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Valandil was a Númenórean noblemen and the father of Elendil according to the early version of the legendarium in The Lost Road.
Biography[]
When Herendil informed his father that though the two of them are the blood of kings, his peers called him names such as "Terendul" the day prior, and accused him of being a "half-Noldo",[1] Elendil responded by saying that then it may be dangerous for Herendil to be his son as his own father's name, Valandil, meant "God-friend".[1]
Later. Elendil tells his son that he cannot be corrupted by the servants of Morgoth due to Valandil his father being the "chief of the wise men of Númenor".[1]
Etymology[]
Valandil is a name in Quenya meaning "God-friend", being a compound of vanan ("god") + (-n)dil ("friend"). Oswine was it's Old English cognate.[2]
In other versions[]
In an alternative version, but separate from The Lost Road, Valandil was the son of Amandil and the brother of Elendil the Tall, having the role of Anarion and founding Ondor.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, III: The Lost Road, (ii) "The Númenórean chapters"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, III: The Lost Road, (i) "The opening chapters"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, II: "The Fall of Númenor", (iv) The further development of The Fall of Númenor, pgs. 33-4