! | This content is considered pre-canon. While the subject of this article is based on official information, it was replaced or emended in later stages of the legendarium. |
! |
Vëannë (named Melinir by Eriol) was a child who resided at the Cottage of Lost Play in Tol Eressëa.[1]
The Tale of Tinúviel, the earliest version of the story of Beren and Lúthien, was once narrated by Vëannë at the cottage, on the same night that Littleheart afterwards told the tale of the Fall of Gondolin.[2]
Canon[]
She appears only in J.R.R. Tolkien's early stories of Eriol in The Book of Lost Tales, composed between 1910 and 1920. She also is reintroduced into the 'complete tale' of Beren and Lúthien, again as the teller of The Tale of Tinúviel.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter I: "The Tale of Tinúviel"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter II: "The Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ Beren and Lúthien