Depiction of Thuringwethil in human form
Thuringwethil was a female Maia who took the shape of a vampire and served Sauron at Tol-in-Gaurhoth (the former Tol Sirion), and also Morgoth, during the First Age.
Biography
Thuringwethil was Sauron's herald and was stationed at Tol-in-Gaurhoth by the time of the Quest for the Silmaril. She was probably slain or died during the fight between Sauron and Huan in the fortress.
She served as a herald, or a messenger, for Sauron at Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Her origins were not mentioned, but her ability to take forms suggest that she was a Maia. She was described to have fingered-wings and iron claws. Lúthien was disguised as Thuringwethil and introduced herself as such upon infiltrating Angband.[1]
'Thuringwethil I am, who cast
a shadow o'er the face aghast
of the sallow moon in the doomed land
of shivering Beleriand.'
- ― Lúthien in her disguise, Lay of Leithian, Canto XIII[2]
Etymology
Thuringwethil means "Woman of the Secret Shadow"[3] from the Sindarin thurin ("secret") and gwath ("shadow").[4]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጥሁሪንግወትሂል |
| Arabic | ثورينجويثيل |
| Armenian | Տհուրինգւետհիլ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Тhурінгўетhіл |
| Bengali | থুরিন্গ্বেথিল |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Тхурингветхил |
| Burmese | ဌုရိင္ဝေထိလ္ ? |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 瑟林威西 |
| Greek | Θυρινγωεθιλ |
| Georgian | თურინგვეთილი |
| Gujarati | થિંગિંગવિલેથલ |
| Hindi | ठुरिङ्वेथिल |
| Hebrew | תורינגוותיל |
| Kannada | ಟ್ಯೂರಿಂಗ್ವೆಥಿಲ್ |
| Kazakh | Тһұрінгуетһіл (Cyrillic) Thuringwethil (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Тhурингвэтhил |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Тхурингветхил |
| Marathi | थिंगवेथील |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тhурингwэтhил |
| Nepalese | ठुरिङ्वेथिल |
| Pashto | طهورینګوېتهیل |
| Persian | طهورینگوهتهیل ? |
| Punjabi | ਥਿੰਗਵੈਥਿਲ |
| Russian | Тхурингвэтиль |
| Sanskrit | ठुरिङ्वेथिल् |
| Serbian | Тхурингветхил (Cyrillic) Thuringwethil (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඨුරිඞ්වෙථිල් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Тҳурингwетҳил |
| Tamil | துரிங்வெத்தில் ? |
| Telugu | తురిగ్వేతిల్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Тгурінґветгіл |
| Urdu | ٹہورانگویتھال |
| Uzbek | Тҳурингwетҳил (Cyrillic) Thuringwethil (Latin) |
| Yiddish | טהורינגוועטהיל |
References
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 3: The Lays of Beleriand, III: "The Lay of Leithian"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
