| This article is about the mother of Tuor. For the daughter of Steward Barahir, see Rían of Gondor. |
- "What have we done? Now all hearts of the dwarves and of the Elves will be silent to us"
- —Rían's lament in the "Túrin Wrapper"
Rían was an Edain woman of the House of Bëor; the wife of Huor and mother of Tuor.
Biography[]
Rían was the daughter of Belegund and the cousin of Morwen and was born around 450 of the First Age in probably in Ladros, Dorthonion. Rían was a gentle hearted woman and was a lover of nature, especially trees and flowers, and loved neither hunting nor war. She was also a singer and composed songs. She was only a young child during the Dagor Bragollach in FA 455, when Belegund became a companion of Barahir. Then, she was led to safety with the other women and children with Emeldir, the mother of Beren to Dor-lómin where the House of Hador dwelt. Rían's father died in FA 461.[2]
Around FA 470, when Rían was twenty, she wedded Huor of the House of Marach, whose brother Húrin was married to Rían's cousin Morwen. They were married only two months for Huor joined the armies of the Edain in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad and was slain in combat with a poison arrow. Soon after that, Rían gave birth to a son, Tuor, and during the winter month, Rían lamented to her infant son that the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the deeds of Men there would cause them to be shunned by both Elves and Dwarves.[3] She them entrusted Tuor to Annael of the Sindar living in the hills Mithrim for fosterage.[4][5] Afterwards, she went to the Haudh-en-Nirnaeth sometime later in FA 473 and fell into grief and despair upon seeing the horror of the losses of the battle where her husband was killed, and then laid herself on the mound and died. She was only twenty-three years old.[5][6][7][8]
Etymology[]
Rían was a Sindarin name,[9] thought to have meant "crowned gift", originating from the words rî, meaning "crown", and ann, meaning "gift". The ending -an could also have come anna, meaning "give" in Sindarin.[citation needed]
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Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሪኣን |
| Arabic | ريان |
| Armenian | Րիան |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Ріан |
| Bengali | ড়িঅন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Риан |
| Georgian | რიან |
| Greek | Ριαν |
| Gujarati | રિઅન |
| Hebrew | ריאנ |
| Hindi | रिअन |
| Japanese | リーアン |
| Kazakh | Ріан (Cyrillic) Rian (Latin) |
| Korea | 리안 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Риан |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Риан |
| Marathi | रिअन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Риан |
| Nepalese | ड़िअन |
| Pashto | ریان |
| Persian | ریان |
| Polish | Riana |
| Russian | Риан |
| Sanskrit | रिअन् |
| Serbian | Риан (Cyrillic) Rian (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | රිඅන් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Риан |
| Tamil | றிஅந் |
| Telugu | రియాన్ |
| Thai | รีอัน |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ріан |
| Urdu | ریان |
| Uzbek | Риан (Cyrillic) Rian (Latin) |
| Yiddish | שפּור ? |
References[]
- ↑ http://www.annalsofarda.dk/annals-of-arda/Humans-index-tables/Humans/Rian.htm
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 50, "The Túrin Wrapper"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Chîn Húrin" (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part One: The First Age, I: "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, I: "The Childhood of Túrin"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth