthien Tinuviel (Latin)
 |-
+|Burmese
-|Bulgarian
+|ဠုထိဧန္
-|Лутхиен
 |-
 |Chinese (Hong Kong)
-|露西安
+|露西安 (Lúthien)
+露西安·緹努維兒 (Lúthien Tinuviel)
 |-
 |Georgian
+|ლუთენი
-|ლუთჰიენ
 |-
 |Greek
+|Λούθιεν
-|Λυθιέν ?
 |-
 |Hebrew
+|לותיין (Lúthien)
-|לוטהיען ?
+לותיין טינוביאל (Lúthien Tinúviel)
+|-
+|Hindi
+|ळुथिएन
+|-
+|Japanese
+|ルーシエン (Lúthien)
+ルーシエン・ティヌーヴィエル (Lúthien Tinúviel)
 |-
+|Kannada
-|Japanese
+|ಲೂಥಿಯನ್
-|ルーシエン
 |-
 |Kazakh
-|Лұтһіен
+|Лұтһіен (Cyrillic) Luthien (Latin)
 |-
 |Korean
-|루시엔
+|루시엔 (Lúthien)
+루시엔 티누비엘 (Lúthien Tinúviel)
 |-
+|Kyrgyz Cyrillic
-|Kurdish
+|Лутhиэн
-|لوتهيەن
 |-
-|Macedonian
+|Macedonian Cyrillic
+|Лутиен
-|Лутхиен
+|-
+|Marathi
+|लुथेन
+|-
+|Mongolian Cyrillic
+|Лутhиэн
 |-
 |Pashto
 |لُثِېن ?
 |-
+|Persian
-|Russian
+|لوثین (Lúthien)
-|Лютиен
+لوثین تینوویل (Lúthien Tinúviel)
+|-
+|Punjabi
+|ਲੁਥੀਅਨ
+|-
+|Russian
+|Лутиэн (Lúthien)
+Лутиэн Тинувиэль (Lúthien Tinúviel)
 |-
 |Serbian
-|Лутхиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latinised)
+|Лутиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latin)
 |-
+|Sinhalese
-|Siamese (Thai)
+|ළුථිඑන්
-|ลูธิเอน
 |-
-|Tajik
+|Tajik Cyrillic
 |Лутҳиен
+|-
+|Tamil
+|லுத்ஹிஎந்
+|-
+|Telugu
+|లుథియన్
+|-
+|Thai
+|ลูธิเอน (Lúthien)
+ลูธิเอน ทินูเวียล (Lúthien Tinúviel)
+|-
+|Ukrainian Cyrillic
+|Лутгіен
+|-
+|Urdu
+|لوتهیےن ?
 |-
 |Uzbek
-|Лутҳиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latinised)
+|Лутҳиен (Cyrillic) Lúthien (Latin)
 |-
 |Yiddish
 |לוטהיען ?
 |}
+</div>
+{{Clear}}
-==References==
+== References ==
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-{{References|notes}}
-==External link==
+== Notes ==
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